Islam and Chowdbury provide an overview of the major economic issues in the Asia Pacific region, as well as individual country case studies. The book is divided into 2 parts: Part I offers new insights into the core issues, the topics discussed include: * macroeconomic management * financial systems and domestic resources * growth, poverty and income distribution * third wave democratization Part II provides case histories of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and China. Each country is treated systematically, with a...
Islam and Chowdbury provide an overview of the major economic issues in the Asia Pacific region, as well as individual country case studies. The book ...
The topics of unemployment, underemployment, wage trends and patterns, and the relationship between poverty and the labour market are of interest to all policy makers, researchers, academics and journalists concerned with economic development. This book traces the evolution of the Indonesian labour market between the early 1970s and late 2000s. This entails a (a) review of macroeconomic policies and their employment impact; (b) review of unemployment and underemployment trends; (c) review of wage trends and living standards; (d) relationship between poverty, inequality and the labour...
The topics of unemployment, underemployment, wage trends and patterns, and the relationship between poverty and the labour market are of interest t...
How does post-crisis Indonesia build domestic manufacturing capability to transform itself into a dynamic, knowledge-based industrial economy in an age of globalization, while enabling workers to pursue their material well-being under conditions of freedom, dignity, equal opportunity & security? This text attempts to answer this.
How does post-crisis Indonesia build domestic manufacturing capability to transform itself into a dynamic, knowledge-based industrial economy in an ag...