The aim of this paper is to explain the divergent developmental outcomes between South Korea, Taiwan, and South Vietnam …. Whilst US aid has correctly been cited as key factor in explaining the rapid post-war development of South Korea and Taiwan … historical and geopolitical factors explain the greater political stability and absorptive capacity of South Korea and Taiwan. In …

the Weberian type of meritocratic bureaucracy. Existing studies of South Korea's economic development generally credit … (1948–60) and the developmental Park regime (1961–79) has been exaggerated. Meritocracy in South Korea's bureaucratic … democratic episode (1960–61). What then explains the evolution of a developmental state in Korea? Land reform contributed to not …