Well there were cars and phones and better medical conditions. There was u lot more population and more food more rights for Africans and women
They are Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korean and Taiwan. they got their names by earning very high growth rate ( they became rich very fast ) and fast industrialization between the early 1960s and 1990s.
Answer: The government.
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