01557cas a2200229 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011512 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 9781616352875 0145-1707 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. Finance and Development, September 1967. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1967. 1 online resource (80 pages) Finance and Development <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper focuses on the economic development in Taiwan. The paper highlights that it was under the Japanese that the first significant commercial development took place in Taiwan as the colony was transformed into a supplier of foodstuffs, particularly rice and sugar, for sale in Japan, in accordance with the normal views of that time of the role of a colonial dependency. The Japanese established an infrastructure in the form of power, communications, and water control systems. The last was an important contribution. Mode of access: Internet Finance and Development; Finance and Development ; No. 0004/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0004/003/022.0004.issue-003-en.xml IMF e-Library