Established in 1962, The Developing Economies is a multi-disciplinary development studies journal that publishes original research articles on issues relating to developing countries, transition and emerging economies, and developed countries before the take-off.

We welcome both quantitative articles supported by statistical evidence, and qualitative articles based on new data and/or a deep understanding of a specific country, region, or event, which explain new hypotheses, viewpoints, or insights.

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Book Review

Innovation-Development Detours for Latecomers: Managing Global–Local Interfaces in the De-Globalization Era by Keun Lee, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, xix + 284 pp.

Elizabeth Thurbon, 
  •  15 July 2025
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The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by Fawaz A. Gerges, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2025, xiv + 365 pp.

Housam Darwisheh, 
  •  3 July 2025
Book Review

An Economic History of India: Growth, Income and Inequalities from the Mughals to the 21st Century by Bishnupriya Gupta, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2025, xiv + 219 pp.

Tirthankar Roy, 
  •  29 June 2025
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BASEL III CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND LENDING: THE CASE OF THE D‐SIB CAPITAL BUFFER IN THAILAND

Attavit Prachakseranee, 
  •  22 June 2025
Book Review

The Coalitions Presidents Make: Presidential Power and Its Limits in Democratic Indonesia by Marcus Mietzner, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2023, xvii + 285 pp.

Koichi Kawamura, 
  •  10 June 2025
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A HISTORICAL PATTERN OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Kaname Akamatsu, 
  •  3-25
  •  August 1962
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Impacts of COVID-19 on Global Value Chains

Kazunobu Hayakawa, Hiroshi Mukunoki, 
  •  154-177
  •  2 March 2021

How Does Country Risk Matter for Foreign Direct Investment?

Kazunobu Hayakawa, Fukunari Kimura, Hyun-Hoon Lee, 
  •  60-78
  •  19 February 2013

OWNERSHIP AND NONPERFORMING LOANS: EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN'S BANKS

JIN-LI HU, YANG LI, YUNG-HO CHIU, 
  •  405-420
  •  6 March 2007

The Determinants of Corruption: Cross‐Country‐Panel‐Data Analysis

Nasr G. Elbahnasawy, Charles F. Revier, 
  •  311-333
  •  19 November 2012

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