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Table of Contents:

• Introduction : perspectives on development in Asia-Pacific / Martin Andersson and Christer Gunnarsson
• Global institutions and economic development : what have we learned? / Irma Adelman
• A tale of two crises : Latin America in the 1980s and the 'HPAES' in the 1990s / John Weeks
• Neo-liberalism on the defensive but not defeated? : a comparative review of the Asian crisis and lessons for the future / Chris Edwards
• The IMF in the Thai economic crisis : villain or saviour? / Medhi Krongkaew
• Economic growth and social development in Malaysia 1971-1998 : does the state still matter in an era of economic globalisation? / Ishak Shari
• Beyond policy explanations : towards an alternative analysis of the economic development in the Asia-Pacific region / Martin Andersson and Christer Gunnarsson
• Education, equality and economic development in Asia-Pacific economies / Anne booth
• Growth and vulnerability before and after the Asian crisis : the fallacy of the universal model / Jomo K.S. Epilogue : rest in peace or a relevant piece for the rest? : industrialisation models and the new regional division of labour in Asia-Pacific / Martin Andersson and Christer Gunnarsson.

Contributors:

Andersson, Martin, 1969-

Gunnarsson, Christer, 1948-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia; [volume] 43

Subjects:

East Asia — Economic conditions

Structural adjustment (Economic policy) — East Asia

Globalization

Economic conditions

Structural adjustment (Economic policy)

Asia — Orient

East Asia

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xviii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

HC460.5 .D46 2003

ISBNs:

0415304164

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2002011663

OCLC Numbers:

50270537