Brief History of Asia's Sustained Growth
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- ISBN 9781041353126
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book explores Asia’s remarkable economic transformation by examining four key nations—Japan, Korea, China and India. It presents how these countries sustained high economic growth, leading to prosperity.
This book analyses the four economies through the four pillars: (a) free and open markets, (b) accountable government and effective policies, (c) education and human capital development and (d) saving and investment, leading to capital accumulation. The analysis reveals that the experiences of the four countries are highly divergent. Against common knowledge that the Asian miracle was based on export-driven, government-led and infrastructure investment strategy, these countries achieved high economic growth by building the four pillars of their own which reflected their history, culture and initial economic situation. Noting that the present global economic environment makes a copy-and-paste tactic impossible for developing economies to follow, this book offers broader insights on institutional reform and the timely exploitation of critical opportunities, which will be of interest to other developing nations.
Written by an experienced economist and policymaker, this concise book will appeal to students and researchers of development economics, political economy and Asian studies. It will also appeal to general readers interested in learning more about global economics and history.
In-chang SONG obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of York, UK. An economist and policymaker, he has more than three decades of experience in international economic cooperation, financial policy and development strategy in the Korean Ministry of Finance and MDBs. He was Deputy Minister and G20 Sherpa for the Republic of Korea.
