Trade - The Engine of Growth in East Asia

by Peter C.Y. Chow and Mitchell H. Kellman

The New Industrializing Countries (NICs) of the Pacific Basin--Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore--differ in many ways such as their languages, cultures, political and economic systems. What is interesting is what economic characteristic they hold in common. Each has succeeded in defying in what Chow and Kellman define as a "vicious circle of poverty" following World War II. They provide a comprehensive analysis of the economic factors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195078950
• ISBN13: 9780195078954
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"