This paper provides an extensive review of growth, inequality and poverty reduction in the East Asian miracle economies. This review suggests that the basic impetus for poverty reduction was robust economic growth, which was fostered by a conducive policy and institutional framework. This framework - which helped to create a 'level playing field' - encouraged high investment, production over diversion, and efficient use of investable resources
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Length: Date of creation: Feb 2002 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in ADB Institute Research Paper 33.Februray 2002(2002): pp. 1-123 Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:2638
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