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- 1 online resource (xii, 211 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- HSBC Bank Canada papers on Asia ; v. 6
- Uniform Title
- East Asia in transition (Online)
- Hongkong Bank of Canada papers on Asia ; v. 6.
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- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Do institutions matter for growth? 1 -- A.E.Safarian and Wendy Dobson -- The rise and fall of regional growth 1 -- What this book is about 2 -- Can rapid economic growth be restored? 5 -- The role of institutions 9 -- Conclusions and implications for policy 16" -- East Asia: A new regional player in the world economy? 21 -- Wendy Dobson -- East Asia's changing significance 21 -- Exchange rates post-crisis 23 -- Structural factors post-crisis 28 -- The emergence of East Asian regionalism 32 -- Regional trade initiatives 35 -- Regional financial arrangements and monetary integration 37 -- Regional crisis prevention and management 39 -- Will the new regionalism persist? 39 -- Conclusions and implications for international business 42 -- What ails China?: A long-run perspective on growth and inflation -- (or deflation) in China 49 -- Loren Brandt and Xiadong Zhu -- Overview 49 -- What determines price-level changes and output growth? 53 -- A brief overview of China's financial system 58 -- Intermediation by diversion and inflation cycles: 1978-1993 60 -- Policy regime shift in 1994: downsizing the state sector 62 -- Financial disintermediation 65 -- The ineffectiveness of fiscal and monetary policy 70 -- What kind of a financial system does China need? 72 -- East Asia's ageing populations: Pension reform and its -- implications 87 -- Walid Hejazi and Pauline Shum -- Background issues 88 -- National pension plans: comparative analysis 103 -- China's choices: comparative analysis applied 112 -- The route forward 117 -- Appendix: Country studies 119 -- The challenges of attaining security in the Asia Pacific 137 -- Brian L.Job -- A paradox 137 -- Comprehensive security and human security 139 -- Underlying dynamics and tensions 142 -- The domestic security context: governance and human security 145 -- The regional security context 160 -- Defining and advancing Canadian security interests 173 -- Canadian business in East Asia: Better than expected 179 -- Keith Head andJohn Ries -- Canadian business presence in East Asia 180 -- Benchmarking Canadian trade with the region 189 -- Canadian prospects in East Asia 199 -- Concluding remarks 202.
- LCCN
- 2002280540
- OCLC
- ssj0000294517
- Title
East Asia in transition [electronic resource] : economic and security challenges / A.E. Safarian and Wendy Dobson, editors.
- Imprint
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2002.
- Series
HSBC Bank Canada papers on Asia ; v. 6
Hongkong Bank of Canada papers on Asia ; v. 6.
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Dobson, Wendy.
Safarian, A. E.