Could other countries replicate Ireland's economic transformation?

On this side of the "pond", and getting close to a century since the last "Irish Need Not Apply" adorned employment ads, the change in Ireland's "ecomonic transformation" has been incrediable. Check out this article about replicating Ireland's success in other contries that we think of as 3rd world countries.

Tiger, Tiger, Fading Fast - Could other countries replicate Ireland's economic transformation? By Kim Iskyan: "Thirty years ago, Ireland was a Third World country, viewed through the same 'do-they-have-indoor-plumbing-yet?' prism that the moderately well-informed observer of today might apply to, say, Paraguay or Malawi. "

posted by Dan Flies @ 12/27/2004 11:00:00 AM