Economic development in Pacific Asia
By: edited by Hafiz Akhand and Kanhaya Gupta.
Contributors: Akhand, Hafiz A.; Gupta, Kanhaya L. 1935-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: East Asia -- Economic conditions; Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions
Description: "During the period 1965-1990 East Asia was the world's fastest-growing region. Economic Development in Pacific Asia provides illuminating, non-technical perspectives on key facets of the region's economies. The text focuses on the eight countries which accounted for the majority of the economic growth: Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand." "Empirical evidence is used to provide a revealing, multidimensional statistical profile of the countries as well as the region as a whole. Rather than present a statistical history of each country, the text highlights the relative performance in terms of the variables which are studied within each chapter."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Record of transformation; title: The East Asian miracle; title: Factor price distortions; title: Growth, poverty, and inequality; title: The Asian crisis; title: Corruption in East Asia; title: Urbanization; title: Gender gap; title: Digital divide; title: Globalization; title: Lessons learned.