East Asian Visions : Perspectives on Economic Development
East Asian Visions: Perspectives on Economic Development is a collection of essays by 17 eminent East Asians who represent a broad spectrum of backgrounds and experiences. All are senior policy makers, statesmen, or scholars who have either had to...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7362506/east-asian-visions-perspectives-economic-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6627 |
| Summary: | East Asian Visions: Perspectives on
Economic Development is a collection of essays by 17 eminent
East Asians who represent a broad spectrum of backgrounds
and experiences. All are senior policy makers, statesmen, or
scholars who have either had to deal with or think through
some of the most critical financial and developmental issues
confronting their countries and the region. Collectively, 10
of them have, at some point in their careers, been at the
head of key ministries and central banks; nearly a dozen
have been academics and scholars of distinction; several
have served as ambassadors to the West and bring a more
global strategic perspective; and many have been influential
policy advisers and decision makers in governments and
international financial agencies. Their essays reflect
individual experiences at critical economic junctures and
are occasionally quite personal, not surprising since each
author selected a topic of his or her own choosing. Given
their backgrounds, they have chosen to write about the
highly diverse country experiences of East Asia, covering
rich, middle income, and poor countries, and they speculate
on how their countries fit into a rapidly changing region
and globalizing world. Four themes permeate these essays:
explaining East Asia's growth and developmental
success; the powerful forces of regional integration and
building efficiency versus vulnerability; avoiding domestic
disintegration given growing public intolerance of
increasing inequities, pollution, and corruption; and where
will East Asia find its next generation of leaders. |
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