Southeast Asia''s Industrialization - Industrial Policy, Capabilities and Sustainability

Informationen zum Autor ANNE BOOTH Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonC.P. CHANDRASEKHAR Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhiANITA DORAISAMI Churchill College, Cambridge, UK and Economics Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AustraliaCHIN KOK FAY Faculty of Development Science, National University of Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, MalaysiaGREG FELKER Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Division, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong KongJAYATI GHOSH Associate Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhiLINDA LOW Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, SingaporeRUDOLPH C. MATTHIAS Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UKRAJAH RASIAH Professor, Faculty of Business, University Malaysia SarawakMICHAEL T. ROCK Winrock International, Washington DC, USA Klappentext Drawing on a wide range of expertise, this volume addresses fundamental issues surrounding industrialization in Southeast Asia, which are particularly pressing now that the region's miracle has been transformed into a debacle, and the world seeks to draw lessons from the experience. The contributors address crucial questions such as: How did Southeast Asia industrialize? What have been the consequences of domination by foreign investment? Did the region's resource wealth weaken its imperative to industrialize? Why else has Southeast Asia's industrialization been inferior to the rest of the East Asian region? Did the countries' financial systems help industrialization? Was this industrialization sustainable? The volume includes detailed studies of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Zusammenfassung Drawing on a wide range of expertise, this volume addresses fundamental issues surrounding industrialization in Southeast Asia, which are particularly pressing now that the region's miracle has been transformed into a debacle, and the world seeks to draw lessons from the experience. The contributors address crucial questions such as: How did Southeast Asia industrialize? What have been the consequences of domination by foreign investment? Did the region's resource wealth weaken its imperative to industrialize? Why else has Southeast Asia's industrialization been inferior to the rest of the East Asian region? Did the countries' financial systems help industrialization? Was this industrialization sustainable? The volume includes detailed studies of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Figures Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Growth and Structural Change in the Second-tier Southeast Asian NICs; K.S.Jomo Initial Conditions and Miraculous Growth: Why is Southeast Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?; A.Booth The Fragile Foundations of the Southeast Asian Miracle: Relocative Capital, the Proliferation of Capitalism and Industrial Growth; C.P.Chandrasekhar & J.Ghosh Southeast Asia's Ersatz Miracle: The Dubious Sustainability of Its Growth and Industrialization; R.Rasiah The Role of the Government in Singapore's Industrialization; L.Low Industrial Policy and Industrialization in Malaysia and Thailand; G.Felker Corporate Financing and Systems of Industrial Finance: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia, Thailand and Selected Industrialized Countries; R.Matthias Financing Manufacturing in Malaysia: Experience, Issues and Challenges; C.K.Fay Fiscal Incentives for Promotion of Manufactured Exports in Malaysia; A.Doraisami & R.Rasiah Selective Industrial Policy in Thailand and its Impact in Export Success; M.Rock Making the Case for the Success of Industrial Policy in Indonesia; M.Rock Bibliography Index...

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List of Tables and Figures Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Growth and Structural Change in the Second-tier Southeast Asian NICs; K.S.Jomo Initial Conditions and Miraculous Growth: Why is Southeast Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?; A.Booth The Fragile Foundations of the Southeast Asian Miracle: Relocative Capital, the Proliferation of Capitalism and Industrial Growth; C.P.Chandrasekhar & J.Ghosh Southeast Asia's Ersatz Miracle: The Dubious Sustainability of Its Growth and Industrialization; R.Rasiah The Role of the Government in Singapore's Industrialization; L.Low Industrial Policy and Industrialization in Malaysia and Thailand; G.Felker Corporate Financing and Systems of Industrial Finance: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia, Thailand and Selected Industrialized Countries; R.Matthias Financing Manufacturing in Malaysia: Experience, Issues and Challenges; C.K.Fay Fiscal Incentives for Promotion of Manufactured Exports in Malaysia; A.Doraisami & R.Rasiah Selective Industrial Policy in Thailand and its Impact in Export Success; M.Rock Making the Case for the Success of Industrial Policy in Indonesia; M.Rock Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: K. S. Jomo, Jomo K. S.
• Assisted by: Jomo (Editor), K Jomo (Editor), K. Jomo (Editor), Kwame Sundaram Jomo (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2001
• EAN: 9780333792056
• ISBN: 978-0-333-79205-6
• No. of pages: 367
• Series: Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia; Studies in the Economies of Ea; Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia; Studies in the Economies of Ea
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics