LEADER 03673nam 2200661 450 001 9910789472503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-72711-8 010 $a0-674-72613-8 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674726130 035 $a(CKB)3710000000020648 035 $a(EBL)3301338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000941120 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11518151 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941120 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10955723 035 $a(PQKB)10983832 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301338 035 $a(DE-B1597)209588 035 $a(OCoLC)862209081 035 $a(OCoLC)979622396 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674726130 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301338 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10776306 035 $a(PPN)201922339 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000020648 100 $a20130204d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEast Asian development $efoundations and strategies /$fDwight H. Perkins 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 225 1 $aThe Edwin O. Reischauer lectures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-72530-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Historical Foundations of East Asian Development --$t2. Understanding East Asian Growth --$t3. Government Intervention versus Laissez-Faire in Northeast Asia --$t4. Successes and Failures in Southeast Asia --$t5. From Command to Market Economy in China and Vietnam --$t6. The End of High Growth Rates --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aIn the early 1960's fewer than five percent of Japanese owned automobiles, China's per capita income was among the lowest in Asia, and living standards in rural South Korea put it among the world's poorest countries. Today, these are three of the most powerful economies on earth. Dwight Perkins draws on extensive experience in the region to explain how Asia sustained such rapid economic growth in the second half of the twentieth century. East Asian Development covers Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, as well as Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and China--a behemoth larger than the other economies combined. While the overall picture of Asian growth is positive, no single economic policy has been effective regionwide. Perkins uncovers why some initially egalitarian societies have ended up in very different places, with Japan, for example, maintaining a modest gap between rich and poor while China has become one of Asia's most unequal economies. With Korean and Japanese growth sluggish and China losing steam, Perkins asks whether this is a regional phenomenon or typical of all economies at this stage of development. His inquiry reminds us that the uncharted waters of China's vast economy make predictions speculative at best. 410 0$aEdwin O. Reischauer lectures. 606 $aEconomic development$zEast Asia 606 $aEconomic development$zSoutheast Asia 607 $aEast Asia$xEconomic conditions 607 $aSoutheast Asia$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aEconomic development 676 $a338.95 686 $aQG 800$2rvk 700 $aPerkins$b Dwight H$g(Dwight Heald),$f1934-$0127113 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789472503321 996 $aEast Asian development$93866930 997 $aUNINA