A developmental State defined

Developmental State is a term coined by Chalmers Johnson that is used to describe States which follow a particular model of economic planning and management.

It was initially used to describe post-1945 Japan and its rapid modernisation and growth. A simple definition would be: “A developmental State is a State where the government is intimately involved in the macro and micro economic planning in order to grow the economy”, with the addition “while attempting to deploy its resources in developing better lives for the people”.

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