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This chapter highlights asymmetries and errors in reported balance of payments statistics. The aggregation of individual countries' balance of payments statements into group statements or a world total provides clues to certain inconsistencies and asymmetries present in the figures. The method, however, does not necessarily disclose all the differences and inaccuracies that exist, nor does it clearly indicate generally which figures, by country or by category of transaction, are to be regarded as the more reliable when substantial differences come to light. The IMF staff, working with the national compilers to improve the statistics, has concentrated on producing a record of individual countries' economic transactions with the rest of the world that can be used as a basis for gauging the impact of these transactions on the countries' domestic economy and foreign position. Most of the available balance of payments statistics may be judged reasonably adequate to serve this purpose.

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This paper focuses on the economic development in Taiwan. The paper highlights that it was under the Japanese that the first significant commercial development took place in Taiwan as the colony was transformed into a supplier of foodstuffs, particularly rice and sugar, for sale in Japan, in accordance with the normal views of that time of the role of a colonial dependency. The Japanese established an infrastructure in the form of power, communications, and water control systems. The last was an important contribution.

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