03707nam 2200673 450 991046495760332120200520144314.00-674-72711-80-674-72613-810.4159/harvard.9780674726130(CKB)3710000000020648(EBL)3301338(SSID)ssj0000941120(PQKBManifestationID)11518151(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941120(PQKBWorkID)10955723(PQKB)10983832(MiAaPQ)EBC3301338(DE-B1597)209588(OCoLC)862209081(OCoLC)979622396(DE-B1597)9780674726130(PPN)201922339(Au-PeEL)EBL3301338(CaPaEBR)ebr10776306(EXLCZ)99371000000002064820130204d2013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrEast Asian development foundations and strategies /Dwight H. PerkinsCambridge, Massachusetts :Harvard University Press,2013.1 online resource (222 p.)The Edwin O. Reischauer lecturesDescription based upon print version of record.0-674-72530-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --1. The Historical Foundations of East Asian Development --2. Understanding East Asian Growth --3. Government Intervention versus Laissez-Faire in Northeast Asia --4. Successes and Failures in Southeast Asia --5. From Command to Market Economy in China and Vietnam --6. The End of High Growth Rates --Notes --Acknowledgments --IndexIn the early 1960's fewer than five percent of Japanese owned automobiles, China's per capita income was among the lowest in Asia, and living standards in rural South Korea put it among the world's poorest countries. Today, these are three of the most powerful economies on earth. Dwight Perkins draws on extensive experience in the region to explain how Asia sustained such rapid economic growth in the second half of the twentieth century. East Asian Development covers Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, as well as Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and China--a behemoth larger than the other economies combined. While the overall picture of Asian growth is positive, no single economic policy has been effective regionwide. Perkins uncovers why some initially egalitarian societies have ended up in very different places, with Japan, for example, maintaining a modest gap between rich and poor while China has become one of Asia's most unequal economies. With Korean and Japanese growth sluggish and China losing steam, Perkins asks whether this is a regional phenomenon or typical of all economies at this stage of development. His inquiry reminds us that the uncharted waters of China's vast economy make predictions speculative at best.Edwin O. Reischauer lectures.Economic developmentEast AsiaEconomic developmentSoutheast AsiaEast AsiaEconomic conditionsSoutheast AsiaEconomic conditionsElectronic books.Economic developmentEconomic development338.95QG 800rvkPerkins Dwight H(Dwight Heald),1934-127113MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464957603321East Asian development2456368UNINA