Bücher der Reihe PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series

In this meticulously researched study, the authors analyse often thorny issues of industrial organisation, competition policy and liberalisation in the Asia-Pacific Region.

This book sets out the problems of measuring the effects of technological change on economic progress by using the internet in the Asia-Pacific region as a case study.

Looks at international institutions and arrangements as they affect economic development and prosperity for Asian and Pacific economies. This title covers the influence of international public goods and landmark developments and assesses how they have affected Asia's development through the 'Golden' and 'Silver Ages' of economic development.

Asia-Pacific Financial Deregulation provides an insight into financial liberalisation and structural reform in the region generally and as illustrated by a number of countries.

Asia-Pacific Financial Deregulation provides an insight into financial liberalisation and structural reform in the region generally and as illustrated by a number of countries

This book explores how governments and business in Asia and the Pacific can apply the key insight that one of the reasons economies grow is because of human-capital formation ¿ the quality and diversity of the labour force are augmented ¿ not just because the labour force grows in size. It includes chapters on conceptual and measurement issues; country experiences in meeting the imperatives of demographic transition and investment in education and skills training; and experiences of attracting foreign knowledge and the supply and recruitment of skills across borders in Asia and the Pacific.

Delves into the rise of a global economy anchored in a web of inter-firm production networks and the role played by multinational corporations in the process. This work considers the strategies and business models corporations have adopted to face competitive global markets, especially outsourcing and offshoring.

This book draws together a collection of papers on competition policy that were presented at the Twenty-Eighth Conference of the Pacific Area Forum on Trade and Development (PAFTAD), held in Manila on 16-18 September 2002.

With contributions from academics and economists from around the world, this book examines the economies of Asia and the Pacific with reference to financial reform and liberalization, monetary policy frameworks, banking and capital markets, regulation and supervision and macroeconomic policies. Further, it asks what lessons have been learned from both the Asian financial crisis and the recent financial crisis, how to ensure financial stability in the region, and how to ensure that the benefits of economic growth and financial development are reach all members of society.

With contributions from academics and economists from around the world, this book examines the economies of Asia and the Pacific with reference to financial reform and liberalization, monetary policy frameworks, banking and capital markets, regulation and supervision and macroeconomic policies. Further, it asks what lessons have been learned from both the Asian financial crisis and the recent financial crisis, how to ensure financial stability in the region, and how to ensure that the benefits of economic growth and financial development are reach all members of society.

This book sets out the problems of measuring the effects of technological change on economic progress by using the internet in the Asia-Pacific region as a case study.