Nach den Finanzkrisen der 1990er Jahre haben sich in Asien und Lateinamerika Formen eines monetären Regionalismus (mR) herausgebildet, die das gemeinsame Ziel verfolgen, die eigene Region vor zukünftigen Finanzkrisen zu schützen. Dabei fallen wesentliche Unterschiede im Vorankommen der beiden...

In the last decade, East Asia has engaged in constructing numerous mechanisms to enhance regional cooperation in the areas of trade and finance. However, the region's economic architecture exhibits certain idiosyncrasies such as an eclectic institutional structure and a limited level of...

In November 2002, it was proposed at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Heads of Government meeting in Phnom Penh that the region should consider the possibility of creating an "ASEAN Economic Community" (AEC) by 2020. The name is evocative, for an "Economic Community"...

"Until recently, not much attention had been paid to the need to promote regional monetary and financial cooperation. This is surprising as cooperation in finance provides more opportunities for "win-win" situations. However, the pace of monetary and financial cooperation has picked up in the...

The 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis revealed the latent risks present in an increasingly integrated global economy and how virulent these risks can be when roused from dormancy. Given the inevitability of integration, the challenge is how to maximize its benefits while minimizing its costs. One...