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Economic Development of Southeast Asia. Ian Coxhead University of Wisconsin-Madison. Overview. Week 1: Early modern development Historical background – initial conditions Getting growth started: resources, industry, agriculture “Old style” global shocks: oil crisis, 1970s - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Economic Development of Southeast Asia
Ian CoxheadUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
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OverviewWeek 1: Early modern development
Historical background – initial conditions Getting growth started: resources, industry, agriculture“Old style” global shocks: oil crisis, 1970sIncome growth, poverty and distribution
Week 2: Development since mid-1980sPost-Plaza Accord boom, bubble and bustGlobalization, again: trade liberalization and FDIEnter the dragon: the rise of ChinaTopics: human capital, Asian regional integration,
macro policy
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Approach and assessmentLots of reading! Thinking about what we read:
2 short midweek homeworks @ 10%Connections to data
1 big research assignment, using SE Asian economic growth and development data @ 30%
Just checking…2 end-of-week tests @ 20%
Having your sayClass participation @ 10%
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1a Southeast Asia before the modern era
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OverviewWhy study “ancient” history?Precolonial SE Asia: the first globalization eraColonialismWar, nationalism and revolutionThe region about 1970: a snapshot
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Why study ancient history?Precolonial SEA has some remarkable similarities with contemporary times:
Resource endowments relative to rest of world Natural resource abundance Importers of advanced technologies
Trade relationships Esp. predominance of China & Northeast Asia Vulnerability to world market shocks
Susceptibility to radical political and religious ideasOf course, some differences too:
Then: labor shortage; now, mainly labor abundance relative to rest of world
Is history fate?
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Precolonial SE Asia (~1000-1600 AD)Mainland, Java, Sumatra: centralized kingdoms with capitals
astride navigable riversWealth based on local resource base and taxes on resource exports
(rice, spices, specialty timbers) E.g. Ayuthaya (Thailand): about 25% gov’t revenue from taxes on
trade between hinterland and rest of world. Major religions display strong centralizing tendencies
Archipelago/Malay peninsula: decentralized political entities, capitals at coastal portsWealth based on resource exports and entrepôt trade between Red Sea
ports, India and China Spread of Islam (a decentralized religion) along maritime trade routes
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Resource endowmentsLabor-scarce, land-abundant economies
Slavery & quasi-slavery systems widespread & persistent Many wars were primarily slave raids Corvée and indentured labor under colonialism.
Open land frontiers (these weakened central authority)Natural resource wealth
Abundant timber and cropland, plentiful & regular rainfallSpecific resource endowments of very high value (nutmeg, mace,
cloves, tin & other mineral resources)Little reproducible capital and few commercial inst’ns
Main unit of production was the householdManufactures and high-tech products largely imported (ceramics, silk
& painted textiles, navigational eqpt, paper)
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Precolonial globalizationTrade with China, India, & Europe
Maritime Silk RouteEuropean search for “Spice Islands” voyages of discovery
Columbus (1492), De Gama (1498), Magellan (1521), …Migration and cultural flows accompanied trade
Specialization & technology transfersEuropean trade huge expansion of pepper & spice area,
intraregional trade in rice & other staplesVulnerability to global shocks
Trade shocks: closure of China & Japan; European conflictsDependence of global trade routes on small numbers of entrepreneurs
(or on foreign MNCs, e.g. Dutch E. India Co.)
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Summary: precolonial SE AsiaResources: land abundance, labor scarcity. Trade: diversified; regional and global. Econ. structure: mainly diversified; subsistence-oriented;
low-tech (no capital).
“Southeast Asia … has always been an exporter of raw materials and an importer of manufactures. Its own manufactures were significant items of local trade, but … they were not needed in China or India, the two populous manufacturing centers on its borders. It was the products of tropical agriculture and horticulture… that received the greatest stimulus from the trade boom… followed by forest products” (Reid 1993:32).
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Colonialism (17th century to ~1950s) Econ. motives for colonial rule
Trade access to East Asia (Manila, Cochinchina as bases/entrepots)
SE Asian natural resources (spices, timber, ag. produce, minerals) Treaty of Breda (1697): Dutch exchange an American colony
for Run Is., securing global monopoly on nutmegTrade and tax revenues to support colonial govt Markets for European manufactures.
Strategic and political motives also importantinter-Euro competition for markets & influence (Portugal vs.
Venice, etc.).
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Econ. impacts of colonialism
New bilateral trade and commercial links with European economies (e.g. Manila galleon from China to Spain)
Redirection of trade flows towards colonial power.Strong in Philippines and Indochina, less so elsewhere
New products (rubber, palm oil) and new emphasis on some traditional products (rice, spices)Colonial regimes stressed production for metropolitan
markets - and those alone: e.g in VN, "colonial production must be limited to supplying
the mother country with raw materials and with non-competitive products" (Fr. official).
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Econ. impacts of colonialismNew modes of production, esp. plantation economies
Esp. in Indonesia. 19th century plantation develpt even led to hunger as food production declined.
New resources and changes in existing resource basesInfrastructural development: railroads, ports, citiesBut dendritic development: new cities (Saigon, Rangoon on
coast)Movement of people: Chinese & Tamils --> Plantations in
Malaya & Philippines; Vietnamese to Cambodia, etc.New technologies and flows of information (economic,
political, etc).
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Welfare impacts of colonialismLittle evidence of gains from trade in colonial era
Falling global terms of trade in early 20th century reduced gains of the 19th century, if any
“Colonial drain” -- unrequited export surplus, implying a drain of capital or lack of reinvestment from rest of world.
Probable distortion of investment & expenditure incentives Colonial governments placed low priority on ‘development’
expenditures Colonial market distortions probably diverted domestic
investments toward less productive activities and consumption
But new technologies & info flows (both deliberate and otherwise) from colonizers to colonized
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Persistence of colonial impacts
Economic impactsPrimate cities (Jakarta, Saigon, … )Ethnic mix of some populations (Malaysia) Political, administrative, legal and fiscal structures.
Production structureSEA specialized in food (for own consumption) and agric. raw
materials for industrial economies: rubber, palm oil, timber, copra/CNO, sugar.
Trade patternsEurope (later USA, Japan) but no longer much intra-regional or
China/India trade.
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War, nationalism, and revolution
WWII (1941-45 in Pac/Asia) wrought destruction and created opportunities for changeLoss of infrastructure, manpower (esp. Philippines, Burma)Promotion of nationalist (anti-colonialist) movements -- some by the
Japanese themselves Exit from colonialism, 1940s-50s.
Liberation with violence: Indonesia, Vietnam, MalaysiaDomestic political fissures persisted beyond decolonization
Colonial legacies in early nationalist regimesEmphasis on self-legitimation (“nation-building”)Economic nationalism (mistrust of colonial systems)
Self-sufficiency and Soviet-style central planning
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SE Asia about 1970: A snapshotOngoing or recent wars/violent civil conflict/separatist
movements in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand
Military dictatorships in all countries except Singapore (and Philippines, until 1972)
Major challenges of nation-building and establishment of “national” economy
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SE Asia about 1970
Poor
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GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$)
Cambodia
Indonesia 236
Malaysia 1145
Myanmar
Philippines 732
Singapore 4531
Thailand 516
Vietnam
Low & middle income 635
High income 12934
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SE Asia about 1970
Agrarian
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Agriculture, value added
(% GDP)
Employment in agriculture
(% of total)
Manuf. exports (% total)
Cambodia 1.6Indonesia 45 62 1.2Malaysia 29 48 6.5Myanmar 60 1.5Philippines 30 54 7.5Singapore 27.5Thailand 26 72 4.7VietnamLow & middle income 25High income 6 71.1
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SE Asia about 1970
Unletteredandunconnected
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Literacy rate (% of population)
Telephone lines (per 100 people)
CambodiaIndonesia 47 0.12Malaysia 23 0.96Myanmar 60Philippines 72 0.48Singapore 50 5.13Thailand 68 0.26VietnamLow & middle income 0.00High income >90 18.46
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SE Asia about 1970
Moderatesavings & financial dev.
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Gross domestic savings (% of
GDP)Money (M2) as
% of GDPCambodiaIndonesia 14 7.8Malaysia 24 34.8Myanmar 23.8Philippines 22 23.3Singapore 18 61.8Thailand 21 30.2VietnamLow & middle income 21 23.7High income 26 >80
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SE Asia about 1970
Somewhat trade-dependent
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Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
Cambodia
Indonesia 13
Malaysia 41
Myanmar
Philippines 22
Singapore
Thailand 15
Vietnam
Low & middle income 10
High income 14
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Exports as percent of GDP
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Source: WDI
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Imports as percent of GDP
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Source: WDI
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Ag & nat. res exports (% of total)
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Source: WDI
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Philippines
Thailand
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Manufacturing exports (per cent merchandise exports)
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Source: WDI
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Two important themes
Globalization and growth in historical contextShifting patterns of trade in precolonial, colonial, and post-
colonial erasEvolution of global and regional trade networks in late 20th
centuryInfluence of global integration on economic growth
Industrialization vs. reliance on natural resource wealthFollow comparative advantage or hope for dynamic gains
from industry growth?Within industrialization, factor content and links to growth
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SE Asian transitions“3rd world” “Emerging markets”Low income middle incomeNat resources manufacturingRural urbanEconomically isolated integratedGov’t as central actor Gov’t as regulator/facilitator
But not simple: Nonlinear processes! Different speeds of transitionNo guarantees of future trajectory
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Read Malcom Dowling: “Asia’s economic miracle”
NIEs: Singapore, HK, Taiwan, KoreaSE Asia: Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia
What are the 4 “critical” elements of E/SE Asian growth?
Ask yourself: is anything different since 1997?Is what was true in 1997 still true today?
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