Bringing production and employment back into development: Alice Amsden’s legacy for a new developmentalist agenda

Andreoni, Antonio; Chang, Ha-Joon

Abstract

Building on Alice Amsden’s legacy, the article criticises the currently dominant view of development for its neglect of production and employment. To remedy its shortcomings, the article introduces a new theoretical synthesis that sees development as a process of production transformation, led by the expansion of collective capabilities and resulting in the creation of good quality jobs and sustainable structural change. Within this new developmentalist framework, the article highlights the policy challenges, the opportunities and the trade-offs associated with reconciling industrialisation, generation of good quality jobs and environmental sustainability, as emerging from the post-2015 sustainable development goals.

Citation

Andreoni, A., & Chang, H.-J. (2017). Bringing production and employment back into development: Alice Amsden’s legacy for a new developmentalist agenda. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 10(1), 173-187. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsw029

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 29, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Oct 17, 2016
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Oct 22, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 22, 2016
• Journal: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
• Print ISSN: 1752-1378
• Electronic ISSN: 1752-1386
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 173-187
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsw029
• Keywords: collective capabilities, employment, new developmentalism, production transformation, structural heterogeneity, sustainable development goals
• Related Public URLs: https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsw029