Strategic processes in monsoon Asia's economic development
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Strategic processes in monsoon Asia's economic development
(The Johns Hopkins studies in development)
Johns Hopkins University Press, c1993
Available at 49 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The countries of monsoon Asia - whose economies traditionally depend on rice cultivation - experience unique problems in economic development because of their weather. Typically, heavy rains come during one half of the year, while the other half remains relatively dry. This places unusual demands on the work-force, which can be fully employed while the land is wet for rice cultivation but must seek other employment during the rest of the year. The author offers a range of policy prescriptions, focusing on how strategic processes contribute to strengthening the developing economies of Asian nations affected by the monsoon season. Topics include full-time employment strategies, education reform, technological development, capital formation, consumer spending and saving, and multicrop diversification. Oshima examines current data from successful monsoon-Asia nations like Japan, Taiwan and Korea, comparing their experiences to those of Indonesia, the Philippines, Bangladesh and India. His insights and conclusions may offer lessons for developing nations in this important region and also, perhaps, in other parts of the world.
by "Nielsen BookData"