Rank Characteristic
Authors
Weight
1 Exports
Sindzingre,
Yoshimatsu,
Castley, Amsden, Levi
Faur, Thompson, Doner,
Ritchi and Slater
7/36
2
Fostering of industries
Sindzingre, Yoshimatsu,
Guillen, Krieckhaus,
Thompson, Weiss and
Hobson
1/6
3
Low taxrates
Sindzingre, Yoshimatsu,
Castley, Guillen
1/9
4
High protection
Sindzingre, Yoshimatsu,
Evans, Levi Faur
1/9
5
Deeply embedded
Sindzingre, Yoshimatsu,
Guillen, Weiss and
Hobson
Excluded
6
Low income disparity
Sindzingre, Levi Faur,
Yoshimatsu, Weiss and
Hobson
1/9
7
High savings
Sindzingre, Krieckhaus,
Thompson
1/12
8
Low imports
Sindzingre, Levi Faur
1/18
9
Focus on manufacturing
Sindzingre, Doner, Ritchi
and Slater,
1/18
10
High public expenditure on
education
Sindzingre, Thompson
1/18
11
Limited foreign shareholding
Sindzingre, Yoshimatsu
1/18
12
Training in technology
Sindzingre
Excluded
13
High public expenditure on
health
Sindzingre Excluded
14 Nationalism
Levi
Faur Excluded
15
Incentives banking sector
Sindzingre
Excluded
2
APPENDIX 2
Data sources of all variables
Variable Data
Source
Export rate
Average Export
rate 1990-2004
as %GDP
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2000/S
IN.pdf
Fostering of
industries
Average
Subsidies
1990-2004 as % of
total
expenditure.
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
Tax level
Average Tax
Revenue1990-2004 as %GDP
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2006/contents/Section5.htm
Protection Average
Customs and
other import
duties
1990-2004 as % of
total tax
revenue
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2006/contents/Section5.htm
Inequality Gini
coefficient
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
http://www.worldbank.org/research/inequality/pdf/milshlomo.
http://www.worldbank.org/research/inequality/data.htm
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mp.html
Savings Average
Gross
Domestic
Savings
1990-2004 as %GDP
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2006/contents/Section2.htm
http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt61_form.php
Importe rate
Average Import
rate 1990-2004
as %GDP
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2000/S
IN.pdf
http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMemb
ers&userid=1&queryId=35
Focus on
Manufacturing
Average
Manufacturing
1990-2004 %
of GDP
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
Public
Expediture on
education
Average Public
expenditure on
education
1990-2004 as a
%GDP
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/indicators.cfm?x=101&y=1
&z=1
3
GDP
GDP
growthrate
Average GDP
growthrate
1990-2004
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
http://devdata.worldbank.org/edstats/cd1.asp
http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt61_form.php
Corruption CPI
Public sector
ethics index
http://www.transparency.org
http://www.icgg.org/corruption.cpi_2005.html
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/pdf/ETHICS.xls
Quality of life
Quality-of-life-index
http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/QUALITY_OF_LIFE.p
df
Population
growth
Average
Pupulation
growth rate
1990-2004
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
Investment Average
Captial
formation
1990-2004
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
Government
expenditure
Average
General
government
expenditure
1990-2004 as
% of GDP
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
School
enrollment
Average Gross
school
enrollment ratio
secondary
schooling
1990-2004
World Development Indicators in the Economic Library
Political
stability
Political
stabilityindex
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/pubs/govmatters20
01.htm
Initial GDP
1960 GDP per
capita
http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt61_retrieve.php
http://www.mnp.nl/hyde/images/gdp_tcm63-22957.xls
4
APPENDIX 3
Data Developmental State variables
(1)Export rate %GDP (high) Av. 1990-2004
(2)Subsidies
% of total
expenditures
(high) Av. 1990-2004 (3)Tax revenue %GDP (low) Av. 1990-2004 (4)Customs/other import duties% of Taxrevenue Av. 1990-2004 (6)Gini coefficient (low) between 1990-2004 (7)GrossDom. Savings %GDP (high) Av. 1990-2004 (8)Import rate %GDP (low) Av. 1990-2004 (9)Manuf. % of GDP. (high) Av. 1990-2004 (10)Public expenditure on education %GDP (high) Av. 1990-2004 (11)FDI (high) %GDP Av. 1990-2004ASIA
Bangladesh 11.14 26.67
8.00 40.33
32
14.71
16.93 15.00 2.00
0.07
China 23.21
33.03
a5.42
16.11
45 41.43 20.64
34.64
2.00 4.07
India
11.21 31.00
9.07 28.07
33
22.07
12.29 16.36 3.67
0.57
Indonesia 32.43 43.22
15.36 4.64
34
28.21
28.36 24.07 1.00
0.29
Japan 10.21
65.00
12.75
1.75 25
29.64
8.79
23.38
4.00
0.00
Malaysia 98.71 28.50
18.43 10.79
49
41.43
89.93 28.29 6.25
4.86
Singapore 79.7
b28.54
15.77
2.54
42
47.5
77.1
a26.11 3.10
c12.29
South Korea 39.18
d-
-
-
31
e-
36.47
39.64
3.30
b-
The
Philippines
41.57 8.25
14.86 25.36
46
17.00
46.21 23.14 3.33
1.57
Vietnam 43.00
33.03
e17.22
25.11
37 19.43 49.43
16.57
2.00
b6.07
EASTERN
EUROPE
Bosnia 24.50
68.00
f22.4
g11.00
f26
-13.56
67.60
20.10
4.00
f2.10
Bulgaria
48.14 49.07
18.71 7.86
32
14.43
51.07 19.00 3.50
3.29
Croatia
48.00 38.73
21.55 13.09
29
11.71
54.77 24.29 4.00
3.29
Estonia
72.50 54.88
17.36 1.20
37
22.93
78.75 21.36 6.00
4.93
Hungary
49.15 58.00
22.25 4.00
27
22.77
51.23 23.58 5.00
4.50
Lithuania 49.14 54.75
15.75 1.75
32
16.00
55.21 24.14 6.00
2.29
Macedonia 38.00 55.29
h19.39
i7.30
i28
8.21
48.93
24.21
4.00
2.00
Romania 27.21 52.67
18.17 7.33
30
17.64
33.43 26.42 3.67
1.86
Serbia 22.57
68.00
23.00
11.00 26
i-2.83 39.14
20.10
c4.00
2.00
Slovenia
59.52 51.58
21.42 8.73
28
23.69
58.92 29.25 6.10
b1.75
Ukraine
42.43 57.25
13.25 7.00
29
25.57
41.79 29.75 4.40
1.14
AFRICA
Botswana
(S)
51.79 34.14
22.54 34.71
63
39.64
40.71 4.71 2.00
0.86
Cameroon 24.27 16.42
9.29 24.43
45
18.79
22.08 11.33 3.09
0.34
Chad
15.93 -
-
-
-
1.93
35.79 11.93 2.00
9.50
Gambia
51.28 12.16
18.20 45.56
48
8.84
62.12 6.07 2.82
5.80
Ghana 30.83
19.00
j12.00
27.25
41 7.50 44.00
9.00
4.00 1.71
Mauritius(S) 61.79 30.64
18.14 36.64
37
k24.36 64.36
23.50
4.00 1.00
a
Used the average value for country region
b
Source : http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2000/SIN.pdf
c
Source : http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/indicators.cfm?x=101&y=1&z=1
d
Source : http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/
e
Source: http://www.worldbank.org/research/inequality/pdf/milshlomo.pdf
f
Used the same value as Servia due to similarities
g
Source: http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2006/contents/Section5.htm
h
Used average value for country region
i
Used the same value as Bosnia due to similarities
5
Nigeria 43.29
23.24
m20.41
m24.94
m51 25.93 38.00
4.79
0.90
n3.57
South
Africa 25.50 41.71
23.93 3.14
58
19.43
22.57 20.43 5.40
1.07
Zambia
29.71 19.00
17.80 24.90
53
9.36
36.50 18.36 2.00
3.71
LATIN
AMERICA
Argentina 11.93 47.00
9.00 4.00
52
18.14
10.50 20.57 4.67
2.21
Bolivia
20.93 45.00
13.00 6.50
45
9.64
27.36 17.14 5.80
5.79
Brazil
10.36 51.57
11.14 4.57
59
20.5
10.21 19.54 4.33
2.14
Colombia 18.07 1.33
13.00 8.00
58
17.21
19.36 16.86 4.20
2.29
Costa
Rica 40.86 25.71
12.21 14.5
47
16.64
43.71 22.79 4.75
3.21
Chile 30.86
61.00
16.00
11.64
o57
24.93
30.07
17.57
4.00
4.93
Mexico
24.93 2.00
11.27 7.09
55
20.64
26.79 20.14 4.33
2.43
Paraguay 29.07 28.00
9.86 19.5
58
9.57
42.64 14.93 5.00
1.57
Peru
14.36 39.93
12.50 11.86
50
17.64
16.93 17.00 3.00
2.93
Venezuela 28.43 57.17
13.64 11.64
49
24.86
20.79 12.79 3.00
b2.71
Middle
East
Armenia
29.96 33.73
14.01 4.71
38
-3.77
55.27 26.05 3.21
3.05
Azerbaidjzjan
43.70 48.58
14.91 11.68
37
14.38
53.29 23.88 3.62
12.02
Bahrein 83.90
11.74 5.01
44.33 38
p27.58 74.73
16.16
3.96
q2.28
rEgypt
20.86 7.71
17.00 20.50
34
12.50
27.36 18.14 3.90
1.07
Iran
21.80 27.41
7.10 21.91
43
30.71
20.82 13.47 4.78
0.05
Jordan
49.08 11.61
19.53 30.70
36
2.84
73.65 14.90 5.54
1.90
Kuwait 47.08
35.44 1.06
73.75 38
s14.12 49.81
9.31
3.96
t0.09
Lebanon 12.07
9.03 13.18
25.27
44
u-21.86 57.76
11.13
2.41 0.87
Oman 50.58
9.75 7.85
12.19 37
v28.89 37.86
4.14
4.28 0.64
Syria 32.99
21.67
w17.28
11.88
38
x20.75 34.69
20.85
3.96
y0.86
k
Source: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mp.html Estimate of 1987
l
Source: http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0001156/index.php
m
Used average value for country group
n
Source: http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/indicators.cfm?x=101&y=1&z=1
o
Used the same value as Venezuela due to similarities
p
Used the mean value for Middle East
q
Used the mean value for Middle East
r
Used the mean value for Middle East
s
Used the mean value for Middle East
t
Used the mean value for Middle East
u
Source: http://mdg-guide.undp.org/files/Lebanon_SPPD-Social%20Protection_2002.doc
v
Source: http://hdr.undp.org/nhdr/reviews/create_narrative.cfm?review_id=111&vmode=view
w
Used the mean value for Middle East
x
Used the mean value for Middle East
6
APPENDIX 4
Data Growth model variables
z
Due to extremely high growth during the 1990’s some values were left out from the average
7
South
Africa 4.5 42.2
1.93 1.86
16.43
19.29
83.83 -0.09
3273 0.886
Namibia
4.3 37.8
3.64 2.86
22.14
30.14
56.50 0.46
1476
0.722
Nigeria
1.9 15.1
3.57 2.71
20.50
16.14
25.00 -1.49
1035
0.857
Zambia
2.6 29.1
1.43 2.29
16.36
16.21
22.50 -0.02
1167
0.807
LATIN
AMERICA
Argentina
2.8 21.8
2.86 1.00
16.79
10.79
90.20 -0.74 7395
0.288
Bolivia
2.5 14.5
3.50 2.00
16.36
14.00
72.50 -0.20 2324
0.740
Brazil
3.7 35.2
1.79 1.29
20.57
18.64
87.75 0.17 2395
0.066
Colombia
4.0 22.6
2.71 2.00
18.57
16.79
66.33 -1.78 2525
0.596
Costa
Rica
4.2 34.2
4.71 2.14
19.64
13.79
52.80 1.06 3480
0.458
Chile
7.3 62.9
5.50 1.43
24.29
10.71
81.80 1.04 3818
0.515
Mexico
3.5 23.3
3.07 1.50
22.43
10.64
68.60 0.22 3970
0.219
Paraguay
2.1 10.2
1.93 2.21
23.14
7.79
52.60 -1.33 2437
0.180
Peru
3.5 23.5
3.21 1.86
20.36
9.64
81.00 -0.67 3118
0.510
Venezuela
2.3 12.9
0.86 2.00
17.29
7.71
60.00 -1.20 7751
0.524
Middle
East
Armenia
2.9 28.7
bb0.96 -1.04
28.49
13.13
86.26 -0.53 1704
cc0.128
Azerbaidjzjan
2.2 24.9
dd-0.82 1.07
23.97
16.40
80.41 -1.13
1704
ee0.310
Bahrein
5.8 57.3
5.05 2.68
18.40
21.00
95.73 0.31 1138
0.501
Egypt
3.4 35.0
4.14 2.00
18.86
10.43
81.60 -0.35
1322
0.025
Iran
2.9 28.7
ff4.92 1.58
29.72
12.93
74.17 -0.62 2635
0.750
Jordan
5.7 58.8
4.67 3.94
27.41
23.74
80.71 -0.44 2305
0.455
Kuwait
4.7 38.6
gg5.42 -1.22
16.84
35.35
82.65 0.14 3860
0.788
Lebanon
3.1 29.8
7.80 1.66
23.83
14.81
77.54 -0.59 623
0.356
Oman
6.3 47.4
hh4.88 3.57
15.97
27.95
71.06 0.98 364
0.142
Syria
3.4 31.5
ii4.92 2.82
22.45
12.29
44.40 -0.14 1388
0.210
aa
Due to missing data for a number of countries used the 1960 GDP per capita for Eastern Europe as a whole
bb
Due to missing data used a PSEI index of 5.49*CPI + 12.8, which was the regressionmodel with PSEI as a
dependent variable and CPI as a dependent variable.
cc
Due to missing data used average for Middle East
dd
Due to missing data used a PSEI index of 5.49*CPI + 12.8, which was the regressionmodel with PSEI as a
dependent variable and CPI as a dependent variable.
ee
Due to missing data used average for Middle East
ff
Due to missing data used a PSEI index of 5.49*CPI + 12.8, which was the regressionmodel with PSEI as a
dependent variable and CPI as a dependent variable.
gg
Due to missing data used a PSEI index of 5.49*CPI + 12.8, which was the regressionmodel with PSEI as a
dependent variable and CPI as a dependent variable.
hh
Due to missing data used a PSEI index of 5.49*CPI + 12.8, which was the regressionmodel with PSEI as a
dependent variable and CPI as a dependent variable.
ii