Towards a Common Future: Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region

ISBN-13: 9789811055911 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 355 str.

Arindam Banik; Munim Kumar Barai; Yasushi Suzuki

Opis

This book focuses on the tremendous shift in both economic growth and development progress taking place towards the Asia-Pacific Region. Interestingly, sustainable development in the region may be critical for achieving sustainable development at the global level as well.

Spis treści

Part l: Introduction 

1. Introduction

Part ll: China - How Dragon Creates a New Paradigm of Development

2. China's "New Normal": Explaining China’s Economic Development from Institutional and Marxian Perspectives

3. A Opening Up and Unbalanced Development in the Chinese Regions: Theoretical Thinking and Some Empirical Evidence

4. The “Belt and Road” Initiative and Economic Integration

Part lll: India: Elephant Rises at Last

5. Is India Key to Asian Financial Integration?

6. A Sustainable Business Models: Experiences from Indian Micro Enterprises

7. Creation of Shared Values by Indian Enterprises

Part lV: Japan – A Perplexing Future

8. The Two Asian Growth Paths of Prosperity and Stagnation: India and Japan

9. India-Japan Cultural Distance on the Mottainai Ethics 

10. Economic Interdepen

dence of Japan and China: An Understanding

Part V: Asian Parallels/ Putting Asian Economies in Perspective

11. The Korean Economy: Creating Space between China and Japan

12. Economic Growth as a Cause of Environmental Degradation: The Australian Experience

13. Republic of China’s (Taiwan) Control Yuan As a Participant in Anti-Corruption and Integrity-Building Initiatives

14. Real Exchange Rate, Trade Balance and Deindustrialization in Indonesia

Part Vl: Pacification of Asia and Economic Cooperation

15. Some Emerging Trends in the Pacification of Asia

16. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank :Role and Implications for Emerging Asian Economies

Part Vll: Conclusion

17. Conclusions

O autorze

Arindam Banik is the Director and Professor of International Finance and Business at the International Management Institute, Kolkata, India. 

Munim K. Barai is Professor of Finance at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. Degree from the Delhi School of Economics, India. He is a Fulbright Scholar. 

Yasushi Sazuki is Professor of Finance, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. Degree from the University of London. 

Blurb

This book focuses on the tremendous shift in both economic growth and development progress taking place towards the Asia-Pacific Region. Each of the countries in the region has various concerns and challenges for its sustainable development, a common goal most of them are trying to achieve at the moment. Interestingly, sustainable development in the region may be critical for achieving sustainable development at the global level as well. With a limited mandate, the book covers some specific developmental issues of ‘the hot spots’ of APR that are regarded to be contributing to their sustainable development. The book also looks at the formation and strengthening of some economic and financial initiatives with the potentials to affect growth and influence economic cooperation and integration of the countries in the region.