Southeast Asia’s Industrialization: Industrial Policy, Capabilities and Sustainability

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: Growth and Structural Change in the Second-Tier Southeast Asian NICs....Pages 1-29
Initial Conditions and Miraculous Growth: Why is Southeast Asia Different from Taiwan and South Korea?....Pages 30-58
The Fragile Foundations of the Southeast Asian Miracle: Relocative Capital, the Proliferation of Capitalism and Industrial Growth....Pages 59-85
Southeast Asia’s Ersatz Miracle: The Dubious Sustainability of its Growth and Industrialization....Pages 86-112
The Role of the Government in Singapore’s Industrialization....Pages 113-128
The Politics of Industrial Investment Policy Reform in Malaysia and Thailand....Pages 129-182
Corporate Financing and the Systems of Industrial Finance: A Comparative Analysis of Malaysia, Thailand and Selected Industrialized Countries....Pages 183-221
Financing Manufacturing in Malaysia: Experience, Issues and Challenges....Pages 222-246
Fiscal Incentives for Promotion of Manufactured Exports in Malaysia....Pages 247-262
Selective Industrial Policy and Manufacturing Export Success in Thailand....Pages 263-282
Making the Case for the Success of Industrial Policy in Indonesia....Pages 283-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-349