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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780362003321

Titolo

East Asia integrates : : a trade policy agenda for shared growth / / Kathie Krumm and Homi Kharas, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : World Bank, , [2004]

copyright 2004

ISBN

1-280-08547-9

9786610085477

0-8213-8345-0

0-585-49592-0

Descrizione fisica

xliv, 201 pages : illustrations ; ; 27 cm

Collana

Trade and development series

Altri autori (Persone)

KrummKathie L. <1949->

KharasHomi J. <1954->

Disciplina

382/.3/095

Soggetti

Regionalism - East Asia

East Asia Commercial policy

East Asia Commerce

East Asia Economic integration

East Asia Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes papers presented at various seminars and workshops throughout East Asia.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Authors and Their Affiliations; Overview; PART 1 Widening Opportunities in Trade Arrangements; PART 2 Development Orientation for a Behind-the-Border Agenda; PART 3 Reinforcing Social Stability Through Broad Sharing of Benefits; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Emerging East Asian economies have seen their share of world exports more than triple during the past quarter-century, and intraregional trade has driven this growth. Broad measures of development in East Asia have improved at the same headlong pace. Why push further integration now? Two economic events of historic proportions provide the context: strategic thinking of development in the region following the East Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 and the accession of China to the World Trade Organization. Policymakers interested in a stable,



prosperous region are concerned by mildly rising ine