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The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development

2008

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The Asian Development State: An Evaluation

2020

The potential for grave economic collapse at the close of the Second World War left the world in a desperate state. As countries searched for ways to revitalise their economies on both a national and global scale, doubts of the existing economic systems were widespread. Traditional capitalist practices had shown themselves to be repeatedly unsettled by deeply disruptive episodes of immense economic imbalance, demonstrated most profoundly by the Great Depression (Beeson 2007: 143). A leading illustration of how susceptible this period was to the introduction of an alternate approach is the Asian Development State. Termed by Chalmers Johnson, the guiding quality of this state model is an emphasis on governments that actively intervene in economic processes and control the course of development (Wade 1990). Commonly appreciated as the basis of the ‘East Asian Miracle’, the most significant result of this model was its unprecedented rapid development and economic growth (Page, 1994). Th...

International Forum on the Social Sciences-Policy Nexus, UNESCO

2006

The number of migrant labor in the ASEAN, predominant in low-skilled work and many of whom are undocumented, reaches two-three million workers in the big receiving countries of Thailand and Malaysia alone. Increased FDI flows are also associated with greater movements of professional and skilled workers within the ASEAN region, but it is the movement of low-and unskilled workers that needs greater attention. Trade and investment liberalization in the region prompts restructuring across industries and employment sectors, giving rise to race-to-thebottom issues. Such restructuring highlights further the importance of treating migration as integral rather than separate from labor and general social protection issues. The establishment of regional agreements on social protection and integration, with particular focus on migration and labor standards, will not only help increase the profile of ASEAN among ordinary citizens and facilitate its socialization but will recognize the economic nature of migration in the region. Mechanisms, though limited, are in place within the region to push for this agenda-from the opportunities provided by Track II discussions to regional coalition building-the challenge lies in making the issue an active concern in official ASEAN agenda. Given that intra-ASEAN trade lags behind ASEAN trade with big economies like China, South Korea and Japan, and that these countries receive a substantial number of ASEAN migrant labor, expansion of the agenda to include them is imperative and provides relevant confidence building opportunities towards the formation of an East Asian Community.

www.econstor.eu Development Imperatives for the Asian Century

2013

v I. EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO POLICY 1 II. CHALLENGES: INCLUSION AND SUSTAINABILITY 3 A. What do Kuznets Curves Predict? 3 B. Trends on Inclusion 5 C. Trends on Environmental Sustainability 8 III. LIMITS TO TRADITIONAL SEQUENCING 10 A. Rising Expectations 11 B. Environmental Capacity Constraints 13 C. How Priorities Are Responding? 14 IV. THE ECONOMICS OF MULTIPLE PRIORITIES 17 A. How Externalities Affect Welfare Outcomes 17 B. The Scope for Win-win Policies 18 C. Inclusive Growth 19 D. Green Growth 20 V. WHY GOVERNANCE IS KEY 23 A. Assembling Political Support 23 B. Governance Affects Outcomes 23 C. Accountable Rulemaking 26 VI. LESSONS FOR DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS 27 A. Evaluative Support for Evidence-based Policy 27 B. The Role of International Institutions 28 C. Unavoidable Tensions 32 VII. CONCLUSIONS 33

Development Imperatives for the Asian Century

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013

The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term "country" in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

Development Challenges in Asia and the Pacific in the 1990s

1991

Human development in Asia and the Pacific Mahbub ul Haq Social trends affecting natural resource management in upland areas of Asia and the Pacific A. Terry Rambo with Lawrence Hamilton v PART III: Regional and country papers Regional economic cooperation in South Asia. .. Abulmaal A. Muhith An ASEAN perspective on regional cooperation issues in Asia and the Pacific. . Florian A. Album The South Pacific countries and regionalism Savenaca Siwatibau The political economy of China Anthony M. Tang Developments in Indochina: implications for regional cooperation 229 Ricardo M. Tan Participants of the Symposium on Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific vi Foreword Regional cooperation is based on the premise that countries can achieve certain objectives better through collective than through individual efforts. Among the developing countries of Asia and the Pacific, an awareness of the development virtues of cooperation is quite recent and is still emerging. Although the concrete benefits are as yet quite limited, there is evidence of stronger bilateral economic ties and, in the subregions of the South Pacific, Southeast Asia (ASEAN), and South Asia, a growing sense of common identity. Furthermore, we may soon be seeing new links among the countries of continental East Asia. the extensive involvement of Dr. Seiji Naya and his team at the East-West Center. This volume provides, we hope, adequate evidence of the success of our partnership.

On Economic Development East Asian

2016

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