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Productivity and Economic Performance in the Asia-Pacific Region
Edited by Tsu-Tan Fu, Cliff J. Huang, C. A.K. Lovell
Following on from their previous book Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region, the authors in this volume analyse the economic performance of many of the major economies in the Asia-Pacific region including...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reforming Economic Systems in Asia
Edited by Maria Weber
After the 1997 Asian crisis, most Asian countries embarked on a serious process of reform to revitalise their economies. This highly topical book begins with a thorough analysis of the reforms proposed and implemented in China, South Kor... -
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Taiwan’s Economic Success since 1980
Edited by Chao-Cheng Mai, Chien-Sheng Shih
Taiwan’s economic development experience represents a unique case study especially in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. Taiwan has performed outstandingly in terms of macroeconomic and industrial development, particularly during re...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Contemporary Minority Migration, Education and Ethnicity in China
Robyn Iredale, Naren Bilik, Wang Su, Fei Guo, Caroline Hoy
Rural–urban migration is an important aspect in the development of countries. Until the late 1980s China was one of the few countries that controlled population movement both directly and indirectly through policies of economic and socia... -
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North Korea in Transition
Edited by Chang-Ho Yoon, Lawrence J. Lau
Recent political developments on the Korean peninsula suggest both the possibility and desirability for the neighboring powers to establish a new framework for regional peace. The US and North Korea have managed to reach an agreement to ... -
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Economic Integration and Asia
Edited by Mordechai E. Kreinin, Michael G. Plummer
Economic integration, both within Asia and around the world, has had a major impact on the economies of the Asia-Pacific. NAFTA, the European Union, and ASEAN have determined the course of foreign direct investment, development, trade an... -
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The Mongolian Economy
Edited by Frederick Nixson, Bat Suvd, Puntsagdash Luvsandorj, Bernard Walters
In 1990 Mongolia, the second oldest communist state in the world, initiated a fundamental transformation of its economy and moved rapidly to a multi-party democracy. Unlike any other Asian economy it adopted the shock-therapy approach t... -
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Why Did Japan Stumble?
Edited by Craig Freedman
In this ground-breaking book, leading commentators on the Japanese economy analyse both the immediate and deep-seated causes that make a sustained economic recovery in Japan problematic. They debate the deep-rooted structural causes of J... -
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Vietnam and the East Asian Crisis
Edited by Suiwah Leung
The timeliness of this book is beyond question. Since the crisis erupted in Thailand in mid-1997 and spread, with varying degrees of severity, to the rest of Asia, the export-led industrialization strategy that has driven economic growt... -
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Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia-pacific Region
Edited by Tsu-Tan Fu, Cliff J. Huang, C. A.K. Lovell
This book provides new insights into the performance of key economies in the Asia-Pacific region during the last three decades. It critically examines productivity growth, factor accumulation and economic efficiency at both the macro and... -
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China’s Consumer Revolution
Yanrui Wu
China’s rapid economic growth has attracted much international attention in recent years, partly due to the potential purchasing power of the largest population in the world. This timely book examines general patterns of Chinese househo... -
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The Singapore Economy
Gavin Peebles, Peter Wilson
This important new book is the first general overview of the macroeconomic nature and recent history of the Singapore economy.