East Asian Growth Before and After the Crisis

September 1, 1998

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N. F. R. Crafts East Asian Growth Before and After the Crisis, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper surveys the literature on the growth performance of the east Asian economies in recent decades, evaluates the sustainability of that performance, and provides a preliminary assessment of their long-term growth prospects in the aftermath of the current crisis. It highlights three special aspects of east Asian growth: unusually high factor accumulation, a favorable demographic transition, and the impact of rapid growth on financial and other institutions. The paper argues that there are downside risks to the east Asian “developmental state” model, despite its favorable attributes, and that an alternative model may become more attractive as these economies mature.

Subject: Expenditure, Labor, Labor productivity, Production, Productivity, Public expenditure review, Total factor productivity

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Diminishing returns, East Asia, Europe, Financial crisis, Labor productivity, Productivity, Productivity gap, Public expenditure review, Real GDP, TFP benchmark, TFP estimate, TFP growth, TFP level, Total factor productivity, Western Europe, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

45
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Series:

Working Paper No. 1998/137
Stock No:

WPIEA1371998
ISBN:

9781451855883
ISSN:

1018-5941

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