The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy (World Bank Policy Research Report)

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The extraordinary growth enjoyed over the last several decades by many East Asian countries has amounted to nothing less than an economic miracle. Employing unorthodox policies, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand have all produced dramatic results with far-reaching improvements in human welfare and income distribution, leading many to ask whether a similar achievement can be duplicated elsewhere.
Written for the nonspecialist, this World Bank Policy Research Report–the first in an important new series–discusses in detail the means by which these high-performing Asian economies (HPAEs) realized their staggering success between 1965 and 1990. Examining how these countries stabilized their economies with sound development programs that led to fast growth, the book also shows how they shared the new prosperity by making income distribution more equitable.
The book makes clear how the HPAEs promoted rapid capital accumulation by making banks more reliable and encouraging high levels of domestic savings, while universal primary schooling and better primary and secondary education quickly increased their skilled labor forces. Also included are illustrative examples of productive agricultural programs, modest tax policies, the modification of price distortions, foreign technology and investment, and the cooperation of government and private enterprise.
Exposing to a broad audience the revolutionary process that transformed East Asia into the collection of economic juggernauts that it is today, this provocative World Bank report offers wisdom for today’s up-and-coming markets, highlighting the policies that will make a difference as well as those that, despite their effectiveness in the Orient, could prove disastrous elsewhere.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0195209931
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 1993
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 408 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780195209938
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195209938
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.9 x 9.2 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,320,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #510 in Business Development #624 in Asian History (Books) #1,047 in Development & Growth Economics (Books)
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