A critical overview of the East Asian development : the cases of miraculous East Asian economies and China

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2006
Yalçınkaya, Meryem Nergis
East Asia has been one of the most important regions in the global economic system. In this thesis, the East Asian miracle and the success of China’s transition are studied by overviewing the literature. The East Asian economies had experienced sustainable rapid growth from the 1960s to the end of 1990s, until the Asian crisis in 1997. China started her transition from the central planning system at the end of the 1970s. Since the transition began, China has grown at rates even higher than developed countries and she is one of the countries which survived the Asian crisis nearly without damage. Comparing these two experiences in East Asia would give an idea on the features of development in this region. The conclusion is that China shares the features of developmental state which is attributed to the miraculous East Asian economies.

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M. N. Yalçınkaya, “A critical overview of the East Asian development : the cases of miraculous East Asian economies and China ,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.