Initial conditions and miraculous growth: Why is South East Asia different from Taiwan and South Korea?

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 301-321

  Booth, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032996662     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00126-0     Document Type: Article

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