Unlike the More Vulnerable Democratic West, the Nations of Southeast

question 93

True/False

Unlike the more vulnerable democratic West, the nations of Southeast Asia were unaffected by the world financial crisis of 1997, primarily because of their more authoritarian political institutions.

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