Taking both a historical and a comparative view, Perkins explores the nature of economic growth in East Asia. He focuses on ten sites in East and Southeast Asia that achieved a substantial degree of economic success: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand,...

East Asia has three of the most powerful economies on earth, but they are losing steam. Dwight Perkins draws on extensive experience in the region to explain the reasons for this rapid economic growth since the 1960s and to ask if the recent slowdown is a local phenomenon or typical of all...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Historical Foundations of East Asian Development -- 2. Understanding East Asian Growth -- 3. Government Intervention versus Laissez- Faire in Northeast Asia -- 4. Successes and Failures in Southeast Asia -- 5. From Command to Market Economy in China...

For several decades, fast-growing East Asia has been the envy of the developing world. Not only has East Asia outperformed all other regions of the world, but it also recovered surprisingly swiftly from the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Nevertheless,...

Technological Transformation -- Technology and Economic Growth -- Structure and Transformation -- Emerging Industries Under Globalization -- Industrial Transformation and Reconstruction -- China's High-Tech Industry and Global Industrial -- Challenges Faced by China's High-Tech Industry --...