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THE STATE AND SCOPE OF THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF DEVELOPING REGIONS

THE STATE AND SCOPE OF THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF DEVELOPING REGIONS This paper examines the state and scope of the study of economic history of developing regions, underlining the importance of knowledge of history for economic development. While the quality of the existing research on developing countries is impressive, the proportion of published research focusing on these regions is low. The dominance of economic history research on the North American and Western European success stories suggests the need for a forum for future research that contributes to our understanding of how institutions, path dependency, technological change and evolutionary processes shape economic growth in the developing parts of the world. Many valuable data sets and historical episodes relating to developing regions remain unexplored, and many interesting questions unanswered. This is exciting. Economic historians and other academics interested in the economic past have an opportunity to work to begin to unlock the complex reasons for differences in development, the factors behind economic disasters and the dynamics driving emerging success stories. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Economic History of Developing Regions Taylor & Francis

THE STATE AND SCOPE OF THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF DEVELOPING REGIONS

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Taylor & Francis
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2078-0397
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2078-0389
DOI
10.1080/20780389.2010.505006
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Abstract

This paper examines the state and scope of the study of economic history of developing regions, underlining the importance of knowledge of history for economic development. While the quality of the existing research on developing countries is impressive, the proportion of published research focusing on these regions is low. The dominance of economic history research on the North American and Western European success stories suggests the need for a forum for future research that contributes to our understanding of how institutions, path dependency, technological change and evolutionary processes shape economic growth in the developing parts of the world. Many valuable data sets and historical episodes relating to developing regions remain unexplored, and many interesting questions unanswered. This is exciting. Economic historians and other academics interested in the economic past have an opportunity to work to begin to unlock the complex reasons for differences in development, the factors behind economic disasters and the dynamics driving emerging success stories.

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Economic History of Developing Regions – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jun 1, 2010

Keywords: Africa; China; Cliometrics; developing countries; development; India; institutions; Latin America; Middle East; new economic history; NO1

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