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Asian Economic Recovery: Policy Options for Growth and Stability.
YAM, TAN KONG. Stock ID: 127595 300pp, paperback. The traditional Asian economic model was characterized by the strategy of state-directed, rapid industrial catching-up. The first-growth period for Japan was 1953-73, while that for the NIEs (Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore) was 1966-86. Between 1987 and 1996, prior to the Asian financial crisis, there was indication that Southeast Asia and coastal China had been replicating the same Asian economic model. While showing a considerable degree of success, the developmental model has its shortcomings, and the financial crisis in 1997-98 exposed the flaws in the economic and political structure. However, with IMF financial assistance, steady improvement in the trade balance, rising foreign reserves, and gradual corporate and banking restructuring, economic recovery began to take place in 1999 and 2000. This is a collection of papers presented at the Conference on "Asia in Economic Recovery: Policy Options for Growth and Stability", organized by the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, in June 1999. It discusses the issues and policy options regarding Asia's economic recovery. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 127595) ... more |
AU$15.95 WAS AU$76.00 |
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Impedients to Trade in Services. Measurement and Policy Implications.
FINDLAY, CHRISTOPHER AND TONY WARREN. (EDITED BY). Stock ID: 73445 391pp, references, index, title and first leaf of contents leaf very slightly stained along lower edge. Good copy. Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia. Chapter headings include: The Services Sector in Output and in International Trade - Jong-Soon Kang; Assessing Barriers to Services Sector Investment - Leanne Holmes and Alexis Hardin; The Identification of Impedients to Trade and Investment in Telecommunications Services - Tony Warren; A Price-Impact Measure of Impedients to Trade in Telecommunications Services - Ray Trewin. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 73445) ... more |
AU$95.00 |
| Japan and Greater China. Political Economy and Military Power in the Asian Century.
AUSTIN, GREG, AND STUART HARRIS. Stock ID: 94296 Map, xv+368pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. A new vision of wealth and power has taken root in the bilateral diplomacy of Japan and China - one that emphasises sustainability for the long term , avoidance of the upheaval of war, and integration into a multi-layered global, regional, and bilateral order. This book is the first to analyse the contemporary Japan-China relationship within this comprehensive perspective. It argues that the relationship has been shaped not only by exclusively bilateral concerns but also by a range of factors well beyond that. Many of these have their roots in domestic political choices, especially economic imperatives. China has swallowed its pride and sought to exploit Japan's economic superiority for its own purposes, and economic relations have blossomed - however unequal or one sided these remain. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 94296) ... more |
AU$59.95 WAS AU$81.95 |
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ReORIENT: Global Economy in the Asian Age.
FRANK, ANDRE GUNDER. Stock ID: 73432 Maps, xxix + 416pp, references, index, slight soiling to edges, minor extremities wear, little sunning to spine, good paperback copy. "Frank explains the Rise of the West from 1400 forward in world economic and demographic terms, with a sweeping historical perspective that places it in clear conjunction with the Decline of the East around 1800. European states, he says, used the silver extracted from the American colonies to buy entry into an expanding Asian market, which already flourished in the global economy by means of the very productive commercial and institutional mechanisms that were supposedly unique to Europe. Then, as the East entered into a declining phase of the cyclical world economy, the nations of the West resorted to import substitution and export promotion in the world market to become Newly Industrializing Economies." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 73432) ... more |
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The Asian Financial Crisis. Causes, Contagion and Consequences.
AGENOR, PIERRE-RICHARD, MARCUS MILLER, DAVID VINES AND AXEL WEBER. (EDITED BY). Stock ID: 67683 Tables and figures, xxviii + 417pp, index, dustjacket. "Presents the first theoretical analysis of the Asian Financial Crisis and draws out the general lessons of an event whose potential long term effects have been likened to those of the Crash of 1929. Part I presents a factual and analytic overview of what happened: the role of 'vulnerability'; the interconnection between currency crises and financial crises; and why crisis turned into collapse. Part II considers more detailed issues, including how the inflation of non-traded goods prices created vulnerability, welfare-reducing capital inflow owing to under-regulated financial markets, and the onset of speculative attacks. Part III assesses all aspects of contagion, in particular the role of geographic proximity. The final section addresses policy issues. Joseph Stiglitz argues that there is much that can be done to reduce the frequency of crises, and to mitigate the severity of crises when they happen. Finishes with a round-table discussion of policy issues." (Publisher's description). (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67683) ... more |
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The Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South and South-East Asia. Fourth Annual Report of the Consultative Committee.
[COLOMBO PLAN]. Stock ID: 77479 iii + 175pp, numerous black and white tables and graphs, occasional pencilling, signature of prior owner upper wrapper, foxing to edges, marks upper wrapper, wrappers patchily faded, particularly at spine. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 77479) ... more |
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The Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South and South-East Asia. Ninth Annual Report of the Consultative Committee.
[COLOMBO PLAN]. Stock ID: 77481 ix + 235pp, numerous black and white tables and graphs, neat signature front free endpaper, wrappers patchily faded, crease to lower corner lower wrapper, some marks to edges, tail of spine damaged. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 77481) ... more |
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The Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic Development in South and Southeast Asia. Seventh Annual Report of the Consultative Committee.
[COLOMBO PLAN]. Stock ID: 77476 vii + 196pp, numerous black and white tables and graphs, little pencilling preface, name of prior owner pencilled in front free endpaper, light foxing edges, wrappers patchily faded particularly at spine, insect damage to spine and and inner margins of covers, bump to foot of spine. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 77476) ... more |
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The Pacific Economy. Growth and External Stability.
ARIFF, MOHAMED. Stock ID: 49175 Tables, xvi + 323pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. Collection of essays including: Economic Stability and growth in the Pacific: an overview - Ross Garnaut; The Japanese Economy and Pacific Development; Macroeconomic management in the ASEAN countries - Mari Pangestu; Exchange rate regimes and practices: Malaysian perspectives - Lin See Yan. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 49175) ... more |
AU$22.00 |