""Contents""; ""Sources of the Chapters""; ""Part I Overview of Economic Development of Taiwan""; ""Part II Colonial Linkages""; ""Part III Early Postwar Development""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction""; ""Preview of Chapters""; ""Features of This Book""; ""Lessons for Developing Countries""; ""Part I Overview of Economic Development of Taiwan""; ""Chapter 1. Taiwanese Economic Development and Foreign Trade""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 A Brief Historical Background of Taiwan""; ""1.3 Industrialization under the Japanese Regime"" ""1.3.1 The Initial Period (1895�1905)""""1.3.2 The Intermediate Period (1905�1931)""; ""1.3.3 The Quasi-War-Stage of Industrialization (1931�1937)""; ""1.3.4 The First War-Stage of Industrialization (July 1937 to December 1941)""; ""1.3.5 The Second War-Stage of Industrialization (January 1942 to August 1945)""; ""1.4 The Japanese Legacy""; ""1.5 Economic Development Immediately after World War II""; ""1.5.1 The Chaotic Period (August 1945�1949)""; ""1.5.2 The Transition Period (1950�1953)""; ""1.5.2.1 Monetary and Land Reforms"" ""1.5.2.2 Establishment of the Republic of China on Taiwan""""1.5.2.3 U.S. Economic Aid""; ""1.6 Initial Conditions""; ""1.7 Recovery and Import Substitution Period (1953�1963)""; ""1.7.1 Government Tax and Revenue System""; ""1.7.2 Importance of U.S. Aid""; ""1.7.3 Industrial Development""; ""1.7.3.1 The Electric Power Industry""; ""1.7.3.2 The Fertilizer Industry""; ""1.7.3.3 The Sugar Industry""; ""1.7.3.4 On Public Enterprises""; ""1.7.3.5 The Textile Industry""; ""1.7.3.6 The Cement Industry""; ""1.7.3.7 Development of Private Enterprises""; ""1.7.4 Agricultural Development"" ""1.7.4.1 Agricultural Productivity""""1.7.4.2 Rice Production""; ""1.7.4.3 Sugar Cane Production""; ""1.7.4.4 The Decline of the Agricultural Sector""; ""1.8 A Review of Early Post-War Development""; ""1.9 Some Basic Indicators of Economic Development""; ""1.9.1 Gross Domestic Product and Wholesale Price Index""; ""1.9.2 Foreign Trade Performance""; ""1.10 Stages of Economic Development after 1964""; ""1.10.1 Take-off and Export Promotion Period (1964�1973)""; ""1.10.2 Second Import Substitution Period (1974�1980)""; ""1.10.2.1 Ten Major Construction Projects"" ""1.10.2.2 Evaluation of the Projects""""1.10.3 Accelerated Growth and High-tech Industrialization Period (1980-)""; ""1.10.3.1 Steps toward Democracy""; ""1.10.3.2 Recovery from the Second Oil Crisis""; ""1.10.3.3 Capital- and Skill-Intensive Industrialization""; ""1.10.3.4 The Six-Year National Development Plan""; ""1.11 Trade Policy Reform""; ""1.12 Development and Trends of Foreign Trade""; ""1.12.1 Commodity Composition of Trade""; ""1.12.1.1 Commodity Composition of Exports""; ""1.12.1.2 Commodity Composition of Imports""; ""1.12.2 Major Trading Partners""