01610cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF012798 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781557756077 1020-5098 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Growth in East Asia : What We Can and What We Cannot infer. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996. 1 online resource (28 pages) Economic Issues <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 The spectacular growth of many economies in East Asia over the past 30years has impressed the economics profession, which often refers to thesuccess of the so-called Four Tigers of the region (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan Province of China) as "miraculous." This papercritically reviews the reasons alleged for this extraordinary growth.It weighs arguments in the debate over factor accumulation versustechnical progress, the role of public policy, the contribution ofinvestments and exports, and the influence of initial conditions onsubsequent growth. Mode of access: Internet Economic Issues; Economic Issues ; No. 1996/003 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/books/051/15216-9781557756077-en/15216-9781557756077-en-book.xml IMF e-Library