Huang gives important and high-quality research on the economic growth in East Asia from 1945 to the present, assessing the various theories put forward to explain the phenomenon, and appraising the various factors which have contributed to economic growth in East Asia.

Xiaoming Huang is a senior lecturer in East Asian politics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His research interests focus on the patterns of political and social change in different institutional settings, and frameworks for their meaningful description and explanation to people across critical boundaries, national, cultural or otherwise.

Part 1: Making Sense of the 50-Year Growth: Theories and Evidence Part 2: Initial Conditions: Growth Imperatives and Alternative Scenarios Part 3: Striving for Sustainable International Competitiveness Part 4: Cultural and Social Setting Part 5: Crafting The National Growth System Part 6: The Dynamism and Consequences of East Asian Growth Part 7: Conclusion: Institutional Competitiveness and East Asian Growth