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The idea that business and the state are two hands of a dynamic economy is not at this point philosophically controversial. What is perhaps a legitimate issue for discourse is the nature of this relationship and the need to strike the right balance over time. Inspired by the progress made by a number of emerging countries within a generation in lifting millions of people out of poverty and creating wealth, an interesting conversation has developed around the idea of "a Developmental State" as opposed to the State as a "night watchman
Citations
Nelson, Jane, Zahid Torres-Rahman, and Darian Stibbe. "A New Global Partnership in Business: Building a Post-2015 Development Framework to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity in Africa." Research Report No. 56. CRI Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School, 2013.