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03514aam a2200313 i 4500 001 A266BC2CFC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240417010124 008 230827t20232023sa d b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781776391394 020 $a 177639139X 035 $a (OCoLC)1395068746 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OI@ $d OCLCO $d Z@L $e rda $d NDD $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a HD82 $b .M55 2023 082 04 $a 337 $2 23/eng/20231108 100 1 $a Mills, Greg, $d 1962- $e author. 245 10 $a Rich state, poor state : $b why some countries succeed and others fail / $c Greg Mills. 264 1 $a Cape Town, South Africa : $b Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa, $c 2023. 300 $a x, 374 pages : $b charts ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "Why do some states thrive, grow their economies and uplift their people while others, facing similar challenges, slide into low growth, social dysfunction and failure? After decades of work on the ground in states in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, bestselling author Greg Mills seeks to provide answers in Rich State, Poor State. On each continent he traverses, Mills interrogates the how and why. How did Botswana go from being one of the least-developed and poorest nations at independence to enjoying the highest rate of per capita growth of any country in the world? Why has South Africa failed to attain similar heights? How did the Baltic states achieve reforms that have positioned them among the best-performing economies in Europe? How did Vietnam overcome a traumatic past in favour of a rapid and positive development transformation? Why is Mexico - despite what Donald Trump and Narcos may have you believe - the only large developing economy that competes with China in manufacturing? Based on extensive interviews with current and former presidents, prime ministers and key government officials across the globe, as well as research from leading institutions like the World Bank, Freedom House, the Heritage Foundation, the IMF and the Brenthurst Foundation, Mills concludes that, while some states unlock reform, creating an environment where agility, dynamic change and a relentless desire for progress overwhelm political obstacles, others are stymied by vested interests and the inability to look beyond short-term gains for an elite. In the African context, a failure to reform, and to make better choices, explains the persistent continental default to economic, social and political crisis."-- $c Back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: why leadership and strategy matter -- Africa. Challenges of diversification -- Separating reasons for success and failure -- Can a liberation movement reform? -- Asia. Don't be a prisoner of the past -- The value of policy change -- Europe. Agents of Change -- Getting the politics right -- Division of integration -- A study of leadership -- Latin American. Please pay for me, Argentina: the problem with politicians -- How to set reforms in stone -- North Africa and the Middle East. Between Iraq and the hard place -- Have a good crisis -- Conclusion: from poor state to rich state. 650 0 $a Economic development. 650 0 $a Economic policy. 650 0 $a International economic relations. 651 0 $a Developing countries $x Economic policy. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240417024914.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A266BC2CFC8011EE9ABF7B513DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search