Key Features:Considers some of the most salient issues in contemporary China from a truly interdisciplinary perspectiveThe contributors, all experts in their respective disciplines, include veterans as well as up-and-coming scholars.

In the late 1980s, Japan's strong economic performance put it on a the verge of becoming a major player in regional and global affairs. But nearly a decade of economic stagnation, a mounting of bad debts, and a continuing stream of scandals have tarnished the country's distinctive economic...

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have proliferated rapidly during the past decade and are set to multiply in the next - embracing not only Asia and Europe but also Africa and the Americas. This book is the first to examine the Asian experience of SEZs in China, India, Malaysia and the Philippines....

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: An Invention of My Own -- 1 The White Knight Avoided: Economic Reforms and Innovation for Growth in China -- 2 Rules of the Run: The Politics of China's Institutions of Innovation -- 3 Beijing -- 4 Shanghai -- 5...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Report Team -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Overview and Summary -- Making Finance Effective -- Preventing and Minimizing Crises -- Government Failure in Finance -- Finance without Frontiers? -- References.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch 1. China's Response to the Global Crisis -- Critiques of the Stimulus Program -- Ch 2. Imbalances and Their Implications for China's Economy -- The Expenditure Approach -- The Production Approach -- The Income Approach -- The...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: China's Exchange Rate Policy: An Overview of Some Key Issues -- Challenges Facing the Chinese Authorities under the Existing Currency Regime -- Policy Implications and Options -- References -- Comment: China's Industrial Investment...

Local currencies have been introduced in thousands of communities around the world in response to the economic crisis because they offer an alternative to money as a way of meeting important human needs. Community leaders can mobilize assets using complementary currencies to address social and...

As Japan's decade-long economic stagnation continues, there has been much analysis of the immediate macroeconomic problems that confront the Japanese economy. This book looks past the short-run challenges to the future of Japan and highlights the intermediate and longer-term issues that country...