This paper discusses the process, problem and impacts of the financial sector reform in Indonecia, particularly since the late 1980s.

This study examines the empirical relationship among inequality, poverty and economic growth in India. Using data on consumption from the 13th to the 53rd Rounds of the National Sample Survey, the author computes, for both rural and urban sectors, the Gini coefficient and three popular measures...

The impressive economic growth record of Thailand before 1997 was dominated by the increasing importance of modern industrialization, as well as the expansion of other sectors. This occured at the expense of agriculture, which accounts for the largest employment pool.

Tomorrow's world will be an urban world. The ongoing urbanization process represents, both in scale and consequence, an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of making. Not only will the majority of the world's population live in an urban environment, but big mega-cities continue to grow, and...

In 1994-97 Poland has recorded an outstanding economic performance in terms of GDP growth, simultaneous reduction of inflation and unemployment, fiscal balance, zloty real revaluation, capacity restructuring, private sector growth and institution building. The Polish success needed a market...