Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction Gareth Austin -- 2 Environmental Impacts of Colonial Dynamics, 1400-1800: The First Global Age and the Anthropocene Amélia Polónia and Jorge M. Pacheco -- 3 Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa,...

The sheer volume of debt hanging over Asian companies suggests that corporate insolvency should remain a top policy concern. This conference proceedings presents reports from each country on the trends and developments in debt and credit risk since the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis. It also...