Economic Development in Pacific Asia by Akhand, Hafiz; Gupta, Kanhaya

Oxon, UK: Routledge, 2006. xiii, 169 pages. Square tight and uncreased. Couple highlightings on page 2 otherwise clean and unmarked.. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.

New. During the period 1965 to 1990 East Asia was the world's fastest growing region. Economic Development in Pacific Asia provides illuminating, non-technical perspectives on key facets of the region's 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. Empirical 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: the relative role of factors accumulation versus technology change factor price distribution and employment growth, poverty and income distribution the Asian Crisis and corruption. In addition, the book examines topics rarely… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. Providing non-technical perspectives on key facets of East Asia's economies, this text focuses on the 8 East Asian countries, which accounted for the majority of the economic growth, ranging from Japan to Thailand. It highlights their relative performances. It is for economists, policy makers and those interested in Asian economic affairs.

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Routledge, 2005. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 169 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.25 inches.

Routledge, 2005. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 169 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.25 inches.

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