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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813571903321

Titolo

East Asia in transition : economic and security challenges / / A. E. Safarian and Wendy Dobson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

9786612023187

1-4426-7421-0

1-282-02318-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

HSBC Bank Canada Papers on Asia ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

338.95

Soggetti

Financial institutions - East Asia

National security - East Asia

Electronic books.

East Asia Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Do institutions matter for growth? / A.E. Safarian and Wendy Dobson -- East Asia: A new regional player in the world economy? / Wendy Dobson -- What ails China?: A long-run perspective on growth and inflation (or deflation) in China / Loren Brandt and Xiadong Zhu -- East Asia's ageing populations: Pension reform and its implications / Walid Hejazi and Pauline Shum -- The challenges of attaining security in the Asia Pacific / Brian L. Job -- Canadian business in East Asia: Better than expected / Keith Head and John Ries.

Sommario/riassunto

Focuses on key business issues facing East Asia that corporations and governments should understand, including regionalization initiatives, obstacles to continued rapid growth in China, aging and pension reform, and the changing security environment.