30 / 11 / 2011
The democratic developmental state. Wishful thinking or direction of travel?
"The success of state-led development in East Asia, and the problems of market-led deregulation in Africa and Latin America (not to mention Europe and North America), has revived interest in the concept of the ‘developmental state'. But are such states inherently autocratic, or can a new generation of ‘democratic developmental states' achieve inclusive development in today's poor countries?". Read more or Read the full article
By The Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Good Governance division, 30 November 2011