Pilot Agency and Promoting Development
A Comparative-Historical Analysis of Japan, Iran, and South Korea
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The developmental state literature, extensively explored by scholars, describes the economic success of East Asia. Although there are differences among these scholars in describing developmental states, one of the central and common themes is the emphasis on the formation of a development agency (the pilot agency); this agency has found a central and key role in coordinating and integrating within the government bureaucracy and enjoys better organisational capabilities and higher political support. Although the pilot agency is a key topic in developmental state literature, comparative-historical research has not yet examined its continuity or discontinuity and its impact on countries’ development processes. This research seeks to conduct a comparative-historical analysis of the Iranian Ministry of Economy (ME) in the 1960s, the Economic Planning Board (EPB) in South Korea, and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in Japan.
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Pilot Agency and Promoting Development
A Comparative-Historical Analysis of Japan, Iran, and South Korea
In: European Journal of East Asian StudiesSearch for other papers by Mohsen Mohammadi in
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Abstract
The developmental state literature, extensively explored by scholars, describes the economic success of East Asia. Although there are differences among these scholars in describing developmental states, one of the central and common themes is the emphasis on the formation of a development agency (the pilot agency); this agency has found a central and key role in coordinating and integrating within the government bureaucracy and enjoys better organisational capabilities and higher political support. Although the pilot agency is a key topic in developmental state literature, comparative-historical research has not yet examined its continuity or discontinuity and its impact on countries’ development processes. This research seeks to conduct a comparative-historical analysis of the Iranian Ministry of Economy (ME) in the 1960s, the Economic Planning Board (EPB) in South Korea, and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in Japan.
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