Statewide, the war did more to encourage industrialization than any other historical factor.
The resulting prosperity enabled the government of Batlle Berres to purchase the British-owned railroads and public utilities, inaugurate new state enterprises, encourage industrialization, subsidize agriculture, and reduce food prices.
William I encouraged the industrialization of the south, commissioning the construction of new roads and canals and the establishment of new commercial and financial companies; he also extended subsidies to promising industrial enterprises, frequently from his own private fortune.
Perhaps most important, the Meiji oligarchy initiated a march to great-power status through policies that encouraged rapid industrialization at home and colonialist expansion abroad -- expansion that led Japan into war with China in 1894 and with Russia a decade later.
As the Times notes, these companies also encourage the industrialization of their suppliers — creating incentives for large scale farming which destroys forest land.
However, he also diversified the agricultural sector, enacted social legislation that benefited the working class, and urged further industrialization through import-substitution (using protective tariffs and other policies to limit imports while encouraging domestic manufacturing).
They were also the first Ottoman reformers to promote industrialization.
Moreover, industrialization encourages the pursuit of personal profit, and an altruistic attitude and social responsibility have been disregarded as outdated Confucian values [ 19].
Rapid industrialization in the urban centres acted as a strong "pull" factor, encouraging rural workers to abandon the land and head for the cities.
His goals of combating bureaucracy, encouraging popular participation, and stressing China's self-reliance were generally laudable and the industrialization that began during Mao's reign did indeed lay a foundation for China's remarkable economic development since the late 20th century but the methods he used to pursue them were often violent and self-defeating.
