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Implication of the Asian Crisis on Sustainable Industrial and Technological Development in the Asia-Pacific Region

  • Author: UN
  • Publication date: April 2000
  • Page count: 236
  • Language(s) in this book: English
  • Sales number: 99.II.F.50

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After several decades of unprecedented economic and industrial growth in certain East and South-East Asian economies, a phenomenon often called the 'East Asian economic miracle' came to an abrupt end in mid-1997 with the collapse of the Thai currency, the buht. This publication reviews the events and factors, which caused the crisis, focusing on three countries - Indonesia, the Republic of Korea and Thailand, and evaluates the implications of the crisis for the industrial and technological development in these countries and the Asia-Pacific region as a whole. It also looks at the implications of the Asian financial crisis on China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and Viet Nam.