Asian Economics

Decentralization in Asia and Latin America

Edited by Paul Smoke, Eduardo J. Gómez, George E. Peterson

In addition to taking an atypically comparative perspective, the volume highlights the importance of an historical analysis of decentralization and links this to institutional and public policy outcomes. Placing decentralization in this ...

Hardback (January 2007)

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Poverty Strategies in Asia

Edited by John Weiss, Haider A. Khan

It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are other policy interventions that may also be significant in a ‘growth plus’ approach to poverty reduction. This volume brin...

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The Silicon Dragon

Terence Tsai, Bor-Shiuan Cheng

The Silicon Dragon is a systematic study of the growth of high-tech giants in the Greater China Region, depicting the success story of the microelectronics industry in Taiwan. The book examines the government policies that acted as cat...

Hardback (November 2006)

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Poverty Targeting in Asia

Edited by John Weiss

Following a comprehensive overview by the editor, this book offers a detailed assessment of the results of directly channelling resources to the poor and extensively discusses the experience of five Asian countries – India, Indonesia, th...

Paperback (2006)

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Deregulation and its Discontents

Edited by M Ramesh, Michael Howlett

Deregulation and its Discontents examines the different ways in which the issues related to deregulation and reregulation have been addressed in Asia. The role of government in business has gone through distinct, if overlapping, cycles:...

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Economic Growth, Transition and Globalization in China

Edited by Yanrui Wu

This book addresses a number of important topics and issues associated with China’s economic transition, growth and global integration. The chapters, by a distinguished group of scholars, provide a timely assessment of recent development...

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Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific

Edited by Iyanatul Islam, Moazzem Hossain

This book illustrates contested perspectives on globalisation represented by the diverse experiences of selected economies within the Asia-Pacific region, namely Australia, China, India and Sri Lanka as case studies.

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Growth of New Technology Ventures in China’s Emerging Market

Edited by Haiyang Li

New ventures have played a significant role in the world’s economic and social development. In particular, the development of high technology ventures has been viewed as both a revitalization tool for developed market economies, such as ...

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Economic Reform in China and India

Joseph C.H. Chai, Kartik Roy

Recent acceleration of the Indian economic growth rate from 6 to 8 per cent has sparked worldwide speculation that India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examine...

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Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore

Johnny Sung

Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore explores the transformation of Singapore in the last three decades, going beyond the conventional explanations. The book argues that there was more to the transformation than a simple ‘right p...

Hardback (June 2006)

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The East Asian High-Tech Drive

Edited by Yun-Peng Chu, Hal Hill

East Asia has been an area of high economic growth for several decades. The East Asian High-Tech Drive argues that to maintain the growth momentum, the more advanced East Asian economies need to pay particular attention to policies desig...

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