ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from December 2006

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from December 2006

Poverty and growth in Southeast Asia.(Author abstract)
December 1, 2006... I. Introduction Throughout most of Southeast Asia, measured poverty incidence has declined dramatically in the last three decades. In some cases, these reductions in absolute poverty incidence have occurred in spite of increasing...

Technological development and economic growth in Indonesia and Thailand since 1950.(Author abstract)
December 1, 2006... I. Introduction Can technological progress explain differences in growth rates? Interest in technological progress has been revived in recent years by the so-called new growth theory (Fagerberg 1994). This contribution compares long-run...

The degree of competition in the Thai banking industry before and after the East Asian crisis.
December 1, 2006... I. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the 1997-98 East Asian crisis and the subsequent reforms affected the degree of competition in the Thai banking industry. Through the reforms, the industry has undergone...

Policies affecting Indonesia's industrial technology development.
December 1, 2006... I. Introduction The competitive environment for Indonesia's manufacturing industries has changed a great deal in the years following the Asian economic crisis. The major factors in the global environment that have adversely affected...

The link between firm characteristics, bribery, and illegal logging in Indonesian wood-based industries.
December 1, 2006... I. Background Twenty per cent of the world's tropical forest is concentrated in Southeast Asia, scattered throughout Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Indonesia alone has over 50 per cent of the tropical forests...

Reconstruction of the service sector in the national accounts of Indonesia, 1900-2000: concepts and methods (1).
December 1, 2006... I. Introduction National economies cannot be observed directly, but can only be observed via the national accounts. National accounts statistics make the size, development and composition of these national economies visible by translating...

The New Development Economics: After the Washington Consensus.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The New Development Economics: After the Washington Consensus. Edited by Jomo K. S. and Ben Fine. New Delhi: Tulika Books; London and New York: Zed Books, 2006. Pp. 304. This book is the final part of a trilogy that looks at the emergence...

East Asian Welfare Regimes in Transition: From Confucianism to Globalisation.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... East Asian Welfare Regimes in Transition: From Confucianism to Globalisation. Edited by Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong. United Kingdom: The Policy Press, 2006. Pp. 235. This is an edited volume of ten chapters. Part 1 on Welfare in East...

The Dimensions of Regional Trade Integration in Southeast Asia.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The Dimensions of Regional Trade Integration in Southeast Asia. By Mohammed Zakirul Hafez. Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, 2004. Pp. 486. The Southeast Asian tigers are often held as the textbook examples of economies that have...

Sustaining Competitiveness in the New Global Economy.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Sustaining Competitiveness in the New Global Economy. Edited by Ramkishen S. Rajan. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2003. Pp. 296. The book delves into a topic pertinent to modern developing economies--that of sustaining...

Managing FDI in a Globalizing Economy.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Managing FDI in a Globalizing Economy. Edited by Douglas H. Brooks and Hal Hill. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2004. Pp. 340. The co-editors begin their volume by putting forth two propositions that provide the foundation upon which the...

Implementing Codes of Conduct: How Businesses Manage Social Performance in Global Supply Chains.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Implementing Codes of Conduct: How Businesses Manage Social Performance in Global Supply Chains. By Ivanka Mamic. Geneva: International Labour Office and Greenleaf Publishing, 2004. Pp. 429. An increasing number of companies outsource all,...