Sunday, 24 February 2019

Theory of Coordination

One of the interesting theories of development economics is the Theory of Coordination.
It explains the lack of economic development in terms of coordination failure.
In simple terms, firms would like to be where there are workers and infrastructure; workers want to be in places where firms are already offering good jobs. 
Neither will go where the other is not! 
A typical chicken and egg problem? 
It calls for coordination.
…….. role of the government? planning?

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