The end of the "Asian model"? / edited by Holger Henke, Ian Boxill.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

THE END OF THE 'ASIAN MODEL '?; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Industrialization in East Asia: A Developmental Approach; Chapter 2. Singapore, a Global City-State into the Twenty-First Century?; Chapter 3. Growth and Planning in an Asian NIC: The Singapore Development Model; Chapter 4. Transition into Poverty: The Mongolian Experience, 1989-95; Chapter 5. Public Policy Interventions, Market Economics, and Income Distribution; Chapter 6. See Through a Glass, Darkly: Models of the Asian Currency Crisis of 1997-98.

With the economic crisis in Asia, which unfolded in recent years, the development 'model' on which the phenomenal earlier success of several countries in the region was built requires increasing scrutiny. This anthology questions the validity of the notion promoted by some observers and international financial organizations that there is a universally applicable model of industrialization common to Asian countries. A number of senior and highly regarded Asia specialists are taking a critical look at the various development experiences of several (and some often neglected) Asian countries and e.

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