The Newly Industrializing Economies of Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. The Nies of Asia — Chances for Increasing Cooperation

   1. The Nies of Asia — Chances for Increasing Cooperation

      • Wolfgang Hillebrand, Manfred Kulessa, Philippe Régnier

      Pages 1-17

3. The Asian NIEs and the Asia-Pacific Region

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Country Issues

      1. Korea: A Newly Industrializing Economy Market Opening, Internationalization and International Cooperation

         • Han Young-Soo

         Pages 21-31

      2. Korea 2000: Economic and Social Targets and Development Strategies

         • Hak-Yong Rhee

         Pages 32-44

      3. Korea’s Long-Term Trade Prospects and Policies to the Year 2000

         • Lee Young Sae

         Pages 45-55

      4. Taiwan: Claims and Strategies Towards Europe

         • Sho-Chieh Tsiang

         Pages 56-65

      5. The Case for Taiwan’s Role in the OECD

         • Raymond J. M. Chang

         Pages 66-87

      6. The Significance of Taiwan’s Rejoining Gatt

         • Arthur K. Yeh

         Pages 88-96

      7. The Hong Kong Economy in a Changing International Economic Environment

         • Edward K. Y. Chen

         Pages 97-110

   3. Regional Issues

      1. Some Reflections on Prospects for Regional Co-Operation in the Asian-Pacific Region

         • Syed M. Naseem

         Pages 111-122

      2. ASEAN Reality and Perspective

         • Sharon Siddique

         Pages 123-127

      3. NIE-Japanese Strategic Interdependence and the Pacific Basin

         • Henri-Claude de Bettignies

         Pages 128-137

      4. The East Asian NICs and the South Asia Reality

         • Ponna Wignaraja

         Pages 138-147

      5. Thailand and the So-Called “Newly Industrializing Economies (NIEs)”

         • Suchat Prachimdhit

         Pages 148-154

   4. Market Forces in the Asian NIEs

      1. State Intervention, State Involvement and Market Forces — Singapore and South Korea

         • Hans Christoph Rieger, Wolfgang Veit

         Pages 155-179

      2. The Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Asian NIEs

         • Philippe Régnier

         Pages 180-194

4. The Relations between the Asian NIEs and Europe in a Worldwide Perspective

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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   2. The NIEs and Major World Economic Issues

      1. A World Scenario: The Emergence of Three Main Trading Zones the European Community / Japan — East Asia — Pacific / USA — Canada

         • Theodor Leuenberger

         Pages 197-210

      2. The Concept of the International Division of Labour and Principles of Cooperation

         • Ulrich Hiemenz

         Pages 211-222

Where development is concerned, our language and perhaps our way of thinking often ap­ pear somewhat distorted. If anything, the Asian economies with their most impressive and dynamic growth should logically be called developing countries. Instead, we call them threshold countries, newly industrializing countries (NICs) or newly industrializing eco­ nomies (NIEs), the latter term taking into account the Chinese argument that Hong Kong and Taiwan should not be considered countries. During the eighties, when Latin American NICs became the main victims of the debt crisis, the NIEs of East Asia (EANIEs), the little tigers or dragons, presented most impres­ sive examples of growth through orientation to world trade, fitting well into the Japanese 'flying-geese' concept. Naturally, questions were raised as to the reasons for this success, the lessons other countries could draw from it, and the outlook for the future. At the same time, the establis­ hed industrial countries wanted to know what NIE competition might mean for them. In 1988, the OECD published a study entitled "The NIEs -Challenge and Opportunity for OECD Industries". The NIBs had become a fashionable object of research and debate. In Western Europe, where countries are preparing for a period offurtherintegration and East-West cooperation, it seems worth-while to also consider the role ofthe EANIEs and the options for cooperation they represent. Moreover, the NIEs themselves are following development in Europe with some concern and are trying to adjust to the new situation as it emerges.

• ASEAN
• Asia
• Asia-Pacific
• East Asia
• European Community
• Europäisch-Asiatische wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit
• Hong Kong
• Japan
• Taiwan
• assessment
• cooperation
• development
• information
• internationalization
• trade

• Development Policy Forum, German Foundation for International Development, Berlin 27, Germany

  Manfred Kulessa

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