Books in the PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series series

China's economic rise has raised two important questions which are tackled by this book. The first concerns the stability and the sustainability of China's growth, which has been accompanied by growing internal and external imbalances, rising inequality, environmental degradation and an increased risk of climate change, and has happened in spite of the continuing, if diminished, role of the state in many sectors of the economy. The second concerns trying to guess what the effect of China's rise will be on its relations with the rest of the region, the globe and the existing international order.

This book sets outs the conceptual underpinnings of the Middle-Income Trap and explores the various ways it can be defined. It also focuses on the debate surrounding the Middle-Income Trap which questions the appropriate institutional and policy settings for middle-income countries to enable them to continue past the easy phase of economic growth.

This book sets out the problems of measuring the effects of technological change on economic progress by using the internet in the Asia-Pacific region as a case study.

China's economic rise has raised two important questions which are tackled by this book. The first concerns the stability and the sustainability of China's growth, which has been accompanied by growing internal and external imbalances, rising inequality, environmental degradation and an increased risk of climate change, and has happened in spite of the continuing, if diminished, role of the state in many sectors of the economy. The second concerns trying to guess what the effect of China's rise will be on its relations with the rest of the region, the globe and the existing international order.

With contributions from academics and economists from around the world, this book examines the economies of Asia and the Pacific with reference to financial reform and liberalization, monetary policy frameworks, banking and capital markets, regulation and supervision and macroeconomic policies. Further, it asks what lessons have been learned from both the Asian financial crisis and the recent financial crisis, how to ensure financial stability in the region, and how to ensure that the benefits of economic growth and financial development are reach all members of society.

Covers the influence of international public goods and landmark developments and assesses how they have affected Asia's development through the 'Golden' and 'Silver Ages' of economic development. It also considers the challenges for the continuation of a new 'Platinum Age' of development driven by China and India.

With contributions from academics and economists from around the world, this book examines the economies of Asia and the Pacific with reference to financial reform and liberalization, monetary policy frameworks, banking and capital markets, regulation and supervision and macroeconomic policies. Further, it asks what lessons have been learned from both the Asian financial crisis and the recent financial crisis, how to ensure financial stability in the region, and how to ensure that the benefits of economic growth and financial development are reach all members of society.

This book draws together a collection of papers on competition policy that were presented at the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Pacific Area Forum on Trade and Development (PAFTAD), held in Manila on 16-18 September 2002.

Featuring contributions from distinguished groups of international academic experts, this book is essential reading for all those interested in political and economic developments in the Asia Pacific.

Featuring contributions from distinguished groups of international academic experts, this book is essential reading for all those interested in political and economic developments in the Asia Pacific.

Delves into the rise of a global economy anchored in a web of inter-firm production networks and the role played by multinational corporations in the process. This work considers the strategies and business models corporations have adopted to face competitive global markets, especially outsourcing and offshoring.

This book explores how governments and business in Asia and the Pacific can apply the key insight that one of the reasons economies grow is because of human-capital formation ¿ the quality and diversity of the labour force are augmented ¿ not just because the labour force grows in size. It includes chapters on conceptual and measurement issues; country experiences in meeting the imperatives of demographic transition and investment in education and skills training; and experiences of attracting foreign knowledge and the supply and recruitment of skills across borders in Asia and the Pacific.

This book sets outs the conceptual underpinnings of the Middle-Income Trap and explores the various ways it can be defined. It also focuses on the debate surrounding the Middle-Income Trap which questions the appropriate institutional and policy settings for middle-income countries to enable them to continue past the easy phase of economic growth. The book engages with this debate by investigating the role of institutions, human capital, and trade policy in helping countries increase their income levels and by highlighting factors which enable the shift to higher and qualitatively better growth.

In this meticulously researched study, the authors analyse often thorny issues of industrial organisation, competition policy and liberalisation in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Asia-Pacific Financial Deregulation provides an insight into financial liberalisation and structural reform in the region generally and as illustrated by a number of countries

Asia-Pacific Financial Deregulation provides an insight into financial liberalisation and structural reform in the region generally and as illustrated by a number of countries.

This book looks at globalization in historical perspective. It examines the experience of East Asian economies during the financial crisis, and their ambitions to modernise through deeper integration into the world economy.

Looks at international institutions and arrangements as they affect economic development and prosperity for Asian and Pacific economies. This title covers the influence of international public goods and landmark developments and assesses how they have affected Asia's development through the 'Golden' and 'Silver Ages' of economic development.

This book sets out the problems of measuring the effects of technological change on economic progress by using the internet in the Asia-Pacific region as a case study.

In this meticulously researched study, the authors analyse often thorny issues of industrial organisation, competition policy and liberalisation in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Featuring contributions from influential economists and political scientists in the Asia Pacific region, this book explores the forces reshaping the Asia Pacific economic order, and where these changes may lead. It examines what new structures may eventually emerge on both sides of the Pacific.