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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777680003321

Autore

Gill Indermit Singh <1961->

Titolo

An East Asian renaissance : : ideas for economic growth / / Indermit Gill, Homi Kharas ; together with Deepak Bhattasali ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, , [2007]

copyright 2007

ISBN

1-280-85762-5

9786610857623

0-8213-6748-X

Descrizione fisica

xv, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

KharasHomi J. <1954->

BhattasaliDeepak

Disciplina

338.95

Soggetti

East Asia Economic policy

East Asia Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Overview: The Unfolding of a Renaissance; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Maps; 1 Growth, Gravity, and Friction; 2 Trade; 3 Innovation; 4 Finance; 5 Cities; 6 Cohesion; 7 Corruption

Sommario/riassunto

The World Bank has completed a major study of East Asian growth every four years, beginning with the seminal The East Asian Miracle in 1993. Three major developments since the early 1990's call for a reexamination of East Asian growth: the meteoric rise of China, the economic crisis of the nineties, and the rapid growth of cities. This report addresses how development strategies should be adapted in response to these changes. The region has been transformed by these developments, changing from a set of countries that rapidly integrated with the world to one that is also aggressively exploiting