The ASEAN Summit (High Level Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) is an annual meeting attended by the leaders of ASEAN member countries. This Summit is an important forum for discussing various regional issues and cooperation between ASEAN member countries.
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 …
After the Storm discusses restructuring and growth strategies adopted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and South Korea after the currency and financial crisis of 1997-98, These four Asian economies were the most adversely affected despite achieving rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s, with low inflation and current account surpluses. The book offers fresh insights into the causes of the cri…
This book contains: 1. Education and skills development for poverty alleviation 2. Chinese experiences in poverty alleviation through human resources development 3. Women's empowerment and entrepreneurship development for poverty alleviation in South Asia 4. Popular education and the grassroots 5. Successful promotion of poverty alleviation through human resources development 6. Research…
This book contains survey examines the region's key short- and medium-term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas, especially from the point of view of minimizing human sufering; be it form economic hardships or social instabillity. The survey also explores critical long-term development issues relevant to all developing countries in the region.
The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2009 analyses how three global crises of 2008 – Great Recession in developed countries, food and fuel price volatility and climate change - threaten the development in the Asia-Pacific region. The publication also talks about subregional variations in performance and policy responses. It concludes with converging crises and redirecting po…