Postwar development in the asian NICs: Does the neoliberal model fit reality?

Economic Geography

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-130

  Brohman, John ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian NICs; Development; External factors; Internal conditions; Neoliberalism; State

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING REGION; DEVELOPMENT MODEL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; NEOLIBERALIST APPROACH; STATE ROLE;

ASIA;

EID: 0030478003     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/144262     Document Type: Article

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