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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780592403321

Titolo

Global change and East Asian policy initiatives / / Shahid Yusuf, M. Anjum Altaf, and Kaoru Nabeshima, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2004

ISBN

1417531169

1-280-08518-5

9786610085187

1-4175-3116-9

Descrizione fisica

xv, 452 pages : illustrations ; ; 24 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

YusufShahid <1949->

AltafM. Anjum <1950->

NabeshimaKaoru

Disciplina

337.5

Soggetti

International trade

International finance

Globalization - Economic aspects

East Asia Economic policy

East Asia Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A copublication of the World Bank and Oxford University Press."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 What Globalization Means for East Asia; 2 Hanging Together? On Monetary and Financial Cooperation; 3 Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: A Role for Regionalism; 4 New Regional Trading Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region; 5 Harmonizing Competition Policies; 6 The Public Sector; 7 Corporate Governance, Industrial Policy, and the Rule of Law; 8 Governance and the Internet; 9 Education for Growth: Deepening or Widening?; 10 Venture Capital Industries; Index; About the Editors; Figures

3.1 Trade Intensity Index: Intraregional, 1980-20013.2 Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN by Source, 1995-2001; 3.3 Shares of East Asian Foreign Direct Investment Flows to ASEAN, Asian Newly Industrialized Economies, and China; 6.1 Public Revenue of General Government, 1950-93; 6.2 Total Expenditure of Central Government, 1970-98; 6.3



Debt of Central Government, 1970-98; 6.4 Budget Balance of Central Government, 1970-98; 6.5 Evolution of Public Revenue as an Interaction of Economic Development and Political Regime

6.6 Evolution of Subsidies and Transfers as an Interaction of Economic Development and Political Regime 8.1 Links to Telephones, 2002; 8.2 Internet Usage; 8.3 Openness to Information; 9.1 Beginning Monthly Gross Wages in Singapore, 2001; Tables; 2.1 Monthly Nominal Exchange Rate Volatility; 2.2 Monthly Reserve Volatility; 2.3 Monthly Interest Rate Volatility; 2.4 Volatility Ratios; 3.1 Openness and Global Integration Indicators; 3.2 Import and Export Shares, 2001; 3.3 Trade Shares, Selected Economies and Selected Years; 3.4 Intraregional Trade: Merchandise Exports within Regional Group

3.5 Trade Intensity Index, 20013.6 Top Five Trading Partners for East Asian Economies Based on the Trade Intensity Index; 3.7 Distribution of FDI in Selected Developing Countries; 3.8 Intraregional Foreign Direct Investment Flows in Developing Asia, 1999-2001; 3.9 Main Instruments Involving East Asian Countries and Dealing with Foreign Direct Investment, 1948-2003; 3.10 Home Countries and Regions of the Top 50 Nonfinancial Multinational Corporations from Developing Economies; 3.11 Structure of World Trade in Major Product Categories by Region, 1985 and 2000

3.12 Intraregional Imports of the Automobile Industry 4.1 Distribution of Imports and Exports of Northeast Asian Economies; 4.2 Welfare Effects (Equivalent Variation Basis) of Bilateral Preferential Trading Agreements; 4.3 Welfare Effects (Equivalent Variation Basis) of Steps to an East Asian Trade Bloc and APEC Liberalization; 4.4 Welfare Effects (Equivalent Variation Basis) of the Free Trade Area of the Americas; 4.5 Welfare Effects with Agriculture Excluded; 4.6 East Asian Economies' Value Added by Sector at Market Prices

4.7 Production Effects by Sector or East Asian Economies: ASEAN +3 Free Trade Agreement