Developing East Asia is battling the forces of global recession. The impact of the crisis in the advanced countries was transmitted to the economies of the region with unusual speed. In the region, the initial global financial turbulence was marked by sudden reversals of capital flows in the...

This report is written at a time when the East Asia region - having enjoyed a powerful economic rebound in the first half of 2002 is now affected by strong cross-currents and uncertainties in both its external environment and its domestic setting. Within the region, the terrorist attacks at Bali...

Governments' first instincts are often to attempt to tackle weaknesses in public financial accountability by investing in computerization of financial management information systems. However, in most East Asian contexts the World Bank advises countries that reforms need to start not from the...