US Economic Development Policies Towards the Pacific Rim: Successes and Failures of US Aid

Wiegersma, N.; Medley, J.

US aid interventions have greatly advantaged some countries in their quest for development, but not others. The extensive development assistance, technology transfers and market access that the United States government granted Taiwan and South Korea in their development and the aid recently given Costa Rica were important factors in their development successes. On the other hand, the inappropriate policies of the US in Vietnam in the fifties, El Salvador in the eighties and Nicaragua in the nineties, programmed these interventions to economic as well as political failure.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2000-07-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333670149

DOI: 10.1057/9780333983867

Dimensions: 216cm x138cm

Pages: 177