extent world trends deeply penetrate and permeate the national territorial interiors and processes that were otherwise … integration into the world economy. Since the mid-1980s, these major Asian cities have become the worldwide-oriented centres for …

light of the financial crisis, encompassing public policy issues including banking reform, privatisation and state owned …

exporting. Chapters on East Asia cover the increasing importance of China in world trade and links between trade and environment … of development economics. The broad range of topics covered will provide a useful insight for practitioners and policy …