It is widely accepted that structural, institutional and labour market reforms are essential for the development of the OECD and emerging market economies; and that argument has been incorporated into official policy in the EU as part of the Lisbon agenda. Yet there is little analysis in the...

Using a dynamic global general equilibrium model, the paper assesses the short- and medium-term impacts of the global financial crisis on Asian economies and the implications of post-crisis adjustment in emerging East Asia (EEA) for the world economy. The analysis suggests that EEA is unlikely...

Two years and more have passed since the outbreak of the East Asian Financial crisis in 1997. Although international economic and financial conditions deteriorated somewhat in the wake of the crisis, the world economy escaped a “global slump.” Using an intertemporal general equilibrium model...

This paper examines some of the critical issues facing policy setters in emerging economies in light of recent financial and economic liberalization conducted via the implementation of Washington Consensus type policies. Issues considered include the poor sequencing of financial and economic...