Developing countries in East Asia recorded remarkable economic growth until the Asian financial crisis erupted in mid-1997. Although several countries experienced devastating setbacks, most of them recovered to achieve reasonable rates of economic growth over the next few years. Sound macroeconomic management, export-oriented policies, and the availability of skilled and low-wage labour are among the factors that contributed to the rapid economic growth before the crisis and the recovery thereafter. Especially noteworthy in this regard is the role played by foreign direct investment...
Developing countries in East Asia recorded remarkable economic growth until the Asian financial crisis erupted in mid-1997. Although several countr...
East Asian nations through the dialogue between ASEAN and its partners have been promoting energy market integration (EMI) for a decade. The formation of the East Asian Summit (EAS) group in 2005 adds new momentum to the EMI course in the region. The objective of this edited volume is to present new insights into the understanding of EMI in East Asia and draw implications for further development. This book is the first publication of its kind exclusively focusing on EMI in East Asia.
The chapters are written by a distinguished group of specialists in the field of energy policy, business...
East Asian nations through the dialogue between ASEAN and its partners have been promoting energy market integration (EMI) for a decade. The format...
This book focuses on relatively unexplored areas in pension and health care arrangements, including financing, in East Asia. The book aims to fill the literature gap on social protection in East Asia by covering issues such as pension and health care arrangements in the depopulating high income countries of Japan and Korea; the challenges of the pay-out phase in Defined Contribution (DC) arrangements in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore; and the extension of coverage of social protection schemes in China, India, and Indonesia. It also reviews social protection from a much wider...
This book focuses on relatively unexplored areas in pension and health care arrangements, including financing, in East Asia. The book aims to fill ...
This book focuses on multi-level actions that have attracted considerable interest and discussion within academia, decision makers and the public as a tool to assess anthropogenic effects of low-carbon energy development. The book begins with an overview of the state of the art policies in emerging economies, which provides a starting point for understanding the concept of low-carbon green growth. A unified framework for structuring, categorizing, and integrating various regional-level actions is established on the basis of a thorough investigation into the theoretical and methodological...
This book focuses on multi-level actions that have attracted considerable interest and discussion within academia, decision makers and the public as a...
The book answers the recently topical questions of how China s processed trade affects the trade of Southeast Asia. What is Southeast Asia s role in Factory Asia, the region s complex of cross-border supply chains? What is Southeast Asia s involvement in building or joining production networks in the region? And, most importantly, how can Southeast Asia increase the value added of its products and improve its competitiveness?
The book provides rigorous analysis of how trade policy affects value added, highly disaggregated at the firm land product level, of the six Southeast...
The book answers the recently topical questions of how China s processed trade affects the trade of Southeast Asia. What is Southeast Asia s role i...
