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The East Asian newly industrialising countries were the last children of the past century developmentalism. It would be a great tragedy not only for them but also for the West, if they do not resolve their problems in an adequate manner; involuntarily, they will follow post-soviet Russia or Latin America, growing with slowed development or without development at all. The 'tigers' success, as well as the possible but not predetermined accomplishments of China and India, will mean the victory of development in a broad sense. Their failure can ensure a new wave of fundamentalism and the strengthening of global turmoil.