This title presents a novel and timely contribution to the literature on economic development in Asia. By placing up-to-date analyses of the Chinese and Indian experiences alongside more established views of the tiger economies, we see a much more complex yet insightful examination of the...

Before embarking on analyses of different aspects of economic growth and development of these countries, the authors present a thought-provoking analysis of how institutional factors such as geography, history of religion, culture and political governance have been deeply interwoven with...

Singapore is one of the few indisputable success stories of post-war economic development. The country therefore is something of a role model for less developed countries as to what has to be done in order to promote development, in spite of the fact that many characteristics of Singapore (e.g.,...

The observation that Singapore has been one of the most successful economies in the world is almost trivial. The circumstances and policies that contributed to this outcome are very well documented as well. While the country did have some comparative advantages at the outset, such as a...