"Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis?" "The story of that transformation is told here by Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdr…
Bermula pada pertengahan KM XIX selayaknya wilayah barat laut Borneo telah jatuh ke tangan James Brooke. Sultan gagal mempertahankan pengarahan berkenaan. Matlamat ekonomi telah mendorong mengambil kesempatan daripada kelemahan Sultan dengan wilayahnya dengan membina empayar mereka. Brunei itu mereka telah berjaya mengeksploitasi kekayaan di wilayah-wilayah tersebut semata-mata untuk mendap…
Within the broad context of development studies, this enlightening book critically evaluates the current orthodoxy, in light of the Asian crisis, and traces the debates among East Asian political economists. It is a valuable resource for all students and scholars of East Asian economics and politics. Contents: 1. The evolution of East Asian political economy : An analytical history 2. Crisis…
Traditionally, political scientists and economists have seen China as a single entity and business people have seen China as a single market. This book challenges the notion of a centralised and unified China, and outlines how provinces are taking on new economic and political roles, forced upon them by decentralisation.It is the most thorough data on contemporary Chinese provinces available an…
contains papers presented at a bilateral con- ference between Indonesians and Australians at the end of 1982. The Conference was sponsored by CSIS and the Department of Foreign Affairs of Australia
How South Africa Works reviews the Country's major economic achievments over the past two decades. Through numerous interviews with politician, business leaders and analyst, it examines the challenges and opportunities across key prosuctive sector including agriculture, manufacturing, services and mining ilustrative of the policy challenges that leaders face.
This book containing hope that in detailing the country's experience in handling the economic and financial turmoil, Malaysians will understand the very serious difficulty the country was in and appreciate the measures taken by the government to overcome the turmoil. It is also hoped that Malaysia's experience will provide invaluable lessons to other countries which might face similar situations.
the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a conference on "Asia-Pacific in the 1980s: Toward Greater Symmetry in Economic Interdependence". Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Economic Prospects for the Asia-Pacific Region in the 1980s (Energy opportunities and challenges: Impacts on Pacific region in the Decase of the 1980s, Wijarso) 3. Structural Adjustment in the Developed…
Singapore has weathered the Asian financial crisis better than most Asian economies. This paper examines the roots of Singapore's resilience and assesses Singapore's policy responses to the crisis. It argues that Singapore has used the exchange rate and wage instruments effectively during the crisis. Singapore's managed exchange rate system allowed it to quickly depreciate the Singapore dollar …
In the early 1990s, the World Bank labelled seven East Asian economies -- among them, four in Southeast Asia -- as "miracle economies", which had achieved extraordinarily high rates of economic growth for several decades. In 1996, on the eve of ASEAN's thirtieth birthday, Southeast Asia was experiencing unprecedented harmony and prosperity. For the first time ever, the region's six main, intern…