1st Edition

Sustaining Development and Growth in East Asia

Edited By Timo Henckel Copyright 2012
344 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

344 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

344 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

For several decades, fast-growing East Asia has been the envy of the developing world. Not only has East Asia outperformed all other regions of the world, but it also recovered surprisingly swiftly from the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis and the 2008–09 global financial crisis. Nevertheless, investment in the region remains subdued relative to pre-Asian crisis levels. Are current investment rates... Read more

1. Introduction Timo Henckel 2. Outward-looking growth strategies in East Asia: rationale and success Stephen Schwartz 3. Facilitating domestic investment and growth Ponciano S. Intal, Jr, Alfredo R. Paloyo and Maricar Garde 4. Global production networks in electronics and intra-Asian trade Byron Gangnes and Ari Van Assche 5. Dynamic gains of trade and foreign direct investment in East Asia Shujiro Urata 6. Post-crisis investment performance of ASEAN countries: importance of FDI Shandre M. Thangavelu, Yong Yik Wei and Aekapol Chongvilaivan 7. Infrastructure investment in East Asia: learning from crisis Hongjoo J. Hahm, John Holdaway and William Wallace 8. Some fiscal priorities for development Richard Hemming and Greetje Everaert 9. The rule of law and governance puzzles in democracies and non-democracies Philip Keefer 10. Political institutional structure and governance quality Tao Kong 11. Integration and transition –Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR Suiwah Leung 12. Conclusion, Timo Henckel

Biography

Timo Henckel is Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis in the Research School of Economics at the Australian National University.