Development Strategies in East Asia and Latin America

MOHAMED ARIFF Professor and Head of the Department of Analytical Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya FERNANDO DE HOLANDA BARBOSA Professor of Economics, Getulio Vargas Foundation Graduate School of Economics CARLOS BUDNEVICH Manager of Financial Analysis, Central Bank of Chile JANE S. JAQUETTE B.H. Orr Professor of the Liberal Arts, Professor of Politics and Chair of the Diplomacy and World Affairs Department, Occidental College ROBERT K.MCCLEERY Visiting Associate Professor, Claremont McKenna College ALEJANDRA MIZALA Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile FELIPE MORANDE Chief Economist, Central Bank of Chile BARBARA STALLINGS Director of the Economic Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) JAEHO YEOM Associate Professor of Public Administration, Korea University MAHANI ZAINAL-ABIDIN Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya

In addition to chapters on particular countries and on broad subjects, there are three chapters presenting detailed comparisons of pairs of countries (Brazil and Korea, Indonesia and Mexico, Chile and Malaysia).A fresh insight on the unequal impact of development policies in East Asia and Latin America. Written by economists and political scientists from Brazil, Chile, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and the US, chapters share a political economy perspective and are the result of collaborative work coordinated by researchers at the University of Tsukuba (Japan). In addition to chapters on particular countries and on broad subjects, there are three chapters presenting detailed comparisons of pairs of countries (Brazil and Korea, Indonesia and Mexico, Chile and Malaysia).