Asian Growth and Development
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The growth and development of Asian countries in the past 40 years has in some cases resulted in ômiracle economies,ö where countries experienced exceptional economic growth within a relatively short period of time. These countries experienced extraordinary growth and a subsequent higher standard of living with a reduction in poverty and a measure of reduction in inequality by stabilizing their economies. As their prosperity increased, their educational systems improved, peopling their workforces with better skilled workers. The chain reaction of prosperity eventually affected nearly every aspect of peopleÆs lives in these economies. A careful analysis reveals differences in their miracle growth situations and an uneven impact of growth on poverty reduction, but also a number of similarities (Quibria 12). Two of the economies that experienced this type of miracle growth were Thailand and Korea. Both economies experienced the economic boom and subsequent ôbust,ö or collapse of the bubble economy, that occurred in 1997, and both economies are recovering. This paper will explain how Southeast Asian economies in general, and Thailand and Korea in particular, accomplished their economic transformation and argue that the methods they employed in that transformation could be regarded to constitute a specific model of progress as long as subsequent changes in the conditions that facilitated their explosive growth are factored into the
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Thailand does have some issues to resolve in its economy, one of them being the debt due to bad loans made by the state-owned Krung Thai Bank Pcl (Pesek). As recently as 2000, 40% of those bad loans were still not performing (Stiglitz). There has been some economic uncertainty because of Thaksinomicsùthe economic policy of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatraùand a problem with the government using state banks as ôa source of off-budget financing,ö as well as rising consumer prices (Pesek). However, Thailand began recovering economically following the bust in 1997 and is currently doing well, with interesting new research showing that ôdomestic consumption is running ahead of exports as a source of growthö in some of the Asian countries, including Thailand, and construction is booming in Thailand and South Korea (Elliott). ThailandÆs miracle growth is still a valid example for modeling, because the factors that threaten to hamper its economy can be excluded in other countries.
South Korea
South Korea experienced a miracle economy just as Thailand did. South KoreaÆs per capita income has risen from $150 per year in 1960ù
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Approximate Word count = 2054
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)
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