Liberalism in crisis -- Ireland: between development and crisis -- Capital: the triumph of finance -- Europe: between market and diversity -- National politics: governing fragmentation, fragmented governance -- Crisis: the difficult politics of development and liberalism

This book explores what happened in the transition economies of China, Vietnam and Myanmar from both macro and micro perspectives, and questions whether the governments of these countries are capable of implementing effective reform and transformation

The financial crisis that hit a number of 'miracle' economies of Asia in 1997 shocked the world. Financial Liberalization and the Asian Crisis rejects conventional explanations of the crisis as the outcome primarily of inefficient and corrupt economics systems in the countries concerned. It...

This report is comprised of two volumes. Global Development Finance (GDF) 2009 volume one provides analysis of key trends and prospects, including coverage of the role of international banking in developing countries. Volume two provides summary and country tables and contains statistical tables...

"This book examines the underlying causes of the financial crisis that struck Indonesia during the second half of 1997 and 1998. It argues that the roots of the crisis lay in the financial activities undertaken by the Indonesian corporate sector during the boom years from 1994 to 1997, which...