Global challenges and local responses: an introduction / Jang-Sup Shin -- Globalization and macro-institutions -- Globalization, global standards, and the future of East Asia / Ha-Joon Chang -- Globalization and challenges to the developmental state / Jang-Sup Shin -- Globalization and local...

The Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD) conference series has been at the forefront of analysing challenges facing the economies of East Asia and the Pacific since its first meeting in Tokyo in January 1968. The 38th PAFTAD conference met at a key time to consider international economic...

1. Introduction -- 2. How countries evade negotiation stalemate : assumptions of the conceptual framework -- 3. China -- 4. Japan -- 5. South Korea -- 6. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand -- 7. Conclusions.

The discussion paper summarizes the results of a workshop that focussed on the institutional foundations of innovation and competitiveness in East Asia. The following papers are contained: 'Transitional Institutions, Institutional Complementarities and Economic Performance in China. A "Varieties...