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The Leap of the Tiger: Escaping the Middle‐income Trap to the Technological Frontier

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  • Reda Cherif
  • Fuad Hasanov

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The Asian miracles along with a handful of European economies and oil exporters are the few countries that reached high‐income status during 1960–2014. In contrast, many good‐performing countries such as Malaysia have been middle‐income countries for several decades despite relatively strong growth and a substantial improvement in education and export sophistication. We argue that the key factor differentiating the Asian miracles from economies like Malaysia is the creation of technologies by domestic firms and leapfrogging to the technological frontier at an early stage of development.

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  • Reda Cherif & Fuad Hasanov, 2019. "The Leap of the Tiger: Escaping the Middle‐income Trap to the Technological Frontier," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 10(4), pages 497-511, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:glopol:v:10:y:2019:i:4:p:497-511
    DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12695
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    1. Reda Cherif & Fuad Hasanov & Philippe Aghion, 2023. "Fair and inclusive markets: Why dynamism matters," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 14(5), pages 686-701, November.
    2. Amir Lebdioui & Keun Lee & Carlo Pietrobelli, 2021. "Local-foreign technology interface, resource-based development, and industrial policy: how Chile and Malaysia are escaping the middle-income trap," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 46(3), pages 660-685, June.
    3. Upalat Korwatanasakul, 2023. "Thailand and the Middle-Income Trap: An Analysis from the Global Value Chain Perspective," PIER Discussion Papers 202, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research.
    4. Guanie Lim & Andrew Jia-Yi Kam, 2024. "Chinese Investment in Malaysia: (De)Industrialization amidst Greater Financial and Trade Connectivity," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 36(3), pages 571-600, June.
    5. Mingkai Liu & Changxin Liu & Xiaodong Pei & Shouting Zhang & Xun Ge & Hongyan Zhang & Yang Li, 2021. "Sustainable Risk Assessment of Resource Industry at Provincial Level in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-15, April.
    6. Carlos Bianchi & Fernando Isabella & Anaclara Martinis & Santiago Picasso, 2023. "Varieties of middle-income trap: heterogeneous trajectories and common determinants," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 23-16, Instituto de Economía - IECON.

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