By analysing the economic policies and the politico-institutional structures of the high-performing Asian economies, this article seeks to identify the fundamental determinants underlying the East Asian miracle and to elaborate implications for other developing and transitional countries. While...

The main theme of this study is the political economy of policy reform in less developed countries and post-socialist countries. Given the complexity of economic development and transition, Joachim Ahrens views failures in policy reform, poor public sector management, rent-seeking, corruption,...