Growth Convergence and the Middle-Income Trap

Emerging market economies in East Asia have followed a similar growth path (growth convergence) from a low-income, high-growth state to a middle-income, middle-growth state through industrialization. The economic development of Japan was followed by the “four tigers” (Hong Kong, China; the Republic...

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Main Author: Takatoshi Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The MIT Press 2017-03-01
Series:Asian Development Review
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Online Access:https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/ADEV_a_00079