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