而制造业带动的增长之所以能成为东亚地区有效的发展模式，主要有三大原因：首先，制造业的生产率高于农业，可以吸收大量从农业部门迁移出来的中等技术工人；其次，制造商受益于来自国外的技术转让，所以它们的生产率提升速率与全球趋势同步；第三，东亚制造业以出口为导向，使得生产得以扩大。
First, manufacturing has higher productivity than agriculture, and it can absorb a large number of moderately skilled workers migrating out of the agriculture sector. Second, manufacturers benefit from technological transfers from abroad, so their productivity rises in line with global trends.