This volume comprises studies by leading research scholars in the United States and Asia on Asia's debt capital markets …Comprises studies by scholars in the United States and Asia on Asia's debt capital markets. This book assesses the …

1 Emerging States and Economies in Asia: A Historical and Comparative Perspective (Takashi Shiraishi) -- 2 … History: A Perspective from Monsoon Asia (Kaoru Sugihara) -- 4 Financing Colonial State Building: A Comparative Study of the …

deteriorating even in East Asia that was once praised for its high economic growth with equity. Increasing pressure for political …

Transfer and Agricultural Development: A Comparative Study of Asia and Africa(Keijiro Otsuka) -- 3 Southeast Asia and … Early-Modern Southeast Asian Trade(Atsushi Ota) -- 5 Growth of Regional Trade in Modern Southeast Asia: The Rise of …, Industrial Development, and Structural Transformation in Asia and Africa (Yuki Higuchi and Go Shimada) -- 10 Transformation of …

progression of a range of different industries in Asia, this volume provokes readers to reconsider their current understanding of … Asia; Hajime Sato -- 6. 'Catch-down' Innovation in Developing Countries; Tomoo Marukawa -- 7. Industrial Development for … Natural Resource-Rich Countries in Asia; Yuri Sato -- 8. Resource-Based Industrialization of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry …

will be the "Asian Century" by examining the Asia's rapid economic development in the post-war era and the challenges it … faces in forging ahead of world leaders in the West. The impact of the current turbulent global political climate on Asia is … insights on Asia …

framework or, in an institutionalized form, security community, in Northeast Asia, the authors in this volume are realistic as … disappointment. The past two years again saw the rising of tensions in Northeast Asia and the masterful way in which even an … and maybe even more than ever the search for a stable security framework for Northeast Asia as a precondition for peaceful …

The remarkable economic growth of Asia has been the defining feature of the second half of this century. This book … offers a comprehensive overview of the scientific, technological and economic factors which enabled Asia to make such a … predictions for how Asia might face up to the new challenges of the next millennium …