Industrial Policy, Trade, Innovation and Economic Development

The following might be of interest to serious students of economic development:

Should Industrial Policy in Developing Countries Conform to Comparative Advantage or Defy it? A Debate Between Justin Lin and Ha-Joon Chang

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTRANETTRADE/Resources/Internal-Training/287823-1256848879189/LinChangeDPRDebateIndustrialPolicy.pdf

Trade, Foreign Investment, and Industrial Policy.

https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/15561/2/MPRA_paper_15561.pdf

Chinese Innovation – The Next Big Trend?

McKinsey report on China’s innovation capacity

http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/Innovation/Gauging_the_strength_of_Chinese_innovation

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-innovation-research-and-development-leader-by-martin-neil-baily-and-jonathan-woetzel-2015-10

Related:

Areas that still lack electricity

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/world-without-power/