Contributors 1. The Asian Money Markets: An Overview, David C. Cole, Hal S. Scott, Philip A. Wellons 2. Money Markets in Hong Kong, Richard Yan-Ki Ho, Yu-Hon Lui, Daniel Wai-Wah Cheung 3. Money Markets in Indonesia, David C. Cole, Betty F. Slade 4. Money Markets in Korea, Moon-Soo Kang 5. Money...

Energy security challenges are topping the policy agenda of the European Union and China. Consequently, policy makers of both energy import-dependent polities continue to look for new responses. But will these new policies put EU-China relations in a cooperative or competitive setting?.

Intro -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The database and methodology -- 3. The Dutch expansion in Asia up to 1660 -- 4. Connecting the Asian regions: The trading and shipping network in operation after 1620 -- 5. The development of the VOC fleet -- 6. The shipping and...

Offers a brief introduction to ILO's knowledge base on Asia and the Pacific. The resource kit can be useful to people who have a general interest in the issues as well as specialists who need additional technical resources.

Key Features:Highlights the important lessons from some major exchange rate and monetary experiences in Asia, with some relatively revolutionary hypotheses drawn from the discussionsContains an Overview section, which links and elaborates on the most important discussions in the various papers...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- 1. Law and Long-Term Economic Change: An Editorial Introduction -- 2. The Evolution of Law: Political Foundations of Private Law in Medieval Europe and Japan -- 3. Law and Economy in Traditional China: A "Legal Origin"...

A recent study by the Asian Development Bank notes that by 2050, Asia's per capita income would rise six-fold to reach Europe's levels today, one of many indications of Asia's "re-emergence". By then, Asia's share of global GDP would have doubled and it would have regained the dominant economic...

Key Features:A Japan Foundation sponsored iconoclastic assessment of Asia's future by a team of international expertsMakes the case for intra-Asian economic "divergence" instead of "convergence"Addresses the specter of "deglobalization" caused by "global imbalances," and "beggar-thy-neighbor"...

Key Features:These days, the Chinese and Asian economies are the foci of intense discussions on the topics of economic development, exchange rate policy, global imbalances and globalization. The book offers a timely collection of papers addressing some of these hotly debated economic issuesThe...

Key Features:Examines how concepts such as value creating knowledge architectures can be applied to the requirements of both developing countries and emerging markets in AsiaProvides lessons learned from Asia's successful knowledge-based economies such as South Korea and Singapore as well as...