Thank you! Yes, totally fair point. I am not trained in development economics so was very uncertain about this post, and expected there to be large differences between countries that I wouldn’t pick up. It’s disappointing to hear that the development econ mainstream has not been engaging with this topic.
I had in mind the lower-income countries (mostly in Africa) when writing most of this. Your point about how, without TAI, these countries might be able to develop export industries and climb the development ladder is an interesting one. I had thought of that briefly, but was unsure how likely that was to happen, given we haven’t seen any African country do it yet (to my knowledge). But perhaps it’s just something that takes time and can only really happen after the middle-income countries become rich.
Thank you! Yes, totally fair point. I am not trained in development economics so was very uncertain about this post, and expected there to be large differences between countries that I wouldn’t pick up. It’s disappointing to hear that the development econ mainstream has not been engaging with this topic.
I had in mind the lower-income countries (mostly in Africa) when writing most of this. Your point about how, without TAI, these countries might be able to develop export industries and climb the development ladder is an interesting one. I had thought of that briefly, but was unsure how likely that was to happen, given we haven’t seen any African country do it yet (to my knowledge). But perhaps it’s just something that takes time and can only really happen after the middle-income countries become rich.