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"The debate on the major factors contributing to Southeast Asian
industrialization continues unabated. As might be expected, there
is much at stake in this debate. The debate is largely ideological
in nature and partly centers on the role and contribution of state
interventions and other institutions in market processes in the
context of late industrialization. At the risk of caricaturing the
debate, on the one hand, one finds the dominant and more
influential position held by those who blame the state for all that
has gone wrong and credit the market for all that has turned out
right; on the other hand, the minority statist extreme position
basically credits most major economic achievements in East Asia to
appropriate interventions by developmentalist states. While very
few people would actually fully identify with either of these
caricatured extremes, much of the discussion actually gravitates
around either of these poles. "
There are competing theories to explain the reasons behind the
international competitiveness of manufacturing in Asia. Analysing
these different theories will bring important lessons, not just for
Asia, but for developing economies the world over. This lucid book
studies industries and firms in East Asia and examines the major
determinants of their economic performance. With contributions from
such leading thinkers as Ha-Joon Chang and Rajah Rasiah, the book
covers such themes as: *industrial policy and East Asia *Taiwan's
information technology industry *The role of the government in
technological capability building Manufacturing Competitiveness in
Asia touches on many important themes and issues and as such will
be of great interest to students, academics and policy-makers
involved in industrial economics, international trade and Asian
studies.
In this first critical, multidisciplinary assessment of recent
privatization in a developing country, the contributors offer
valuable lessons for the comparative study of denationalization and
related public policy options. After an introductory survey, the
volume presents broad perspectives on the context, formulation, and
adjustment of privatization policy in Malaysia. The contributors
review the distributional implications of specific privatizations
for the public interest as well as for consumer and employee
welfare. The book concludes with an examination of the economic,
political, and cultural impacts of the privatization of physical
infrastructure, telecommunications, and television programming.
There are competing theories to explain the reasons behind the international competitiveness of manufacturing in Asia. Analysing these different theories will bring important lessons, not just for Asia, but for developing economies the world over. This lucid book studies industries and firms in East Asia and examines the major determinants of their economic performance. With contributions from such leading thinkers as Ha-Joon Chang and Rajah Rasiah, the book covers such themes as: *industrial policy and East Asia *Taiwan's information technology industry *The role of the government in technological capability building Manufacturing Competitiveness in Asia touches on many important themes and issues and as such will be of great interest to students, academics and policy-makers involved in industrial economics, international trade and Asian studies.
What do dear friends who grew up together do when one abandons his
faith in God for Atheism? They do the obvious. They remain friends!
This witty, funny, and intellectual dialogue follows two young men
as they discuss such issues as the possibility of God, Science,
Ultimate Reality, and John and Kate Plus 8. Charles is the bright
University Student who has chosen to cast off the restraints of
religion for free thought, skepticism, and naturalist philosophy.
JJ, his dear and beloved friend, has just enrolled in seminary to
study for ministry. When JJ hears of Charles surprising conversion
to Atheism, a unique correspondence begins that will challenge both
men intellectually. The reader who peers into this conversation
will be engaged in one of the most creative and unique debates on
Theism and Atheism ever seen.
Flat World, Big Gaps critically considers the impact of economic
liberalization and globalization on inequality and poverty. The
first half surveys the major analytical issues in the recent study
of global inequalities. After a brief survey of different
approaches to international income inequalities, the second chapter
notes that indicators of economic growth performance as well as
international economic inequities have deteriorated in the last
quarter-century compared to the 1960s and 1970s. The following
three chapters critically consider recent trends as well as their
implications from different perspectives. High global inequalities
mean that a very small share of economic growth -- which often
exacerbates living conditions for the poor - actually trickles down
to the poor, who make up half the world's population. The second
half of the volume surveys recent inequality trends in various
parts of the world including the OECD, the USA, Eastern Europe and
the CIS economies, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa,
sub-Saharan Africa, India, East Asia and China.
The history of modern economic thought has been pre-occupied with
the question of economic transformation or development. This survey
of important contributions to the economics of development includes
many economists not normally considered as pioneers in this field.
The contributors point to the role of imperialist considerations in
the early development of economic thought and the development
discourse, and the impact of pressures for social and political
reform. The economists and thinkers discussed include William
Petty, David Ricardo, Friedrich List, Alexander Hamilton, Karl
Marx, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Alfred Marshall, Michal Kalecki, John
Maynard Keynes, Nicholas Kaldor, Karl Polanyi, Raul Prebisch,
Arthur Lewis, Alexander Gerschenkeron and Hans Singer.
Deforesting Malaysia: The Political Economy and Social Ecology of
Agricultural Expansion and Commercial Logging critically examines
the major economic, political and social forces responsible for
deforestation in Malaysia. It carefully distinguishes among the
three major regions of the country, namely Peninsular Malaysia,
Sabah and Sarawak, not only in recognition of the ecological
variation of equatorial Malaysia, but also of the different
economic, political and social dynamics involved. Originally
commissioned by UNRISD, the United Nations Research Institute for
Social Development, this volume primarily considers the role of
agricultural expansion in deforestation. In recent decades after
independence, however, commercial logging has greatly increased in
significance, exacerbated by the complex dynamics of Malaysian
federal-state fiscal relations, 'money politics', 'cronyism' and
international demand for tropical timber. A large team of
contributors to the research that went into the volume supported
the principal authors.
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