Henckel Sustaining Development and Growth in East Asia

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-136-20824-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

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 too low and, given greater investment, could the region grow even more rapidly?

This book brings together a rich array of papers analyzing the determinants of, and impediments to, investment and growth. It discusses a range of issues bearing on investment and development. The chapters cover domestic and international economic, institutional and political factors, including the role of foreign direct investment, and the importance of public infrastructure, fiscal policy and export-oriented growth strategies. Trade and trade policy, in particular, are emphasized, with contributions ranging from an analysis of global production networks in electronics manufacturing, to the effects and implications of economic integration in the Mekong states.

The chapters provide a healthy blend of theoretical and empirical analysis and offer a range of useful policy proposals. This book will be of interest to policy-makers, students and scholars of Asian economics and development economics alike.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henckel, Timo

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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