Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Donatella Saccone
Author-Email: donatella.saccone@unito.it
Author-Name: Valli Vittorio 
Author-Email: vittorio.valli@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Structural Change and Economic Development in China and India
Abstract: The comparison of the periods of rapid economic growth in China since 1978 and
India since 1992 markedly show different patterns of development and structural
change. However, both countries experienced some of the advantages of “relative
economic backwardness” and some aspects of the “fordist model of growth”. China
had an anticipated and deeper structural change, spurred mainly by economic
reforms and the growth of the internal market in the 1980s and since the mid-1990s
by a very rapid penetration of its industrial products in the world market.
However, a substantial part of its exports in medium and high tech sectors are due to
joint- ventures with foreign multinationals. India had a more balanced structural
change and a slower insertion in the world market, although some sectors, such as
software, steel, automotive and pharmaceuticals are recently increasing their share in the world markets.
Length: 28 pages
Creation-Date: 2009-05
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Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:200907