Economic Development in a Globalized Environment: East Asian Evidences
Is the East Asian growth record replicable today? This book answers: yes. It places the common East Asian theme in the theoretic context of product cycles, globalization and convergence and the historical perspective of the "German Miracle" after World War II, also the more recent Irish growth; it identifies the effective policies for sustained, rapid growth by structured comparisons among different economies; it evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the alternative policy packages of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, in the light of such recent events like global trend for liberalization, and the Crises of 1997 and 2001.

Economic Development in a Globalized Environment also scrutinizes the major debates in development economics, using documented cases, and analytic reasoning for support.

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Economic Development in a Globalized Environment: East Asian Evidences
Is the East Asian growth record replicable today? This book answers: yes. It places the common East Asian theme in the theoretic context of product cycles, globalization and convergence and the historical perspective of the "German Miracle" after World War II, also the more recent Irish growth; it identifies the effective policies for sustained, rapid growth by structured comparisons among different economies; it evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the alternative policy packages of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, in the light of such recent events like global trend for liberalization, and the Crises of 1997 and 2001.

Economic Development in a Globalized Environment also scrutinizes the major debates in development economics, using documented cases, and analytic reasoning for support.

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Economic Development in a Globalized Environment: East Asian Evidences

Economic Development in a Globalized Environment: East Asian Evidences

by Henry Y. Wan Jr.
Economic Development in a Globalized Environment: East Asian Evidences

Economic Development in a Globalized Environment: East Asian Evidences

by Henry Y. Wan Jr.

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Is the East Asian growth record replicable today? This book answers: yes. It places the common East Asian theme in the theoretic context of product cycles, globalization and convergence and the historical perspective of the "German Miracle" after World War II, also the more recent Irish growth; it identifies the effective policies for sustained, rapid growth by structured comparisons among different economies; it evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the alternative policy packages of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, in the light of such recent events like global trend for liberalization, and the Crises of 1997 and 2001.

Economic Development in a Globalized Environment also scrutinizes the major debates in development economics, using documented cases, and analytic reasoning for support.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780387242057
Publisher: Springer US
Publication date: 02/10/2005
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Pages: 392
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

AFFILIATIONS:

Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1970 - present

Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, CA. 1965-1970

Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1964-1965

Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W. Australia, 1963-1964

Associate Professor, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China, 1961-1963

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Economics, M.I.T. 1961

M.A. in Economics, Bucknell University, 1958

B.A. in Business Administration, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China, 1952

Table of Contents

1: General Considerations.- 1: Introduction.- 2: Replicable Cases?.- 3: Conditions for Sustained Growth.- 4: Channels for Technology Acquisition.- 5: Major Debates in Economic Development.- 6: Crisis amidst Growth.- 2: Economy-Specific Evidence.- 7: The Republic of Korea.- 8: Taiwan.- 9: Hong Kong.- 10: Singapore.- 11: Outward Oriented Development Elsewhere.- 12: Conclusions.- Appendix: Problems for General Review.- Indices.- A Note for Users of Our Indices.- Author Index.- Subject Index—General.- Subject Index—Structured Comparisons.
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