During the period 1965 to 1990 East Asia was the world s fastest growing region. Economic Development in Pacific Asia provides illuminating, non-technical perspectives on key facets of the region s economies. The text focuses on the eight countries which accounted for the majority of the economic growth: Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Empirical evidence is used to provide a revealing, multi-dimensional statistical profile of the countries as well as the region as a whole. Rather than present a statistical history of...