Economic Development in Pacific Asia

<p>During the period 1965 to 1990 East Asia was the world’s fastest growing region. <em>Economic Development in Pacific Asia</em> provides illuminating non-technical perspectives on key facets of the region’s economies. The text focuses on the eight countries which accounted for the majority of the economic growth: Japan Hong Kong Taiwan Republic of Korea Indonesia Malaysia Singapore and Thailand.</p><p>Empirical evidence is used to provide a revealing multi-dimensional statistical profile of the countries as well as the region as a whole. Rather than present a statistical history of each country the text highlights the relative performance in terms of the variables which are studied within each chapter. Akhand and Gupta examine a range of popular topics including: </p><ul> <li>the relative role of factors accumulation versus technology change</li> <li>factor price distribution and employment</li> <li>growth poverty and income distribution</li> <li>the Asian Crisis and corruption.</li> </ul><p>In addition the book examines topics rarely covered in the current economics literature such as urbanization the gender gap and the digital divide. </p><p>It provides an accessible and wide ranging assessment of the existing evidence and current arguments on East Asian economic development and is a valuable addition to economists policy makers and those interested in Asian economic affairs.</p>