of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Participation rates, educational levels and (with the exception of Hong …

The export booms in South Korea and Taiwan starting in the early 1960s are anomalous when compared with later export … than its instigator. In economies like South Korea and Taiwan, an increase in investment required an increase in imports of …

Most explanations of Korea's and Taiwan's economic growth since the early 1960s place heavy emphasis on export …

), we survey information on outward investors from Hong Kong and Singapore with the aim of illuminating the implications of … investment by foreign firms in Hong Kong and Singapore often involves sub- stantial contributions from local staff and partners … of foreign-controlled Hong Kong or Singapore investors suggested that many of the investors were acting as part of an …

closely with a depreciating yen, suggesting the countries' emphasis on export promotion. The Singapore dollar, on the other …

Taiwan was perhaps the first developing country to adopt an export-oriented trade strategy after World War II. The …. In 1954, economist S. C. Tsiang proposed that Taiwan boost export earnings rather than squeeze import spending to deal … later, a leading policymaker, K. Y. Yin, fought for the adoption of Tsiang's proposal, helping clear the way for Taiwan …

subcontracting. `Illegal' trade between China and Taiwan has been induced by Taiwan's `no direct trade' policy. Illegal trade such as …