Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface: Why Asia, Why Africa, Why Now? -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Asian Aspiration -- Part One: Case Studies From Asia -- Chapter 1: Japan: The Power of Example and Innovation -- Chapter 2: Taiwan: The Subcontractor -- Chapter 3: Singapore: Have a Good Crisis -- Chapter 4: South Korea: Incentivising Competitiveness -- Chapter 5: The Philippines: Beware Elites -- Chapter 6: Malaysia: Managing Diversity -- Chapter 7: Indonesia: The Cost of Corruption, the Benefits of Growth |
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Chapter 8: Thailand: Closed Politics, Open Tourism -- Chapter 9: China: Cats, Mice and Cement -- Chapter 10: Vietnam: Making Better Development Choices -- Part Two: Five Key Lessons For Success From Asia -- Chapter 11: The Premium of Leadership and Institutions -- Chapter 12: Don't be a Prisoner of the Past -- Chapter 13: Get the Basics Right for Growth -- Chapter 14: Build and Integrate -- Chapter 15: Open Up to Keep Control -- Conclusion -- What if Lee Kuan Yew was African? -- 'Jambo Express' -- Notes -- Index |
Summary |
Why has Asia developed while Africa lagged? The Asian Aspiration chronicles the stories of explosive growth and changing fortunes: the leaders, events and policy choices that lifted a billion people out of abject poverty within a single generation, the largest such shift in human history |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Economic development -- Asia -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies
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Economic development -- Asia -- History -- 21st century -- Case studies
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Poverty -- Africa
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Economic development
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Economic history
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Poverty
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SUBJECT |
Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008617
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- History -- 20th century
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- History -- 21st century
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Subject |
Africa
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Asia
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Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Obasanjo, Olusegun, author
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H̲āylamāryām Dasālañ, 1965- author.
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Van der Merwe, Emily, author
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ISBN |
9781787385061 |
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178738506X |
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9781787385078 |
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1787385078 |
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