The oxford handbook of industrial policy

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John Thoburn

John Thoburn holds a PhD degree from the University of Alberta in Canada, and is Emeritus Reader in Economics, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK. After retiring from East Anglia, he became Professor of Development Economics at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, then Visiting Professor there until 2017. He is co-author (with Kaoru Natsuda) of Automotive Industrialisation: Industrial Policy and Development in Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2021), first author of five earlier books on development, and articles in journals including Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of International Development, Review of International Political Economy, Global Networks, and Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (on whose advisory board he serves). He has been a consultant for agencies including the OECD, UNIDO, UNDP, UN-ESCAP, ASEAN, the UK Department for International Development (DfID), and with the Harvard Institute for International Development.