Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword / Balisacan, Arsenio M. -- Preface -- About the Contributors -- 1. The Philippine Economy: An Overview / Clarete, Ramon L. / Esguerra, Emmanuel F. / Hill, Hal -- 2. Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction / Clarete, Ramon L....

In this volume, a leading group of scholars pose the question, has the Philippine economy rejoined the dynamic East Asian mainstream and, if so, what set of policies and priorities are required to maintain the strong economic momentum of recent years? Successive chapters address issues related...

The 10 states of Southeast Asia have combined to form the developing world’s most successful and durable regional grouping, the Association of Southeast Asian Na-tions, ASEAN. Economic integration among them is high and increasing. The ambi-tious ASEAN Economic Community is scheduled to take...