ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from April 2001

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from April 2001

Economic Globalization and Asia.(review of issue's contents)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Trade, Finance, and Taxation I. Introduction Economic globalization, broadly defined as the shrinkage of economic distances (i.e. costs of doing business) between nations, is more accurately seen as consisting of two separate but not...

Globalization, WTO, and ASEAN.(World Trade Organization; Association of Sout-East Asian Nations)
April 1, 2001... I. Introduction The pervasive effects of the process of globalization are being felt in poorer economies, at least as much as in richer ones. They are also being affected by, and are affecting, international institutions such as the World...

Production Networks in an Economically Integrated Region.
April 1, 2001... I. Introduction The process of regional integration has tended to follow a fairly set pattern. In the early stages, the focus is on liberalizing trade in goods. Subsequent initiatives address trade in services, the movement of labour and...

Reintegration of Formerly Centrally Planned Economies into the Global Trading System.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... I. Introduction A novel part of the globalization process during the final decades of the twentieth century was the reintegration of formerly centrally planned economies into the global trading system. These countries contained a third of...

Pegging and Macroeconomic Performance in East Asia.(currency exchange)
April 1, 2001... I. Introduction As memories of the East Asian crises of 1997-98 recede, attention has shifted back to the traditional problems of macroeconomic management in a small open economy. In this regard, a key question is the appropriate choice of...

To Intervene or Not to Intervene.(exchange rates)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... I. Introduction One of the main challenges faced by monetary authorities around the world is the question of how to limit the potential adverse effects of capital inflows on the real exchange rate. Insofar as the appreciation of the real...

Interest Rates, Exchange Rates and Financial Deepening in Selected Asian Economies.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... I. Introduction A well functioning financial system can play an important role in economic development by facilitating capital formation, which in turn promotes economic growth.(1) A higher rate of growth is, in turn, a necessary condition...

Is There Any Value-Added in the ASEAN Surveillance Process?(Association of South-East Asian Nations)
April 1, 2001... I. Introduction The East Asian crisis was remarkable for its rapid spread, its severity, and for generally catching unaware international investors, governments, and societies at large. It has severely tested the existing surveillance...

The Economics and Politics of Monetary Regionalism in Asia.
April 1, 2001... I. Introduction In the interest of sharpening the issues, but cognizant that this may be an overgeneralization, we observe that to critics of the Japanese development model, Japan transferred the worst features of corporate governance to...

Globalization and Tax Systems.
April 1, 2001... Implications for Developing Countries with Particular Reference to Southeast Asia I. Introduction The unfolding globalization process, centring on production and distribution networks and on financial institutions, products, and...