neo-developmentalist
nounEtymology From neo- + developmentalist.
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A follower or proponent of neo-developmentalism.
- Unlike the protectionism and export pessimism of old developmentalists, neo-developmentalists think that since middle-income countries have overcome the infant industry stage, protectionism should be scrapped and the goal of the open economy should be accepted as fundamental.2012 April 24, Cornel Ban, “What is neo-developmentalism?”, in Development Studies at Brown University: