1. DISCUSSION.
- Author
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Bronfenbrenner, Martin and Fisher, Joseph L.
- Subjects
ECONOMIC development ,JAPANESE economic policy ,ECONOMIC conditions in Japan ,ECONOMIC history ,POVERTY ,INDUSTRIALIZATION ,NATIONALISM ,HEALTH facilities ,NATIONAL security - Abstract
The article presents a discussion on difference between economic development in Japan and rest of Asia. Japanese ruling classes has been aware of dangers of colonial exploitation and strove consciously to avoid them. Japan alone among Asian nations had a strongly developed spirit of nationalism, economic as well as political, which led to government development of public utilities and industries connected with the national defense. Japan had a higher degree of geographic and governmental unity than other Asiatic nations. Japan had a strong internal government. The factors responsible for poverty in Southern Asia was lack of education, lack of health facilities, lack of industrialization, lack of awareness about other developed countries and many more. The evidence is clear that the Southeast in recent years has gained rapidly on the national avenge in such basic measures of economic welfare as per capita income, percentage of higher value-added industries, and percentage of the labor force with higher skills.
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- 1951