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Title

The Dynamics of economic policy reform in South-east Asia and the South-west Pacific / edited by Andrew J. MacIntyre and Kanishka Jayasuriya.

Publication

Singapore ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

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Additional Authors

• MacIntyre, Andrew J., 1960-
• Jayasuriya, Kanishka, 1959-

Description

xiv, 239 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

It is generally recognized that the countries whose economies have performed best have been those which were able to take maximum advantage of the expansion in world trade through increasing their share of global exports. It is also widely agreed that the single most important variable bearing upon a country's export performance is the domestic policy environment. There is considerable agreement among economists about the general direction of policy reforms needed to bring about structural adjustment. Much more contentious, however, is the question of how to implement policy reforms. Why do some countries seem more able to bring about change than others? This book is concerned with the experiences of six countries in grappling with the imperatives of economic policy reform. In the 1980s governments in Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia have all been acutely concerned with boosting export performance - in particular encouraging manufactured exports - rather than continuing to rely on selling primary commodities. This innovative study brings together specialist economists and political scientists to explain the differing performances of these countries in the struggle to bring about reform in order to achieve economic competitiveness, growth, and development.

Series Statement

South-East Asian social science monographs

Uniform Title

South-East Asian social science monographs.

Subject

• Geschichte 1980-1989
• Foreign trade promotion > Southeast Asia
• Foreign trade promotion > Pacific Area
• Southeast Asia > Economic policy
• Pacific Area > Economic policy

Genre/Form

Case studies (form)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-232) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The politics and economics of economic policy reform in south-east Asia and the south-west Pacific / Andrew J. MacIntyre and Kanishka Jayasuriya -- 2. Technocrats, businessmen, and generals: democracy and economic policy-making in Thailand / Pasuk Phongpaichit -- 3. The politics of structural adjustment in Thailand: a political explanation of economic success / Anek Laothamatas -- 4. Structural adjustment and economic performance in the Philippines / Sisira Jayasuriya -- 5. The political economy of international economic policy reform in the Philippines: continuity and restoration / Charles Lindsey -- 6. The dynamics of economic policy-making: a study of Malaysian trade policies and performance / David Lim -- 7. Politics, bureaucracy, and business in Malaysia: realigning the eternal triangle / Michael Leigh -- 8. Indonesian financial and trade policy deregulation: reform and response / Sjahrir with Colin Brown -- 9. Politics and the reorientation of economic policy in Indonesia / Andrew J. MacIntyre -- 10. Papua New Guinea: policy inertia in a fragmented state / Randal G. Stewart -- 11. The role of policy reform in managing Australia's external debt / Tom Nguyen -- 12. Politics, compensation and adjustment: dynamics of structural adjustment in Australian / Kanishka Jayasuriya.

ISBN

0195885848 :

LCCN

^^^92012991^

OCLC

• 25707080
• SCSB-10640854

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library