Based on the experiences of successful countries, every developing country has the potential to sustain 8% annual growth (or higher) for several decades, and to become a middle- or even a high-income country in one or two generations. The key is to have the right policy framework in place to facilitate private-sector alignment with the country’s comparative advantages, and to benefit from latecomer advantages in the process of structural change.
很明显，结构改变具有创新性。发展中国家，通过复制高收入国家的结构变化，可能会因此受益于自己的后发优势。基于成功国家的经验，每一个发展中国家在几十年里有可能继续保持8%的年增长率(或更高)，在一代或两代里成为中等收入甚至是高收入国家。关键是要有正确的政策框架，促进私营企业与国家的比较优势相一致，在结构变化的过程中受益于后发优势。