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oapen-20.500.12657-767852023-10-14T02:44:38Z Introducing Foreign Models for Development Ohno, Izumi Jin, Kimiaki Amatsu, Kuniaki Mori, Junichi Translative adaptation Local learning Industrialization Industrial policy Industrial catch-up Kaizen Technology transfer Development cooperation Developing countries, latecomer economies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics & emerging economies bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFS Globalization bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history This open access book studies how foreign models of economic development can be effectively learned by and applied to today’s latecomer countries. Policy capacity and societal learning are increasingly stressed as pre-conditions for successful catch-up. However, how such learning should be initiated by individual societies with different features needs to be explained. The book answers this pragmatic question from the perspective of Japan’s past experience and its extensive development cooperation in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Since the late nineteenth century, Japan has developed a unique philosophy and method for adopting advanced technologies and systems from the West; the same philosophy and method govern its current cooperation with the developing world. The key concepts are local learning and translative adaptation. Local learning says that development requires the learner to adopt a proactive mindset and the goal of graduating from receiving aid. Meanwhile, translative adaptation requires foreign models be modified to fit local realities given the different structures of the home and foreign society. The development process must be wholly owned by the domestic society in rejection of copy-and-paste acceptance. These ideas not only informed Japan but are key to successful development for all. The book also asks how this learning method should—or should not—be revised in the age of SDGs and digitalization. Following the overview section that lays out the general principles, the book offers many real cases from Japan and other countries. The concrete actions outlined in these cases, with close attention to individual growth “ingredients” as opposed to general theories, are crucial to successful policy making. The book contains materials that are highly useful for national leaders and practitioners within developing countries as well as students of development studies. 2023-10-13T15:45:00Z 2023-10-13T15:45:00Z 2024 book ONIX_20231013_9789819942381_56 9789819942381 9789819942374 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76785 eng Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies application/pdf n/a 978-981-99-4238-1.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-981-99-4238-1 Springer Nature Springer Nature Singapore 10.1007/978-981-99-4238-1 10.1007/978-981-99-4238-1 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 7f9e2eb5-cf36-469c-8ff0-ef1f2eab29c1 9789819942381 9789819942374 Springer Nature Singapore 338 Singapore [...] open access
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This open access book studies how foreign models of economic development can be effectively learned by and applied to today’s latecomer countries. Policy capacity and societal learning are increasingly stressed as pre-conditions for successful catch-up. However, how such learning should be initiated by individual societies with different features needs to be explained. The book answers this pragmatic question from the perspective of Japan’s past experience and its extensive development cooperation in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Since the late nineteenth century, Japan has developed a unique philosophy and method for adopting advanced technologies and systems from the West; the same philosophy and method govern its current cooperation with the developing world. The key concepts are local learning and translative adaptation. Local learning says that development requires the learner to adopt a proactive mindset and the goal of graduating from receiving aid. Meanwhile, translative adaptation requires foreign models be modified to fit local realities given the different structures of the home and foreign society. The development process must be wholly owned by the domestic society in rejection of copy-and-paste acceptance. These ideas not only informed Japan but are key to successful development for all. The book also asks how this learning method should—or should not—be revised in the age of SDGs and digitalization. Following the overview section that lays out the general principles, the book offers many real cases from Japan and other countries. The concrete actions outlined in these cases, with close attention to individual growth “ingredients” as opposed to general theories, are crucial to successful policy making. The book contains materials that are highly useful for national leaders and practitioners within developing countries as well as students of development studies.
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