This book was the first in a major series examining Global Economic Institutions and contrasts regional economic integration in the Asia Pacific Region and in Europe. In the Asia Pacific Region at the time of publication, regionalism was developing by means of 'open regionalism', constructed through the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Process). This was different from the regionalism wh…
A book on high yield, written by bond market professionals, is exactly what issuers have been waiting for. The elaborations on structures and covenant packages are crystal clear and help to navigate through the intricacies of the product. This book provides a valuable overview of the market. In particular, it offers in-depth analysis of the buy-side for Asian high yield and a detailed guide to …
This book focuses on the experiences of foreign economic liberalization in countries that differ in size, resource endowment, level of development, and political conditions. It combines theories of economic liberalization with a wide variety of case studies from market and socialist economies.
The Euroquake in prospect is an economic one. By 1993 Europe will be a bigger market than the US. By 1995 there is a real prospect of a single European currency. By 2000 a unified Germany will have become the economic and industrial engine of a new European Superstate. Daniel Burstein, who analysed the significance, of the new Japanese financial empire, in "Yen!", now turns his attention to Eur…
In this fourth edition the writer have added new material that reflects both the academic changes and the events in the years since the third edition was published. For example, the monetary chapter explores efforts at exchange rate management since the Plaza and Louvre agreements, the trade chapters examine issues being negotiated in the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the ch…
An explosive indictment of how the Bush Administration wasted billions in Iraq--through sweetheart deals to G.O.P. supporters, outrageous contracts to corrupt companies, and absurdly naïve assumptions. It was supposed to be quick and easy. The Bush Administration even promised that it wouldn't cost American taxpayers a thing Iraqi oil revenues would pay for it all. But billions and billions of…
Privatisation, liberalisation and globalisation have become the main features of the new world order, which means closer economic, social and cultural ties, transfer of technology and restructuring of internal priorities etc. in the various countries. In the era of globalisation and economic reforms, Asia- Pacific is the most vibrant region in the world. This book provides a diverse and vivi…
Contents: 1. The socioeconomic and political background of the reforms 2. The DPRK's domestic economy 3. The DPRK's foreign economic relations and their dependence on the outcome of the nuclear dispute
China constitutes a fifth of the world's population. Over the last twenty years its economy has doubled to make it the fifth largest economy in the world; if the pace is repeated over the next twenty it is set to become second only to the US. The speed of its development is stunning, a combination of cheap labour and commitment to science and technology that has never been matched by a developi…
Dutch society's behavioral eccentricities are unveiled in this insider's guide to Holland and its people. For business people and sightseers making a long or brief visit to Holland, Dutch society might be difficult to navigate without this examination of egalitarianism and utilitarianism, organization and trade, and honor and privacy. This eye-opening guide offers insight into why drugs may be …