Prime Minister Hashimoto is visiting Singapore at a time when his administration is seized with the ongoing crisis in Peru. His decision to proceed with the visits to the ASEAN countries is laudable. Both Singapore and ASEAN appreciate this gesture. It has demonstrated the importance that Japan accords to its relations with ASEAN. We hope that the crisis in Peru will be peacefully resolved soon.
Using full-color photographs, maps, and charts to explain the complex economic issues confronting the U.S. and Japan, this study examines the rivalry between the two nations and details future options available to the U.S.
The studies on Japanese economic diplomacy in this book show that globalization and shifting power balances between the West and East Asia and within the Asia-Pacific region are creating new incentives and condi- tions for states to adopt more proactive economic diplomacy. As a result the nature and scope of economic diplomacy, or the strategy by which states pursue economic prosperity and…
This book studies China's Belt and Road Initiatives and the country's neighboring diplomacy. The Belt and Road Initiatives proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 consist of two main components, the land-based "Silk Road Economic Belt" and ocean-going "Maritime Silk Road". China has implemented the initiatives by establishing Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Silk Road Fund. Thi…
Asia-Pacific economic development is at a decisive point. The particular system of open trading is breaking down, and no longer has clear cut American support. East Asia can now provide a majority of the market's growth required for its own export expansion, but cannot carry the whole load alone. APEC is the appropriate forum for maintaining the international framework that is necessary for Eas…
A full acknowledgement of the dangers of analysis by hindsight leaves one with a simple question: if the origins of the Asian financial crisis lie in the structural flaws in the Asian financial system, then why did it occur when it did? What in the economic structure or fundamentals changed between the Asian miracle and the Asian crisis? Some slowdown in East Asian growth was probably inevitabl…
China has long claimed the ownership of a network of widely-scattered islands and their surrounding waters and resources in the South China Sea. These claims overlap in a substantial way with those of at least three ASEAN countries: Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia. To this day, the South China Sea has remained one of the region's most dangerous 'flashpoints'. Despite regional efforts to c…
This Annual Report, which covers the period from July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004, has been prepared by the Executive Directors of both the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) in accordance with the respective bylaws of the two institutions. The Board emphasized the following areas during the fiscal year: Strategic Frame…
This study analyses the development implications of the agricultural provinsions of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and 36 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. It is argued that, for most countries, the loss of EU preferences was the decisive factor in signing the EPA, while the additional gains of improved market access have been limited.
Buku ini membahas tentang sejarah perkembangan dunia usaha di Indonesia terutama selama dasawarsa 1982-1993.