| Sumario: | The writer, focusing on Singapore, considers the process by which the developmental state is realized. He argues that it is not enough for the state merely at first to convince the private sector of its developmental credentials and so gain crucial early support for a developmental program. He maintains that private sector cooperation and investment must be enlisted over the extended period that economic development itself needs and that reputation building is a necessary component of the developmental state. To explore reputation building, he cites a number of examples, including South Korea, Taiwan, and, especially, the Republic of Singapore. In addition, he draws on an analysis of Singapore to consider the direction in which reputation building may take the developmental state and the political and economic arrangements to which it eventually gives way.
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