International institutions and Asian development / / edited by Shiro Armstrong and Vo Tri Thanh

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.95
• Soggetto topico: International agencies - Asia; International agencies - Pacific Area
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Commerce Congresses; Pacific Area Commerce Congresses
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ArmstrongShiro VoTri Thanh
• Note generali: Drawn from papers presented to the 32nd Pacific Trade and Development conference in Hanoi in 2007.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Preface; Part I: Issues and background; 1 Overview and issues; 2 International public goods; 3 Making the international system work for the platinum age of Asian growth; Part II: Institutions and their impact; 4 Effects of GATT/WTO on Asia's trade performance; 5 The IMF and East Asia: the legacy of the crisis and actions for the future; 6 The World Bank in the East Asia and Pacific region: past performance and future directions ; 7 The evolution of the World Bank and its implications for the Asian Development BankPart III: Country experiences; 8 China's foreign trade, WTO accession and institutional quality; 9 Vietnam one year after WTO accession: a review of existing studies and a preliminary assessment; Part IV: Regional arrangements; 10 APEC: origins, rationale, evolution, achievements and potential; 11 Regional and international cooperation architecture as public goods; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Are international and Asian regional institutions serving the development goals of Asian and Pacific Economies as well they should? The global economy, led by the Asia Pacific region, has undergone immense change and growth. Have the existing institutions and arrangements been able to keep pace with those changes in the global economy? International Institutions and Asian Development tackles these questions and is an essential book for the assessment of regional and international institutions, as well as policy prescriptions for reforming them to ensure they deliver on sustainable, peaceful
• Titolo autorizzato: International institutions and Asian development
• ISBN: 1-136-83916-X; 1-136-83917-8; 1-283-04121-9; 9786613041210; 0-203-83284-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459922003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pacific Trade and Development Conference series.