ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from April 2002

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from April 2002

Introductory overview: rethinking the east Asian development model.
April 1, 2002... Most of the economies in East and Southeast Asia have witnessed rapid economic growth over the last three decades. The economic progress witnessed in these economies, and their steep industrial development trajectories, have been both...

Remodelling East Asian development.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... I. Introduction At the start of the 1990s the "East Asian Miracle" was in full flower. (1) A little more than a decade later, several of the region's leading economies are struggling to regain their earlier growth momentum and Japan,...

Rethinking the Southeast Asian development model: bringing ethical and governance questions in.
April 1, 2002... I. Introduction Since the mid-1980s, the core ASEAN economies, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, adopted an outward-focused, export-oriented, and foreign direct investment (FDI)-led approach to economic...

Rethinking the role of agriculture in the "East Asian" model: why is Southeast Asia different from Northeast Asia?(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... I. Introduction The World Bank's East Asian Miracle report devoted only a few pages to agricultural performance. The main argument was that the economies comprising "East Asia" were characterized by more dynamic agricultural sectors than...

Structural changes in international industrial linkages and export competitiveness in the Asia-Pacific region.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... I. Introduction After the second half of the 1980s, developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region have achieved remarkable economic growth, by adopting export-led strategies, with inflows of huge amounts of foreign direct investment...

Bridging the digital divide in Southeast Asia: pilot agencies and policy implementation in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
April 1, 2002... This article emerges from a broader study of the role of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions in the economic and social development of Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. (1) These are four very diverse...

The challenge of technological development for ASEAN: intraregional and international co-operation.(Association of Southeast Asian Nations )(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... I. Introduction It is widely accepted that economic development is primarily the result of investment in capital, labour, entrepreneurship, and science and technology (S&T). More recently, it has also been associated with the processes of...

The ASEAN Surveillance Process and the East Asian Monetary Fund.
April 1, 2002... I. Lessons from and Responses to the East Asian Financial Crisis The East Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 provides several valuable lessons for all parties concerned, including governments, the private sector, and international financial...