"Going global in groups": Structural transformation and China's special economic zones overseas

World Development

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-91

  Bräutigam, Deborah ^a,b,c   Tang, Xiaoyang ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China Africa; Industrial policy; Structural transformation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

AFRICA; CHINA;

EID: 84904984387     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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