Growth: its sources and consequences

Singh, Ajit (1997): Growth: its sources and consequences. Published in: Thompson, G. (ed.), Economic Dynamism in the Pacific Region: The Growth of Integration and Competitiveness, Routledge and Open University London and New York, No. Chapter 3 (1999): pp. 55-82.

Abstract

This chapter reviews economic growth, its causes and consequences in the Pacific-rim countries. The chapter is in three parts. The first part (Sections 2 - 8) is concerned with the question of fast economic growth in a group of East and South East Asian developing countries. It reviews the extraordinary economic progress of these nations during the last three or four decades and examines alternative explanations for this phenomena.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: economic progress, South-East Asia, economic growth
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F0 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy

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