Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
About the Book Series
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.
Exchange Rate Regimes in East Asia
1st Edition
Edited
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...
Designing Financial Systems for East Asia and Japan
1st Edition
Edited
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 ...
Financial Governance in East Asia: Policy Dialogue, Surveillance and Cooperation
1st Edition
Edited
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 ...
China's Third Economic Transformation: The Rise of the Private Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Ross Garnaut, Ligang Song
December 16, 2003
This book discusses the key issues in private sector development in China and includes: An overview of the development of private enterprises in China Analysis of the development and emerging paths toward private enterprise Examination of the business environment in which private enterprises ...
China and the Long March to Global Trade: The Accession of China to the World Trade Organization
1st Edition
Edited
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 ...
State Collaboration and Development Strategies in China
1st Edition
By Alexius Pereira
September 11, 2003
This book looks at Singapore and China to examine governmental collaboration on a foreign direct investment oriented strategy. Focusing on the unique collaborative venture, the Suzhou Industrial Park project, the author explores the economic, political and social relationships between Singapore and...
Ethnic Business: Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia
1st Edition
By Brian C. Folk, K. S. Jomo
September 10, 2003
The role of ethnic Chinese business in Southeast Asia in catalyzing economic development has been hotly debated - and often misunderstood - throughout cycles of boom and bust.This book critically examines some of the key features attributed to Chinese business: business-government relations, the ...
Capital and Knowledge in Asia: Changing Power Relations
1st Edition
Edited
By Heidi Dahles, Otto van den Muijzenberg
August 05, 2003
Global economic integration, widening communication networks and government policies supportive of private enterprise are changing opportunities for accumulating wealth, status and power. In varying degrees throughout Asia, this process is accompanied by the development of service enterprises such ...
Southeast Asian Paper Tigers?
1st Edition
Edited
By K. S. Jomo
May 23, 2003
This important collection is a timely contribution to the debate on the Asian financial crisis. With chapters written by well-established international experts in Asian economics, this book constitutes a finely judged example of the varying opinions on the matter....
Development and Structural Change in Asia-Pacific: Globalising Miracles or the end of a Model?
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Andersson, Christer Gunnarsson
March 28, 2003
The authors consider how the Asia-Pacific economies have developed since the financial crises and highlight two inter-related themes: the effect of global forces on the national Asian economies and the different development paths of these economies as they jointly enter this new phase. Questions ...
Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia: The Case of the Automotive Industry
1st Edition
By Jason P. Abbott
February 28, 2003
This book provides a detailed cross-country study of the automotive industry in South East Asia. Abbott argues that, contrary to prevailing opinion, the diffusion of manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific has been characterized by hierarchical networks of production linked to Japan for technology....
Restructuring 'Korea Inc.': Financial Crisis, Corporate Reform, and Institutional Transition
1st Edition
By Jang-Sup Shin, Ha-Joon Chang
February 14, 2003
The 1997 South Korean financial crisis not only shook the country itself but also sent shock waves through the financial world at large. This impressive book critically assesses the conventional wisdom surrounding the Korean crisis and the performance of the IMF-sponsored reform programme.Looking ...