Though political and trade matters have generally received the greatest attention in ASEAN related discussions, cooperation in ASEAN banking and financial matters is increasingly cited as a major goal. A variety of regional effeorts having been made at both government and private sector levels,...

One major concern of the Third World, with its emotional and moralistic overtones, is the production and distribution of food. Unfortunately, however, the world food situation is very complex and any over-simplification is counter-productive. This article confronts the myths with the facts...

Although according to the media, the theme for last fall's meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group was all "sweetness and light", the February dollar crisis demonstrated the instability of the international monetary system. Now is the time for technicians to do the...

Purpose – Since there is no agreement on the consistency of their estimates, the purpose of this paper is to investigate whether parametric stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) generate consistent bank efficiency assessments....

Purpose – Since there is no agreement on the consistency of their estimates, the purpose of this paper is to investigate whether parametric stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and nonparametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) generate consistent bank efficiency assessments....