The financial crisis has demonstrated the need to better understand the complex interactions between the financial system and the real economy. While stability has become the main focus of the regulatory changes, the implications for growth and equity are also important. To think through these...

Introduction and overview / Prema-chandra Athukorala -- Asian trade and investment : trends and patterns / Prema-chandra Athukorala and Hal Hill -- The spatial patterns of production and distribution networks in East Asia / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- Production fragmentation and...