Except for the Philippines between 1896 and 1939, Southeast Asia was never part of the century-long East Asian … Indonesia and Malaysia joined the club only after 1973. Even then, Southeast Asia did not record catching up growth rates on …. What explains this dismal industrial performance before the 1960s? Why did Southeast Asia become a rapid export …

"This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1975 (Latin … America, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive …-wide and this catching up? Productivity growth certainly made their industries more competitive in home and foreign markets …

trade forces produced rising primary product specialization and de-industrialization in the poor periphery. More recently …, modern economists argue that volatility reduces growth in the poor periphery. This paper assess these de-industrialization … divergence between core and periphery. Third, the boom and its de-industrialization impact was only part of the story; growth …

This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1975 (Latin America …, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial … catching up? Productivity growth certainly made their industries more competitive in home and foreign markets, but other forces …

trade forces produced rising primary product specialization and de-industrialization in the poor periphery. More recently …, modern economists argue that volatility reduces growth in the poor periphery. This paper assess these de-industrialization … divergence between core and periphery. Third, the boom and its de-industrialization impact was only part of the story; growth …

This paper documents industrial output and labor productivity growth around the poor periphery 1870-1975 (Latin America …, the European periphery, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Intensive and extensive industrial … catching up? Productivity growth certainly made their industries more competitive in home and foreign markets, but other forces …