The lighthearted title symbolizes the subject of the book, the
disparity between economic breakthrough and stagnation, a crucial
choice for developing countries. As we near the close of the
twentieth century, the so-called New World Order remains undefined
and its parameters hazy. Amidst all the uncertainty, one thing
appears clear--a great many of the advantages that propelled
countries forward during the Cold War decades no longer apply. In a
world in which economic power is driven by the harnessing of new
technological breakthroughs, cheap labor and abundant raw materials
will not remain decisive as in the past. Increasingly, developing
countries must bridge an ever-widening economic gap to achieve
industrial status.
"New Tigers and Old Elephants "examines which factors and
attributes will identify "winners" hi the development game and
which factors are decisive in success and failure alike. "Winners"
are represented as tigers--countries that are breaking through to a
more advanced economic level. In contrast, elephants are countries
with sporadic but ultimately disappointing spurts of growth, whose
mammoth economies nonetheless permit them to lumber on due to one
or two outstanding performing sectors. The tigers of the 1970s were
mostly Asian; during the 1980s this group broadened to include
Chile, Malaysia, and Thailand. Four chapters of this volume
describe the authors' picks for the tigers of the future. This book
offers an original and comprehensive approach to development in the
economic trenches. It will appeal to teachers and students of
international politics, business, and economics, and all those
generally interested hi the developmental process.
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