What is the "developmental state"? Group of answer choices None of the answers listed. States that rely on foreign aid for developing their economies. Aid has been of central importance for development of, for example, African states. States whose politics have concentrated sufficient power, autonomy and capacity at the center to shape, pursue and encourage the achievement of explicit developmental objectives, whether by establishing and promoting the conditions and directions of economic growth or by organizing it directly or a varying combination of both. States who have been "first" on the development ladder such as the United Kingdom or France and where thus able to exploit international markets since the competition from other countries was not able to rival their own