Designing Industrial Policy in Latin America : Business-State Relations and the New Developmentalism.

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Institutional Dynamics of Industrial Policy -- 2 Principles of Institutional Design in Business-Government Councils -- I Introduction -- II What happens in councils: disaggregating interactions -- III The Korean model in export and technology councils -- IV Conclusion -- 3 Ongoing Experimentation with Business-Government Councils in Latin America -- I Introduction -- II Disaggregating councils by scope and function -- III Beyond councils: formal and informal business representation -- IV Conclusions -- 4 Putting Councils and Industrial Policy into Context: Political Systems and Big Business -- I Introduction -- II Political institutions and privileged access for big business -- III Structures and preferences of business groups -- IV Business groups, MNCs, and possibilities for industrial policy -- V Conclusions -- 5 Conclusions -- Appendices -- A: Interviews -- B: Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Development economists and practitioners agree that close collaboration between business and government improves industrial policy, yet little research exists on how best to organize that. This book examines three necessary functions--information exchange, authoritative allocation, and reducing rent seeking--across experiences in Latin America.

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