With Reference to a county or countries that you have studied, why have some parts of the LEDW rapidly industrialized in the last 30 years?

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With Reference to a county or countries that you have studied, why have some parts of the LEDW rapidly industrialized in the last 30 years?

I have studied the NICs( Newly Industrialized Countries), which are LEDCs in East Asia which began industrialization as the UK began suffering in deindustrialization , they were first developed in the 1960's/1970's when the "Asian Tigers" were formed, e.g. Singapore, Hong Kong. In the 1990's the "Asian Tiger Cubs" began to become industrialized, such places as Vietnam, Thailand. It is said that China is the "leading economic power house" of the 21st century, suggesting that much more manufacturing was increasing in the LEDCs. Since the 1970's the map of the worlds economy has changed from the LEDCs owning 10%, to 30% in 2005. This shows the rapid industrialization in parts of the LEDW, taking over from the MEDW, which formally were the highlight of industry.

The Rostow model of economic development shows a great relation to how the NICs are in comparison to the rest of the World, and what stage of development each country is at. While European countries such as Great Britain have reached High mass consumption in the 21st century with great dominance of employment in tertiary sectors with great growth in wealth and facilities. The Asian Tigers have managed to achieve the Drive to maturity stage where there has been a great decline in primary sector jobs, and a noticeable rise in the percentage of tertiary employment, which was achieved by the MEDCs between 1900-70. However the Tiger Cubs have slowly reach Take Off where the primary sector is still declining and the secondary increasing greatly with a couple percent of tertiary jobs. This model shows how the LEDW is slowly developing and becoming more wealthy and less dependant on the MEDW investments in them, and that they are slowly becoming a stable government in themselves.
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Malaysia is a good example of a NICs I have studied, it is a Tiger Cub, where such primary industry as mining and agriculture has decreased to make way for secondary and tertiary activity such as manufacturing and construction. Also an international Airport and a great road Network across the country has been invested in and developed to make trade with other countries easier, and also make the country more accessible due to it being on the Eastern Coast of Asia, away from the MEDW of the western world. Most of the East Asian countries are on coastal ...

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