The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of the growth economies of Asia.
By Iain Pirie
April 29, 2009
The Korean Developmental State is a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of processes of state and economic restructuring in South Korea since the 1997 crisis. The book distinguishes itself from previous studies by consistently arguing that structural changes in the global political economy have ...
By Santosh K. Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri
April 03, 2009
This thoroughly researched volume surveys the nature and extent of 'informal' work in Asia, which is a powerful and under-studied force in the region. After over half a century of development, even in the fast growing economies of Asia, the formal sector, and industrial jobs have grown rather...
By Tilak Abeysinghe, Keen Meng Choy
October 28, 2008
Singapore's phenomenal transformation from Third World to First World status has been of great interest to economists around the world yet there has been little quantitative research done on its economy and institutions. This innovative new research monograph fills the lacunae by presenting the ...
By Rokiah Alavi
November 07, 1996
Some of the most successful growth economies in the Pacific Rim have combined protectionist Import Substitution Industrialisation policies with export-oriented policies. This study provides a systematic rethinking of relationships between strategies within the Malaysian context....
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By K. S. Jomo
July 16, 2006
There are competing theories to explain the reasons behind the international competitiveness of manufacturing in Asia. Analysing these different theories will bring important lessons, not just for Asia, but for developing economies the world over.This lucid book studies industries and firms in East...
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By Vedi Hadiz
March 24, 1997
Despite increased Western interest in Indonesian economic growth, domestic interpretations remain largely unknown outside Indonesia and have rarely been available in English. Translating key speeches and articles from the political debates surrounding Indonesian economic development, the authors ...
By Jae-Yong Chung, Richard J. Kirkby
December 07, 2001
This book looks at Korea's economic, social and spatial development processes from the early Modernisation period to the financial crisis of 1997. It focuses on the political and ideological control of the state during the developmental era, as well as the environmental problems of Korea, and ...
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By Masahiro Kawai, Gordon de Brouwer
August 13, 2004
There is a deepening debate in East Asia about the prospects for common exchange rate arrangements, even including the formation of a common currency in the longer term. This raises a complex set of issues and this volume provides a detailed yet comprehensive examination of key issues in the debate...
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By Ross Garnaut, Ligang Song
December 16, 2003
The Chinese economy is currently undergoing an institutional transformation as profound as the replacement of the people's communes with the household responsibility system in the early 1980s and the emergence of township and village enterprises as the main locus of economic dynamism in the second...
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By Joseph Fan, Masaharu Hanazaki, Juro Teranishi
December 29, 2003
This book deliberates on some urgent issues that face the new architecture of the financial systems in Japan and East Asia. The book is broken into three sections:*The role of financial institutions and markets in economic development in Japan and East Asia*Issues in corporate governance and new ...
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By Gordon De Brouwer, Yunjong Wang
December 29, 2003
The focus of international financial reform in recent years has largely been at the global level, in terms of improving the international financial architecture, and at the national level in terms of getting domestic economic and structural policies right. But there is also a growing appetite for ...
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By Alan S Alexandroff, Sylvia Ostry, Rafael Gomez
November 26, 2003
On December 11th 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO). China and the Long March to Global Trade examines the prolonged negotiations leading up to this historic event. This edited collection assumes little prior knowledge of the Chinese accession process yet provides an in-depth ...