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Pt. 1: Introduction and background. I: Introduction. II: Macroeconomic overview. Pt. 2: Regional sector reviews. III: The energy sector. IV: Transportation. V: Telecommunications. VI: Trade and payment systems. VII: Summary and conclusions. Strategies for increasing economic cooperation in...
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"This book is a history of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development bank established 50 years ago … are the outstanding features of regional development to which ADB had to respond? How has the bank grown and evolved in …1. Introduction -- Beginnings (until 1966) 2. Asia in the 1960s: ferment and transformation -- 3. Establishing the bank …
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World trade volume is in retreat for the first time in more than two decades and the contraction is on a scale not seen since the global recession following the second oil shock of 1979-1980. The United States (US) is at the epicenter of the crisis and is a major source of external demand for...
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The paper argues that East Asian regionalism is fragile because (i) each nation's industrial competitiveness depends on the smooth functioning of "Factory Asia" - in particular for intraregional trade; (ii) the unilateral tariff-cutting that created Factory Asia is not subject to WTO discipline...
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