The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century
The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century provides an authoritative assessment of the 20th century performance of the rapidly increasing growth and importance of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan both in Asia and in the world economy. With representations of the trend set into the 21st century, it incorporates a view concerning the proper grounds of comparison of countries with very different histories and levels of development. Comparisons between the Asian countries and Australia and the United States are included, along with contributions from leading experts offer a comprehensive review of the procedures necessary to establish valid international comparisons for countries with very different economic histories and levels of development.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Measuring Asian Performance / Angus Maddison
- The International Comparison of Real Product and Productivity / Angus Maddison and Bart van Ark
- International Comparison of Farm Sector Performance: Methodological Options and Empirical Findings for Asia-Pacific Economies, 1900-94 / D. S. Prasada Rao, Angus Maddison and Boon Lee
- A Comparison of Real Output and Productivity Levels in Australian and United States Manufacturing, 1970-95 / William F. Shepherd and D. S. Prasada Rao
- Industrial Output and Labour Productivity in China 1949-94: A Reassessment / Harry X. Wu
- Twentieth Century Economic Performance of India / Siva Sivasubramonian
- Indonesia's Growth Performance in the Twentieth Century / Pierre van der Eng
- The Long-Term Performance of the Japanese Economy / Dirk Pilat
- Realising Growth Potential: South Korea and Taiwan, 1960 to 1998 / Bart van Ark and Marcel P. Timmer