ASEAN Economic Bulletin back issues from August 2005:
From grain-sized innovations to triple-test patents in ASEAN: patterns, issues, and implications in development and competitiveness.
Aug 01, 2005; ... I. Introductory Remarks The dynamics of knowledge generation and diffusion have been fundamentally transformed by the rapid and cumulative progress in science and technology (S&T) and the consequently astounding and continuous decline in the cost of information and ...
Exchange rate volatility and exports for selected East Asian countries: evidence from error correction model.
Aug 01, 2005; ... I. Introduction Exchange rate volatility is a form of risk and obstacle to international trade. Since the breakdown of the Bretton-Wood agreement, the trading nations have embraced a regime of floating exchange rate determination. This transition brought up the issue of exchange ...
Assessing Singapore's export competitiveness through dynamic shift-share analysis.
Aug 01, 2005; ... I. Introduction Singapore has enjoyed robust trade growth over the past two decades, with domestic exports (1) expanding by an average of 8 per cent per annum between 1985 and 2001. However, the external landscape has changed significantly over this period as globalization of ...
How significant and effective has foreign-aid to Indonesia been?
Aug 01, 2005; ... I. Introduction As the aid flow is becoming more stringent and tied to policy reforms amidst growing or at best stagnant world poverty, the debate about the effectiveness of foreign aid has once again returned to the centre stage of development strategy. (1) After a brief period ...
Role of the state in contract farming in Thailand: experience and lessons.
Aug 01, 2005; ... I. Introduction Contract farming (CF) refers to the production and supply of agricultural produce under advance contracts, the essence of such contracts being a commitment to provide an agricultural commodity of a type, at a time and a price, and in the quantity required by a ...
Disaster risk management in Southeast Asia: a developmental approach.(RESEARCH NOTE)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Countries in disaster-prone regions need to manage their disaster risks with a long-term view, going beyond disaster reconstruction and relief. The heart of a country's strategy for managing disaster risk should not be loss-financing. Instead, it should be development enhancing to optimize ...
Political Economy of East Asia: A Business Model.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Political Economy of East Asia: A Business Model. By Linda Low. New York: Nova Science Publishers: 2004. Pp. 363. In the book's introduction, the author informs her readers that the task is to derive from both the literature on the East Asian economic "miracle" and on the ...
Developing Asian Bondmarkets.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Developing Asian Bondmarkets. Edited by Takatoshi Ito and Yung Chul Park. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press at the Australian National University, 2004. Pp. 178. This edited volume is the outcome of the 2003 Financial Forum organized by the Pacific Economic Co-operation Council in ...
Rural Development and Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Rural Development and Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Edited by Takamasa Akiyama and Donald F. Larson. Washington, D.C.: World Bank 2004. Pp. 558. This book provides a comprehensive review of rural development and agricultural growth in Indonesia, ...
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): The First Decade.(Trade Liberalization and APEC)(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): The First Decade. Edited by J. Ruland, E. Manske, and W. Draguhn. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002. Pp. 226. Trade Liberalization and APEC. Edited by J. Okamoto. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. Pp. 271. These two edited volumes ...
Foreign Investment in Developing Countries.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Foreign Investment in Developing Countries. Edited by H. S. Kehal. Hampshire and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Pp. 261. This book is an edited volume consisting of twelve diverse chapters that focuses on the theoretical, empirical, and policy issues of attracting foreign ...
Innovative East Asia: The Future of Growth.(Book Review)
Aug 01, 2005; ... Innovative East Asia: The Future of Growth. By Shahid Yusuf et al. Washington, D.C.: World Bank and Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. 439. The seduction of the universal applicability of successful institutions in a global society has increasingly been based on the assumption ...