1st Edition

The Southeast Asian Economic Miracle

By Young Kim Copyright 1995
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

261 Pages
by Routledge

There is widespread agreement that the world's most successful developing countries in the 1980s were those in Southeast Asia. Following in the footsteps of postwar Japan and more recently Korea, the populations of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Philippines have made enormous strides in income, industrial and agricultural production, exports, education, health,... Read more
Preface, 1. The Transition in the Political Economy of South Korean Development: Issues and Perspectives, 2. Malaysia: The Anxieties of Success, 3. Recent Developments and Future Prospects of the Indonesian Economy, 4. Southeast Asian Economic Experience and Prospects: Myanmar, 5. The Economic Development of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 6. The Prospects for Democratization in Southeast Asia: Local Perspectives and International Roles, 7. Government and Business in Thailand, 8. Trade and Investment in Southeast Asian Development, 9. Managing Renewable Resources in Southeast Asia: The Problem of Deforestation, 10. Showtime for Southeast Asia: An Economic and Political Crossroads, 11. The PRC, Taiwan, and the Overseas Chinese, 12. Southeast Asian Economic Experience and Prospects: A Summary, Contributors, Index

Biography

Young Kim