New Asian Regionalism: Responses to Globalisation and Crises

by Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor), C. Harvie (Editor)

Overview

This collection of selected studies by well-known experts in major Asian countries surveys, discusses and analyzes emerging problems and challenges facing them. It proposes prescriptions for better regional economic integration and more effective economic management in the future. The book's area of study includes economics and business development, development economics, trade and investment, global competitiveness economics policy in Asia, globalisation, the WTO, and regional and international economic integration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403917980
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/18/2003
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	259
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

CIELITO F. HABITO Professor, Arteneo Center for Economic Research and Development, Arteneo de Manila University FUKUNARI KIMURA Professor, Keio University, Japan HYUN-HOON LEE Professor, Division of Economics and International Trade, Kwangwon National University, South Korea PETER LLOYD Ritchie Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne, Australia THE DZUNG NGUYEN Operation Officer, Rural Development, Resident Mission in Vietnam, The World Bank, Vietnam APICHAI PUNTASEN Professor, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand NOER SOETRISNO Deputy minister, Ministry of Small and Medium-Size Enterprises, Indonesia REBECCA VALENZUELA Lecturer, Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia LEI ZHAO Ph.D. student, Department of Statistics and Economics, the Renmin (People) Univeristy of China, Beijing, China YANYUN ZHAO Professor of Economics and Deputy Dean, Department of Statistics and Economics, the Renmin (People) University of China, Beijing, China

Table of Contents

New Asian Regionalism as Responses to Globalisation and Crises: Overview; T.Van Hoa Globalisation, Crises and the Emergence of New Asian Regionalism: Genesis and Current Development; T.Van Hoa PART I: REGIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES The Systematic Effects of Recent Regionalism; P.Lloyd New Regionalism in East Asia and the Asian Development Model; H-H.Lee Development Strategies for Economies under Globalisation: Southeast Asia as a New Development Model; F.Kimura Regional SMEs and Competition in the Wake of the Financial and Economic Crisis; C.Harvie PART II: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES: TRADE, GLOBALISATION AND DEVELOPMENT The Chinese Transition of a Social Economy and its Competitiveness in International Trade; Y.Zhao & L.Zhao Vietnam: Global Slowdown, Integration, Growth and Social Impact; T.D.Nguyen Indonesia: Crises, Reform, Globalisation and SMEs;I The Aftermath of Thailand's Economic Crisis and Some Possible Ways Out; A.Puntasen WTO, Trade Reforms and The Philippines Economy: Are Filipinos Better Off?; C.F.Habito & R.Valenzuela PART III: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS Asian Regionalism, Crises and the World Economy: Challenges and Prospects; T.Van Hoa