In this introduction, we look at the management of human resources in the Asia Pacific region. We start with an …

century, intra-Asian trade flows linked Asia into an integrated economic system, with reciprocal benefits for all participants … sugar trade, competition in the rice trade, the Japanese cotton textile trade to Africa, multilateral settlements in Asia … Asia, especially in Japan and China, liberated the creative forces of the market within the new intra-Asian economy …

of Asia and its relation to the global economy. Using the new dynamic global model, we present forecasts for Asian … growth, especially for lower-income Asia. A deeper and more inclusive Asian free trade area can achieve for its members large …