ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from December 2002

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from December 2002

Foreign direct investment and poverty in the ASEAN region.
December 1, 2002... Introduction This paper represents part of an ongoing study on the topic of foreign direct investment (FDI) and poverty reduction in the ASEAN region. The overall study covers both macro- and microeconomic aspects of this issue, and this...

Performance gains through privatization and competition of Asian telecommunications.
December 1, 2002... I. Introduction There is now a vast literature extolling the effects of privatization on the improvements of financial and operating performance in both developed and developing countries. However, there is no empirical evidence to show...

Import demand for environmental goods and services in the Asia-Pacific region.
December 1, 2002... I. Introduction Over the years there has been considerable interest in adapting cold war-driven technology to develop materials that solve some of the most pressing problems (such as disease, food and fibre, hunger, and peace) facing...

Regional disparity in accessibility to non-farm economic involvement among rural Indonesian households.
December 1, 2002... Emergence of Non-Farm Economic Activities and Poverty Reduction Rural development has regained its attention lately as the discussion over poverty reduction has come to fore. The level and sources of income for rural poor households have...

Trade liberalization and foreign direct investment in Vietnam.
December 1, 2002... I. Introduction In December 2001 a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between Vietnam and the United States came into effect. The United States had lifted its embargo on trade with Vietnam in February 1994, but still levied tariffs on imports...

Board remuneration, company performance, and ownership concentration: evidence from publicly listed Malaysian companies.
December 1, 2002... I. Introduction This study investigates the relationship between total board remuneration and corporate performance in a sample of firms listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Our objective is to examine the relationship between...

Chinese Business in South-East Asia: Contesting Cultural Explanations, Researching Entrepreneurship.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Edited by Edmund Terence Gomez and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao. Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001. Pp. 205. This collection of seven essays attempts to reinterpret the factors behind the growth of Chinese business in modern Southeast Asia. The book...

Inside Japanese Business: a Narrative History: 1960-2000.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... By Makoto Ohtsu with Tomio Imanari. New York: M.E. Sharp, 2002. Pp. 459. Over the past four decades, Japanese socioeconomic structure has undergone a tremendous change. Until the 1980s, Japan was acclaimed as a model of success and the...

Managing Korean Business: Organization, Culture, Human Resources and Change.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Edited by Chris Rowley, Tae-Won Sohn, and Johngseok Bae. London: Frank Cass, 2002. Pp. 212. Before 1997, Korea's business model has been considered by many to be a mechanism of the Korean economic miracle. The Asian financial crisis in...

A Zone of Asian Monetary Stability.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... By Tetsuji Murase. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press, Australian National University, 2002, Pp. 304. The publication of this study should have been extremely timely. Appearing just a few months after the launch of the Euro, the book was poised...

Regional Integration and Economic Development.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... Edited by Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Akio Hosono, and Barbara Stallings. London: Palgrave, 2001. Pp. 176. A number of regional integration schemes have mushroomed all over the world since the 1990s. East Asia is not at all an exception to...

America's Trade Follies: Turning Economic Leadership into Strategic Weakness.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... By Bernard K. Gordon. New York: Routledge, 2001. Pp. 177. Regionalism is alive and well and living everywhere. Prior to the 1980s, regionalism in developed countries was confined to Europe. A plethora of inward-looking trade blocs were...