Hidden Rules of Development
Stephen BrienRe-reading the development record through its anomalies
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Commitment Is Necessary, But Not Sufficient.
The previous post in this series asked what an apex commitment looks like: the moment when a governing coalition imposes real costs on its own constituency before any productive return is certain. Korea arrested its leading businessmen. Tai...
Welcome to Hidden Rules of Development
Hidden Rules of Development is about the cases that do not fit. The development literature offers explanations for why some countries grow while others remain poor. Typically, this includes institutions, geography, capability, intent, donor...
Transformation Takes More Than Ambition
Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore each imposed costs on their potential allies before any institutional payoff materialised, but all three cases leave structural dependency as a potential explanation. Cold War client states and a city-state with...
Before Strategy Comes Sacrifice: The Real Driver of Development
Korea’s Economic Planning Board, Taiwan’s land reform apparatus, Singapore’s Economic Development Board: each arrived after something else that shaped what it would enforce. This post examines what that something was, and whether the foundi...
Development Intent Is Common. Orientation Is Rare
Many governments intend to develop their economies. Few build the orientation that carries that intent into structural change — doing so requires absorbing real political costs at the expense of exactly those whose support keeps them in pow...
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I’ve worked across government, development and strategy in the UK, Middle East and Africa, and led the Legatum Prosperity Index. I’m a Visiting Senior Fellow at Artha Global & Future Africa, and Chair of the UK Social Security Advisory Committee.
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