"This collection of essays provides a wealth of information and analysis about the Philippine economy and the role of agriculture and economic policy in it. The Philippine experience has been quite different from the highly successful Asian economies, with a long period of low growth until the...

Zheng explores how China's leaders have embraced globalization and market-oriented modernization. While they have been open to Western ideas in rebuilding the economic system, they have been reluctant to import Western concepts of democracy. The author argues that this selectivity will impede...

By any indicator, Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation on earth, is a development success story. Yet 20 years after a deep economic and political crisis, it is still in some respects an economy in transition. The country recovered from the 1997-98 crisis and navigated the path from...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Author Profiles -- The Sri Lankan Economy: Achievements, Prospects, and Policy Issues -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Sri Lankan Economic Development: Some Stylized Facts --...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Author Profiles -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Economy: An Overview -- 1.1 Economic Overview -- 1.2 Economic Performance -- 1.3 Summary and Policy Recommendations -- 2. Macroeconomic Management --...

In this volume, a leading group of scholars pose the question, has the Philippine economy rejoined the dynamic East Asian mainstream and, if so, what set of policies and priorities are required to maintain the strong economic momentum of recent years? Successive chapters address issues related...