Analyzing The Growth Experience Of Asian Tigers And NICS: A Critical Study Of Two Articles

Input-driven Growth of Asian Tigers and NICS

Question:

Discuss about the Asia Pacific Economies for Knowledge Economy.

This study critically analyzes two articles to explain the issues revolving during recent times. The title of the article are “The Myth of Asia’s Miracle” that was written by Paul Krugman (Krugman, 1994). The title of the second journal article is “Letters to the Editor- Asia’s Growth: Miracle or Myth” that was written by Frank Gibney (Husain, 1995). The current essay had been written to highlight several issues and discussion had been made by referring the above two articles in critical ways. It is the responsibility of the government who are engaging in undertaking this opportunity for the support of financial expansion in these countries. Furthermore, it is essential to look at the financial achievement lies in the fact that there have been important attributes towards managing high rates of savings as well as investment. The countries or economies have even pursued ways especially for export-oriented development strategies in the most appropriate way (You, 2017).

Is the growth experience of the Asian Tigers and the Newly-Industrializing Countries of Southeast Asia in the latter half of the 20^th century a myth or a miracle?

Despite its massive mobilization of resources, it is understood that Soviet economy was treated as virtually certain so as to stop Soviet managers who were unable to utilize the resources in an effective way (Preston, 2017). Likewise, it was argued by Krugman that paper tigers are coasting on their astounding inputs without even increasing level of productivity in an effective way. There are four newly industrialized economies in countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan as well as Singapore and South Korea. Some important facts had been pointed out by World Bank economists that two-third of the expansion of high-performing Asian economies are input-driven where the remaining third cannot be mentioned by accretion. This leads to attributable for increasing level of competence or total factor efficiency. In addition, it is more relative to other countries as a share of production expansion (Clarke & Gholamshahi, 2017).

There is several attributes to look after augmented efficiency as it is mentioned in export-driven financial system as it is mainly attributed to imports in accordance to foreign knowledge as well as technology (Chen & Keng, 2017). The locus of growth actually shifted to four tigers. It is a known fact that rising share of manufactured exports aims at contributing towards attainment of future growth in productivity. In order to understand the point, it is supposed that Gabon which had higher rate of labor productivity as compared to all other four East Asian tigers (Clarke & Gholamshahi, 2017). It is important to understand on how far it is created when productivity gain by continuously producing clothing as well as textiles. On the other hand, four tigers have gained less in overall labor productivity and this can be done by moving labor from producing clothing as well as textiles. Now, the question arises whether Gabon has the greater potential for future growth as compared to tigers in the future run (Preston, 2017).

Role of Export-oriented Development Strategies and Augmented Efficiency

On the contrary, the growth of tigers had been driven by inputs. In this journal article where the title of the article is “The Myth of Asia’s Miracle” is the principle drawn from Occam’s razor as the hypothesis holds use of simple explanation to explain the unknown terms (Krugman, 1994). It is all about self-discipline and this holds for sweeping hypothesis on matters relating to policy or culture. Furthermore, four Asian tiger nations have already recovered from 1997 crisis and this faster as compared to other countries because different economic advantages that include high savings rate and their openness to trading activities (Liu & Zhu, 2017).

The World Bank reports explain about two developmental policies where the main sources come from Asian miracle and this take into consideration factor accumulation as well as macroeconomic management (Bhavnani, 2017). It is mainly ascribed to export oriented policies as well as strong expansion policies at the same time. In addition, sustained rapid growth as well as high levels of equal income distribution that leads to help in managing developmental activities

There are high levels in physical as well as human capital that is present in four countries as it leads to rapid expansion as per capita income levels. While high investment were necessary that lead to financial expansion of these countries (Li et al., 2017). There is decrease in gap present both in case for male as well as female enrolments. Furthermore, role of human capital is important where education plays important role in the Asian miracle. The export oriented economies of the four Asian tiger nations that benefits from American expenditure. Other reason for strong bounce back treated as modest corporate as well as household debt in these four nations (Clarke & Gholamshahi, 2017).

To what degree does Confucianism contribute to the economic successes of the Asian Tigers? Does it mean that Asian countries do not adopt Confucian philosophy will fare badly economically?

The Asian Tigers still stand popular examples of states that had successfully developed in a way that was not predictable 50 years before and is equally faster than any of the current efforts taken at world development (Lecomte-Tilouine, 2017). There are several activities that need to be learnt that arise from rapid economic growth of Tigers and have practical application in contemporary development in the most appropriate way. There is basic difference between a thing that is present in its own right as well as ways to lead others. It is known that these shows prove to be an alternative path for reaching full industrialization. The hypothesis holds for reason at developmental state that is argued by number of economists and widely accepted as viable method of development (Dent, 2017).

Confucianism and Economic Success

At the time of examining the economic development of Asian tigers, it is essential to highlight the theoretical framework (Liu & Zhu, 2017). The models used for understanding economic development varies largely and argued by development economists but at the risk of sacrificing diversity for easy in analyzing further three models. There are three other models that has less cohesive blueprints as well as categories of development policy is derived by market-led interventionlist as well as state-led models especially for economic development (Filippetti & Peyrache, 2017).

Reasons to Asian Miracles mainly focus on increasing exports, high growth rates, rapid industrialization, and high saving rates, small sized with small population as well as little or no possessions and education of population (Findlay & Lundahl, 2017). Confucianism means same culture background as well as this had been affected by several Western countries. It need stable political environment as well as area specialization by getting access to skilled and cheap workforce. The main reason lies in the fact when Asian Tigers successfully developed as it is state-led rather than acting as market-led. Hong Kong is similar countries as many other ways to Singapore when it is noted that it consist of market-led activities of the Tigers. It is needed to conduct balance trade deficits because of poor agricultural potential as it give rise to rapid development of this industry (Ahmed, 2017). Further, it need advocacy of treatment of market-led developmental attributes that is explained in the next steps by providing trade as well as financial services. The market actors are involved here to understand the historical nature as a whole. Unlike Hong Kong, Singapore was known as financial centre for its region as a main industrial producer. It is quite surprising among the tigers for having significantly consistent Laiseez-faire approach in the current marketplace and it is closer to a market-led development. At this phase of development, the tigers pushed forward and it even aggressively reacts towards reinvesting in the infrastructure that help in establishing in next phase as well as protecting it from the benefits of international market as it is ready to understand burden of economic growth (Liu & Zhu, 2017).

It is important to understand the fact that success of state-led development in East Asia was not attributable to their shared culture where there is missing link about legitimacy in countries. Here, all the four tigers had a strong central leadership for efficiently steering the course of the financial system without important internal challenges as it is an indication of substantial legitimacy. In this case, it need to understand about economic rivals of countries where it had no such fallback as well as continued rule of leadership and rest on looking at the ability for delivering the economic goods (Foster-McGregor & Verspagen, 2017).

Is There a Single Asian Recipe Model for Economic Success?

Is there a single Asian recipe model for economic success? Discuss by referring to relevant sources of information

“Single East Asian Experience or model”

In this question, it is needed to comment whether Single Asian model can be used for attaining future economic success and where East Asian miracle as well as common structural weakness as it is shared by these economies as it is supposed to have contributed in any form to the East Asian crisis (Foster-McGregor & Verspagen, 2017). It is mainly discussed previously where misconception had been implemented when there is Single East Asian model of financial growth. Furthermore, it is difficult to understand about homogenous East Asian model of economic expansion or experience that exists in current place. There are five other categories of industrialization experience that need to be identified among the East Asian countries. The first category is Japanese case of government-directed industrialization as well as followed closely with state directed production as well as exports in and across the world market. There are two other city states that opened with free ports to the outside world. In addition, the second-tier NICs of countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand that links with Foreign Direct Investment led exports as well as level of growth in the near future. Under the leadership of Deng Xiao-ping, it gives rise to implementation of open-door policy for Foreign Direct Investment as well as considerable public expenditures especially on transportation expansion (Liu & Zhu, 2017).

There is no single established as well as widely accepted meaning of East Asian model of financial expansion (Foster-McGregor & Verspagen, 2017). After making the comparison with Western counterpart, this model was used by countries like Japan, South Korea and Taiwan where it had unique features. Here, Government plays an important role as well as proactive role to look further into the procedure of industrialization as well as financial progress as a whole. Countries like South Korea and Taiwan was treated as developmental state where the state reorganizes financial expansion as main goal and it even they did not vacillate to interfere in a given market-oriented company for achieving future goals and objectives in the long run. As a capitalist state, it can be seen that the developmental state remains committed towards any of the private property as well as market system (Liu & Zhu, 2017). In addition, the government bureaucrats aims at formulating as well as implementing strategic industrial policies for promoting economic development as well as closely monitoring the working or overall functioning of the market scheme. Countries like South Korea and Taiwan are promoting bank-based monetary scheme under close administration control. These countries even used international trade as a primary means for looking forward financial expansion as well as progress. There are commonalities present among the countries such as South Korea and Taiwan and this is the only reason that explains about the extraordinary financial achievement as achieved in past three decades (Hirakawa, 2017).  

Conclusion

The broad interest in the race between two giants of Asia as it explains about developmental plan of these East Asian tigers as it needs universal attention. Krugman is of the opinion that there is nothing astounding about East Asian miracle as well as opening up the total factor efficiency in an effective way (Liu & Zhu, 2017). Furthermore, hardy anyone contest the notable financial achievement of the four little tigers of East Asia who actually won the developmental race of the 20^th century as well as second-tier NIEs of Southeast Asia. However, export-oriented development strategies need to be guided by administration as it is believed and provided conditions for successful takeoff. The success of the East Asian economies as well as collapse of the socialist economies calls for an opinion that include standard paradigms used for development as well as intellectual foundations. In addition, the East Asian success story has brought forward many questions in development economies in theory and policy (Hong & Li, 2017). Despite various difference in history, economic and political institutions in most of the East Asian countries or economy as a part of the East Asian Miracle

Conclusion

From the above study, it is noted that both the articles were helpful to give proper insights of information about the issue that was mentioned in the case scenario. There are several other factors that give rise to productivity as well as continuously expanding education opportunities and improved work practices. Likewise, the most significant activities are the interlocking cooperation of free enterprise. There is governmental intervention that guides with minded technocratic bureaucracy especially on Japanese Model. Furthermore, the flexible industrial policy that compares with Soviet style command economies. It is important to understand the fact that managers of developed Western economies still hold that all economics must work in the same way. Proper emphasis has been given upon promoting universal education as well as market investments especially in human capital for absorbing and adapting to get access of most advanced technology. In such cases, it is seen that almost in all the East Asian economies, it is noted that industrial policies for becoming significant part of their growth strategies in an effective way.

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