Economic Development in Pacific Asia - 9780415288682

Taylor & Francis

Economic Development in Pacific AsiaAuthor(s): Hafiz Akhand, Kanhaya Gupta\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415288682, 978-0415288682\nSynopsis\nDuring the period 1965 to 1990 East Asia was the worlds fastest growing region. Economic Development in Pacific Asia provides illuminating, non-technical perspectives on key facets of the regions 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.\n\nEmpirical evidence is used to provide a revealing, multi-dimensional 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. Akhand and Gupta examine a range of popular topics including: \n\nthe rela.