ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from August 2001

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from August 2001

Prospects for FDI in AFTA.(foreign direct investment, ASEAN Free Trade Area)(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... I. Introduction While conceived primarily as a forum to diffuse regional tensions, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has grown into a vehicle to promote regional integration and co-operation on many fronts. Arguably, a...

Coverage and Targetting in the Indonesian Social Safety Net Programmes.(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... I. Introduction The Government of Indonesia established a series of new and expanded programmes in early 1998 to mitigate the adverse social impacts of the economic crisis which began in mid-1997.(1) These programmes are widely known as...

Credit Crunch during a Currency Crisis: The Malaysian Experience.(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... I. Introduction The recent East Asian financial crisis was characterized by widespread disruption of the financial system, massive contraction of bank credit, and a sharp deceleration of economic activities. A growing body of economic...

Urban Householders' Assessment of the Causes, Responses, and Economic Impact of the 1998 Haze-Related Air Pollution Episode in Brunei Darussalam.(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... Introduction Haze-related air pollution episodes resulting from large-scale forest fires have occurred in the Borneo region and other parts of Southeast Asia during 1980, 1982-83, and 1994. However, the haze-related pollution episodes that...

Optimum Currency Areas in East Asia: A Structural VAR Approach.(Statistical Data Included)
August 1, 2001... A Structural VAR Approach I. Introduction Much of the debate on the desirability of monetary union membership has centred around the theory of optimum currency areas (OCA). Basically, this theory deals with the characteristics that...

The ASEAN Free Trade Area: Moving Ahead on Regional Integration.
August 1, 2001... Address by H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the AFTA Roundtable Discussion Bangkok, 21 November 2000 We are here, first, to have a close look at where we are in the...

Investing in ASEAN: New Factors to Consider.
August 1, 2001... Statement by H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the Joint ASEAN Investment Promotion Seminar Tokyo, 25 October 2000 Japanese companies have for a long time -- since the 1950s...

ASEAN Today: New Opportunities for Business.
August 1, 2001... Statement by H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the ASEAN-Japan Business Roundtable Tokyo, 24 October 2000 ASEAN has always placed great value on the role of the private...

Regional Economic Integration: The Challenges Ahead.
August 1, 2001... Statement by H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the workshop on Beyond AFTA: Facing the Challenge of Closer Economic Integration Bangkok, 2 October 2000 I should like,...

Globalization and the Politics of Resistance.(Review)
August 1, 2001... Globalization and the Politics of Resistance. Edited by Barry K. Gills. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. 313. "Globalization" has become a fashionable term ever since the 1980s, but particularly during the 1990s. Despite an extensive...

Demystifying Globalization.(Review)
August 1, 2001... Demystifying Globalization. Edited by Colin Hay and David Marsh. New York: St Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. 197. This volume is a collection of papers presented at a conference entitled Globalization: Critical Perspectives, at the University of...

Globalization and Its Discontents.(Review)
August 1, 2001... Globalization and Its Discontents. Edited by Stephen McBride and John Wiseman. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. 237. The debate about globalization, markets and the role of the state has become familiar in the last decade or so....

The Super-Rich: The Unjust World of Global Capitalism.(Review)
August 1, 2001... The Super-Rich: The Unjust World of Global Capitalism. By Stephen Haseler. London: Macmillan Press, 2000. Pp. 208. Stephen Haseler's catchy and easy to read volume is one of a number of recent publications that deals with the ugly side of a...

Globalization of Japan: Japanese Sakoku Mentality and U.S. Efforts to Open Japan.(Review)
August 1, 2001... Globalization of Japan: Japanese Sakoku Mentality and U.S. Efforts to Open Japan. By Mayumi Itoh. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. 224. This book examines political and social issues in Japan using sakoku as a key word. Sakoku is a...

Toward a New Financial Architecture: A Practical Post-Asia Agenda.(Review)
August 1, 2001... Toward a New Financial Architecture: A Practical Post-Asia Agenda. By Barry Eichengreen. Washington, D.C.: Institute of International Economics, 1999. Pp. 189. Building the World, One Piece at a Time Perhaps the distinguishing...

The Asian Financial Crisis and the Architecture of Global Finance.(Review)
August 1, 2001... The Asian Financial Crisis and the Architecture of Global Finance. Edited by Gregory Noble and John Ravenhill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. 310. To write another book on the Asian financial crisis is not an easy task...

Price Interdependence Among Equity Markets in the Asia-Pacific Region: Focus on Australia and ASEAN.(Review)
August 1, 2001... Price Interdependence Among Equity Markets in the Asia-Pacific Region: Focus on Australia and ASEAN. By Eduardo D. Roca. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2000. Pp. xii + 171. The focus of the book is on the interdependence of...

New Multinational Enterprises From Korea and Taiwan: Beyond Export-Led Growth.(Review)
August 1, 2001... New Multinational Enterprises From Korea and Taiwan: Beyond Export-Led Growth. By Roger van Hoesel. London: Routledge, 1999. Pp. 276. New Multinational Enterprises from Korea and Taiwan is based on a doctoral thesis, completed by van...

Managed in Hong Kong: Adaptive Systems, Entrepreneurship and Human Resources.(Review)
August 1, 2001... Managed in Hong Kong: Adaptive Systems, Entrepreneurship and Human Resources. Edited by Chris Rowley and Robert Fitzgerald. London: Frank Cass Publishers, 2000. Pp. 135. This is a timely and insightful edited volume preoccupied with the...