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After over three decades of ideological grandstanding, the debate on (selective) industrial policy is finally inching toward more pragmatic discussions on how to design and implement it - this and other conferences organized by the IEA this year being the best examples of such discussions (for a review of the industrial policy debate since the 1980s, see Chang, 2011).
Section 2.2.2 of this paper draws on Chang (2010), Thing 10, while sections 2.2.4-2.2.6 draw on Chang (2011).
I thank for their helpful comments made by the participants at the conference, especially, in alphabetical order, Mario Cimoli, Akbar Noman, Simon Roberts, and Joseph Stiglitz.
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Chang, HJ. (2013). Industrial Policy: Can Africa Do It?. In: Stiglitz, J.E., Yifu, J.L., Patel, E. (eds) The Industrial Policy Revolution II. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137335234_5
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