Book Reviews

Susan Toft (ed.), Compensation for Resource Development in Papua New Guinea Shinichi Ichimura, Political Economy of Japanese and Asian Development Myo Thant, Min Tang and Hiroshi Kakazu (eds), Growth Triangles in Asia Mario Rutten and Carol Upadhya (eds), Small Business Entrepreneurs in Asia and Europe Peter Van Diermen, Small Business in Indonesia Sung Gul Hong, The Political Economy of Industrial Policy in East Asia Anand Chandavarkar, Central Banking in Developing Countries Gavin W. Jones and Terence H. Hull (eds), Indonesia Assessment: population and human resources Garry Rodan, Kevin Hewison and Richard Robison (eds), The Political Economy of South-East Asia Maysing H. Yang (ed.), Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena M. Adil Khan, Economic Development, Poverty Alleviation and Governance East Asia Analytical Unit (EAAU), The New ASEANS: Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia & Laos Chris Rowley (ed.), Human Resource Management in the Asia Pacific Region Gavin W. Jones and Pravin Visaria (eds), Urbanization in Large Developing Countries Chris Manning, Indonesian Labour in Transition Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Outlook 1997 and 1998 Jomo K. S. et al., Southeast Asia's Misunderstood Miracle Chris Dixon and David Drakakis-Smith (eds), Uneven Development in South East Asia Tony Fu-Lai Yu, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Hong Kong Anne Booth, The Indonesian Economy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Harry J. Waters, China's Economic Development Strategies for the 21st Century Chan Heng Chee (ed.), The New Asia–Pacific Order Chia Siow Yue and Marcello Pacini (eds), ASEAN in the New Asia: issues & trends Chia Siow Yue and Joseph L. H. Tan (eds), ASEAN & EU: forging new linkages and strategic alliances Seiichi Masuyama, Donna Vandenbrink and Chia Siow Yue (eds), Industrial Policies in East Asia Pierre van der Eng, Agricultural Growth in Indonesia     

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Book reviewed in this articles:
Technology Transfer and Development: implications for developing Asia
Asian Development Bank David C. Cole, Hal S. Scott and Philip A. Wellons (eds)
Trade Union Behaviour in the Philippines: 1946–1990 Leopoldo J. Dejillas
Regional Trading Agreements Among Developing Countries: the ASEAN example Dean A. DeRosa
Pacific Trade and Investment: options for the 90s Wendy Dobson and Frank Flatters (eds)
Overseas Chinese Business Networks in Asia
International Capital Markets: developments, prospects, and policy issues David Folkerts-Landau and Takatoshi Ito, et al.
Contemporary Issues in Philippine Rice Farming Akimi Fujimoto, Corazon B. Lamug and Toshiro Matsuda (eds)
Growth Theories in Light of the East Asian Experience Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger (eds)
Industrialization and Agricultural Surplus: a comparative study of economic development in Asia Massoud Karshenas
Vietnam's Rural Transformation Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet and Doug J. Porter (eds)
Thailand's Industrialization and its Consequences Medhi Krongkaew (ed.)
Local Economy and Entrepreneurship in Thailand: a case study of Nakhon Ratchasima Yoko Ueda
Macroeconomic Management in Southeast Asia's Transitional Economies Manuel F. Montes, Romeo A. Reyes and Somsak Tambunlertchai (eds)
Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese economic reform 1978–1993 Barry Naughton
The New Wave of Foreign Direct Investment in Asia Compiled by Nomura Research Institute and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Urban Poverty in Asia: a survey of critical issues Ernesto Pernia (ed.)
Malaysian Development: a retrospective Martin Rudner
China's Rural Enterprises: ten case studies John Wong, Rong Ma, and Mu Yang (eds)     

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Book reviewed in this articles:
Urban Poverty and the Environment in the South Pacific Jenny J. Bryant
Foreign Direct Investment edited by Kenneth A. Froot
Labour Market Monitoring and Employment Policy: a study of Indonesia Martin Godfrey
Studies on Economic Reforms and Development in the People's Republic of China Edited by Tien-tung Hseuh, Yun-wing Sung and Jingyuan Yu
Trade, Industrial Restructuring and Development in Hong Kong Yin-Ping Ho
The Korean Economies: a comparison of North and South Eui-Gak Hwang
The Mechanism of Economic Deve1opmt: growth in the Japanese and East Asian Economies Ken-Ichi Inada, Sueo Sekiguchi and Yasutoyo Shoda.
World Bank Financing of Education: lending, learning and development Phillip W. Jones
Education in Asia: a comparative study of cost and financing Jee-Peng Tan and Alain Mingat
The Future of Asia-Pacific Economies: emerging role of Asian NIEs and ASEAN Edited by Fu-chen Lo and Narongchai Akrasanee
The Asia-Pacific Economies: a challenge to South Asia Edited by S. P. Gupta and Somsak Tambunlertchai
The Dawn of the Pacific Century William McCord
Strategic Processes in Monsoon Asia's Economic Development Harry T. Oshima
Burning Questions: environmental limits to energy growth in Asian-Pacific countries during the 1990s Edited by K. V. Ramani, P. Hills and G. George
Economic Reform and Social Change in China Edited by Andrew Watson
The Revolution in Asian Fertility: dimensions, causes and implications Edited by Richard Leete and lqbal Alam
The Politics of Finance in Developing Countries Edited by Stephan Haggard, Lee Chung H. and Sylvia Maxfield
Sustaining Rapid Development in East Asia and the Pacific: development in practice     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles: ASEAN Trade Policy Options. Edited by Mohamed Ariff and Tan Loong-Hoe. Islamic Banking in Southeast Asia Islamic Banking in Southeast Asia. Edited by Mohamed Ariff. Asian Development Outlook Asian Development Outlook 1989. Energy Use and Policy Energy Policy Experience of Asian Countries. Balance of Payments Policy Adjusting to Success: Balance of Payments Policy in the East Asian NICs. By Bela Balassa and John Williamson. Transmigration The Transmigration Programme in Perspective. Settlement Concept as an Integrated Part of Regional and Rural Development. Edited by A. T. Birowo, M. C. Baridjambek and Soedjatmiko. Indonesian Agriculture Agricultural Development in Indonesia. By Anne Booth. IMF on Pacific Island Development Economic Development in Seven Pacific Island Countries. By C. Browne with D. Scott. Development Economics Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. 1. Edited by Hollis Chenery and T. N. Srinivasan. Urbanization and Urban Policies Urbanization and Urban Policies in Pacific Asia. Edited by Roland J. Fuchs, Gavin W. Jones and Ernesto M. Pernia. Daughters in Industry Daughters in Industry: Work, Skills and Consciousness of Women Workers in Asia. Edited by Noeleen Heyzer. Benjamin Higgins' Autobiography The Road Less Travelled: A Development Economist's Quest. By Benjamin Higgins. Prospects for Socialism in Rural China Breaking the Iron Rice Bowl: Prospects for Socialism in China's Countryside. By Pat Howard. Ethnicity and the Economy Ethnicity and the Economy: The State, Chinese Business, and Multinationals in Malaysia. By James V. Jesudason. Trade and Development in the Pacific Basin The Economic Development of the Pacific Basin: Growth Dynamics, Trade Relations and Emerging Cooperation. By Willy Kraus and Wilfred Lütkenhorst. Asean and the EEC ASEAN and the EC: Trade in Tropical Agricultural Products. Edited by Rolf J. Langhammer and Hans Christoph Rieger. Options for Singapore Policy Options for the Singapore Economy. By Lim Chong Yah and Associates. Culture and Politics in South East Asia Reflections on Development in Southeast Asia. Edited by Lim Teck Ghee. Small Manufacturing Enterprises Small Manufacturing Enterprises: A Comparative Analysis of India and Other Economies. Ian M. D. Little; Dipak Mazumdar and John Page, Jr. ASEAN Co-operation AN Cooperation in Second Phase Import Substitution. Edited by Lo Fu-chen and Narongchai Akrasanee. Informal Trade in Indonesia Peasant Pedlars and Professional Traders: Subsistence Trade in Rural Markets of Minahasa, Indonesia. By Ulrich Mai and Helmut Buchholt. Pricing in Agriculture Agricultural Price Policy for Developing Countries. Edited by John M. Mellor and Raisuddin Ahmed. China in the Reform Era Asia-Pacific Report 1989—Focus: in the Reform Era. By Charles E. Morrison and Robert F. Dernberger. Labour Market Development Labour Market Development and Structural Change: The Experience of ASEAN and Australia. Edited by Pang Eng Fong. China's Political Economy China's Political Economy: The Quest for Development since 1949. By Carl Riskin Urbanization in Taiwan Urbanization and Development: The Rural-Urban Transition in Taiwan. By Alden Speare, Jr.; Paul K. C. Liu and Ching-lung Tsay. ASEAN - US Relations ASEAN-US Relations: Changes in the Economic Environment and Opportunities. Edited by Tan Loong-Hoe and Narongchai Akrasanee. World Bank on China China: External Trade and Capital. World Bank on Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea: Policies and Prospects for Sustained and Broad-Based Growth. World Development World Development Report: Financial Systems and Development. Thai Perceptions of Japanese Modernization Thai Perceptions of Japanese Modernization. Edited by Kunio Yoshihara.     

Book Reviews

Agrawal, Pradeep, Gokarn, Subir V., Mishra, Veena, Parikh, Kirit S. and Sen, Kunal Economic Restructuring in East Asia and India: perspectives on policy reform Bruno, Michael and Pleskovic, Boris (eds) Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1995 Fforde, Adam and de Vylder, Stefan From Plan to Market: the economic transition in Vietnam Garnaut, R., Grilli, E. and Riedel, J. (eds) Sustaining Export-Oriented Development – Lessons from East Asia Garnaut, Ross, Shutian, Guo and Guonan, Ma (eds) The Third Revolution in the Chinese Countryside Ito, Takatoshi and Krueger, Anne O. (eds) Financial Deregulation and Integration in East Asia Koppel, Bruce, Hawkins, John and James, William (eds) Development or Deterioration? Work in rural Asia Little, Ian M.D., Cooper, Richard N., Corden, W. Max and Rajapatirana, Sarath Boom, Crisis, and Adjustment: the macroeconomic experience of developing countries Mohamad, Maznah The Malay Handloom Weavers: a study of the rise and decline of traditional manufacture Mizuno, Kosuke Rural Industrialization in Indonesia: a case study of community-based weaving industry in West Java Naya, Seiji Finch, Tan, Joseph L.H. (eds) Asian Transitional Economies, Challenges and Prospects for Reform and Transformation Pangestu, Mari Economic Reform, Deregulation and Privatization: the Indonesian experience Ravenhill, John (ed.) The Political Economy of East Asia Robison, Richard (ed.) Pathways to Asia: the politics of engagement Sanderson, Warren C. and Tan Jee-Peng Population in Asia Simpson, James R., Cheng, Xu and Miyazaki, Akira China’s Livestock and Related Agriculture: projections to 2025 Singh, Daljit and Kiat, Liak Teng (eds) Southeast Asian Affairs 1996 Stern, Joseph J., Kim, Ji-hong, Perkins, Dwight H. and Yoo, Jung-ho Industrialization and the State: the Korean heavy and chemical industry drive van de Walle, Dominique and Nead, Kimberly (eds) Public Spending and the Poor: theory and evidence     

Book Reviews

Grahame Thompson (ed.), Economic Dynamism in the Asia-Pacific: the growth of integration and competitiveness Danny Unger, Building Social Capital in Thailand: fibers, finance and infrastructure Susan Horton (ed.), Women and Industrialization in Asia J. Thomas Lindblad, Foreign Investment in Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century Wendy Dobson and Chia Siow Yue (eds), Multinationals and East Asian Integration Hal Hill and Thee Kian Wie (eds), Indonesia’s Technological Challenge Erhard Berner, Defending a Place in the City: localities and the struggle for urban land in Metro Manila H. W. Arndt, Essays in International Economics 1944-1994 Ramon Moreno and Gloria Pasadilla (eds), Asia: responding to crisis Wolfgang Pape (ed.), East Asia by the Year 2000 and Beyond: shaping factors Wang Gungwu and John Wong (eds), China’s Political Economy Haishun Sun, Foreign Investment and Economic Development in China: 1979-1996 Ian Chalmers and Vedi R. Hadiz (eds), The Politics of Economic Development in Indonesia: contending perspectives Ross H. McLeod and Ross Garnaut (eds), East Asia in Crisis: from being a miracle to needing one? Masahiko Aoki, Hyung-Ki Kim and Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara (eds), The Role of Government in East Asian Economic Development: comparative institutional analysis Linsu Kim, Imitation to Innovation: the dynamics of Korea’s technological learning Toh Mun Heng and Tan Kong Yam (eds), Competitiveness of the Singapore Economy: a strategic perspective     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles: Optirnisation of Agricultural Resource Use in Asia and the Pacific The World Rubber Industry Colin Barlow, Sisira Jayasuriya and C. Suan Tan Routledge The Newly Industrialising Economies of East Asia Anis Chowdhury and Iyanatul Islam Debating Singapore: reflective essays Edited by Derek Da Cunha Subsistence to Supermarket: food and agricultural transformation in Southeast Asia Five Small Open Economies Edited by R. Findlay and S. Wellisz Quand la riziEère rencontre I'ásphalte:…Semis urbain et processus d'urbanisation à Java-est (Indonesie) [When the paddy field meets the asphalt: The urban seed-bed and the process of urbanisation in East Java] Asia Pacific Regionalism: madings in international economic relations Ross Garnaut and Peter Drysdale Grain in China: a report Ross Garnaut and Guonan Ma Health Care In Asia: a comparative study of cost and financing Charles C Griffin Indonesia's New Order: the dynamics of socio-economic transformation Edited by Hal Hill Trade and Growth: a Korean perspective Wontack Hong Coming Full Circle: an economic history of the Pacific rim Eric Jones, Lionel Frost and Colin White Taxation and Economic Development Among Pacific Asian Countries Edited by R. A. Musgrave Foreign Direct Investment Relations Between the OECD and the Dynamic Asian Economies: the Bangkok Workshop Emerging Bond Markets in the Dynamic Asian Economies Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume I: Asia Edited by S. J. Patel Avebury Contrasting Styles of Industrial Reform: China and India in the 1980s George Rosen Energy, Environment and the Oil Market: an Asia-Pacific perspective Edited by Shankar Sharma Sustainable Development of Small Island Economies Hiroshi Kakazu Hard Emes on Kairiru Island: poverty, development and morality in a Papua New Guinea village Michael French Smith Industry on the Move: causes and consequences of international relocation in the manufacturing industry Edited by Gijsbert van Liemt The Thai Economy in Transition Edited by Peter G. Warr China: foreign trade reform     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Michael Borowitz, Elizabeth Wiley, Fadia Saadah and Enis Baris, Addressing HIV/AIDS in East Asia and the Pacific
Paul Glewwe, Nisha Agrawal and David Dollar (eds), Economic Growth, Poverty, and Household Welfare in Vietnam
Will Martin and Mari Pangestu, Options for Global Trade Reform: a view from the Asia-Pacific
P.J. Drake, Currency, Credit and Commerce: early growth in Southeast Asia
Myat Thein, Economic Development of Myanmar
Mark J. Scher and Naoyuki Yoshino (eds), Small Savings Mobilization and Asian Economic Development: the role of postal financial services
Michael D. Bordo, Alan M. Taylor and Jeffrey G. Williamson (eds), Globalization in Historical Perspective
Mark Turner and Owen Podger with Maria Sumardjono and Wayan K. Tirthayasa, Decentralisation in Indonesia: redesigning the state
Vinay Bhargava and Emil Bolongaita, Challenging Corruption in Asia: case studies and a framework for action
Marie-Aimée Tourres, The Tragedy that Didn't Happen: Malaysia's crisis management and capital controls
Douglas H. Brooks and Hal Hill (eds), Managing FDI in a Globalizing Economy: Asian experiences
Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger (eds), Governance, Regulation and Privatization in the Asia-Pacific Region     

Book Reviews

Sheridan, Greg, Tigers: leaders of the new Asia-Pacific
Kuo, Shirley S. Y., Economic Policies: the Taiwan experience 1945–1995
Fletcher, Christine (ed.), Equity and Development Across Nations: political and fiscal realities
Laothamatas, Anek (ed.), Democratization in Southeast and East Asia
Bateman, Sam and Bates, Stephen (eds), Calming the Waters: initiatives for Asia Pacific maritime cooperation
Lee, Tae-Woo, Shipping Developments in Far East Asia: the Korean experience
Clark, Gordon, L. and Kim, Won Bae (eds), Asian NIEs and the Global Economy: industrial restructuring and corporate strategy in the 1990s
United Nations, Foreign Investment in Asian Stock Markets
Hanna, Nagy, Boyson, Sandor and Gunaratne, Shakuntala, The East Asian Miracle and Information Technology: strategic management of technological learning
Asian Development Bank, Sociocultural Issues and Economic Development in the Pacific Islands
Fairbairn, Te'o, I. J. and Worrell, DeLisle, South Pacific and Caribbean Island Economies: a comparative study
World Bank, Pacific Island Economies: building a resilient economic base for the twenty-first century
Rodan, Garry (ed.), Political Oppositions in Industrialising Asia
Yuen, Ng Chee, Freeman, Nick J. and Huynh, Frank, H. (eds), State Owned Enterprise Reform in Vietnam: lessons from Asia
Edwards, Ron and Skully, Michael (eds), ASEAN Business, Trade and Development: an Australian perspective
Cole, David, C. and Slade, Betty F., Building a Modern Financial System: the Indonesian experience
Clark, Cal and Roy, K. C., Comparing Development Patterns in Asia
Zhou, Zhang-Yue, Effects of Grain Marketing Systems on Grain Production: a comparative study of China and India
English, H. Edward and Runnals, David (eds), Environment and Development in the Pacific: problems and policy options
Mendelsohn, Robert and Shaw, Daigee (eds), The Economics of Pollution Control in the Asia Pacific     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Bob Catley and Vinsensio Dugis, Australian Indonesian Relations since 1945: the garuda and the kangaroo F. G. Adams and S. Ichimura (eds), East Asian Development: will the East Asian growth miracle survive? Edmund Terence Gomez, Chinese Business in Malaysia: accumulation,accommodation and ascendance Peter Searle, The Riddle of Malaysian Capitalism: rent-seekersor real capitalists? Carunia Mulya Firdausy (ed.), International Migration in Southeast Asia:trends, consequences, issues and policy measures Barry Eichengreen, Towards a New International FinancialArchitecture: a practical post-Asia agenda Karl D. Jackson (ed.), The Asian Contagion: the causes andconsequences of a financial crisis Peter Wolff, Vietnam—the incomplete transformation Richard W. Baker, M. Hadi Soesastro, J. Kristiadi andDouglas E. Ramage (eds), Indonesia: the challenge of change Geoff Forrester (ed.), Post-Soeharto Indonesia: renewal or chaos H. W. Arndt and Hal Hill (eds), Southeast Asia's Economic Crisis: origins, lessons and the way forward Manuel F. Montes and Vladimir V. Popov, The Asian Crisis Turns Global Max Corden, The Asian Crisis: is there a way out? Matsui Yayori, Women in the New Asia The Asia Strategy Project,Our Future with Asia: proposal for a SwedishAsia strategy Douglas Bullis, Preparing for Electronic Commerce in Asia Kae H. Chung; H. C. Lee and K. H. Jung, Korean Management: global strategy and cultural transformation Ron Duncan and Yiping Huang (eds), Reform of State-Owned Enterprises in China: autonomy, incentive and competition Hal Hill, Indonesia's Industrial Transformation Nicholas Tarling, Nations and States in Southeast Asia Joseph L. H. Tan (ed.), Human Capital as an Engine of Growth: the East Asian experience Yiping Huang, Agricultural Reform in China: gettinginstitutions right Leong Liew, The Chinese Economy in Transition Greg O'Leary (ed.), Adjusting to Capitalism: Chinese workers and the state     

Book Reviews

Howard Dick, James J. Fox and Jamie Mackie (eds), Balanced Development: East Java in the New Order, Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1993, pp. xxi + 367. Cloth: A$70.00.

Chris Manning and Joan Hardjono (eds), Indonesia Assessment 1993; Labour: Sharing in the Benefits of Growth? Political and Social Change Monograph 20, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 1993, pp. xxi + 326. A$20.00.

Moh. Arsjad Anwar and Keiji Omura (eds), Local Development in Indonesia, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, 1994, pp. x + 131.

R.R. Piggott, K.A. Parton, E.M. Treadgold and B. Hutabarat, Food Price Policy in Indonesia, ACIAR Monograph No. 22, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, 1993, pp. 189. A$44.00.

I.M.D. Little, Richard M. Cooper, W. Max Corden and Sarath Rajapatirana, Boom, Crisis, and Adjustment: The Macroeconomic Experience of Developing Countries, Oxford University Press, New York, for the World Bank, 1993, pp. 455. $42.95.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles: Rural Transformation in Asia Edited by Jan Breman, and Sudipto Mundle Mining and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia Edited by John Connell and Richard Howitt Southeast Asia in the World-Economy Chris Dixon The Creation of Technological Capability in Developing Countries J. L. Enos The Agrarian Question in North Vietnam, 1974–1979: A Study of Co-operator Resistance to State Policy Adam Fforde Labor Standards and Development in the Global Economy Edited by Stephen Herzenberg and Jorge F. Perez-Lopez Growth Triangle: The Johor-Singapore-Riau Experience. Edited by Lee Tsao Yuan Conflict over Natural Resources in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Edited by Lim Teck Ghee and Mark J. Valencia Singapore: City-State in South-East Asia Philippe Régnier (in translation) Thailand and the United States, Development, Security, and Foreign Aid Robert R. Muscat Pacific Basin Developing Countries: Prospects for the Future. Marcus Noland Money in the People's Republic of China: A Comparative Perspective Gavin Peebles Socio-Econontic Development in Vietnam: The Agenda for the 1990s. Edited by Per Ronnas and Orjan Sjoberg Pacific-Basin Capital Markets Research, Volumes I and II Edited by S. G. Rhee and R. P. Chang The China-Hong Kong Connection: The Key to China's Open Door Policy Yun-Wing Sung     

Book Reviews

Gerald Tan, The End of the Asian Miracle? Tracing Asia's economic transformation Wendy Dobson (ed.), Fiscal Frameworks and Financial Systems in East Asia: how much do they matter? Eun Mee Kim (ed.), The Four Asian Tigers: economic development and the global political economy Paul B. McGuire, John D. Conroy and Ganesh B. Thapa, Getting the Framework Right: policy and regulation for microfinance in Asia Seiichi Masuyama, Donna Vandenbrink and Chia Siow Yue (eds), East Asia's Financial Systems: evolution and crisis Dominique Haughton, Jonathan Haughton, Sarah Bales, Truong Thi Kim Chuyen and Nguyen Nguyet Nga (eds), Health and Wealth in Vietnam Dang Phong and Melanie Beresford, Authority Relations and Economic Decision‐Making in Vietnam: an historical perspective Suiwah Leung (ed.), Vietnam and the East Asian Crisis Peter Drysdale and David Vines (eds), Europe, East Asia and APEC: A shared global agenda? Anthony Bende‐Nabende, FDI, Regionalism, Government Policy and Endogenous Growth: a comparative study of the ASEAN‐5 economies, with development policy implications for the least developed countries East Asia Analytical Unit, Korea Rebuilds: from crisis to opportunity Prema‐chandra Athukorala, Trade Policy Issues in Asian Development Jean‐Claude Berthelemy and Tommy Koh (eds), The Asian crisis: a new agenda for Euro‐Asian cooperation Yuko Arayama and Panos MourdoukoutasChina Against Herself: innovation or imitation in global business? Werner Draguhn and Robert Ash (eds), China's Economic Security     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles:
Indonesia Assessment 1995: development in Eastern Indonesia Colin Barlow and Joan Hardjono (eds)
Transnational Corporations and the International Trade in Primary Commodities
Malay Farmers Respond Akimi Fujimoto
The Indonesian Economy Since 1966: Southeast Asia's emerging giant Hal Hill
Innovation in East Asia: the challenge to Japan Michael Hobday
Pacific Co-operation: building economic and security regimes in the Asia-Pacific region Andrew Mack and John Ravenhill (eds)
Labour Migration in Asia ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Special Focus, Volume 12(2) Philip L. Martin, Andrew Mason and Ching-lung Tsay (eds)
Catching Up with Asia's Tigers: Philippine trade and industrial policies Erlinda M. Medalla, Gwendolyn R. Tescon, Romeo M. Bautista, John H. Power
Survey of Impediments to Trade and Investment in the APEC region: a report by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council for APEC
The Singapore Economy Gavin Peebles and Peter Wilson
Employment-Driven Industrial Relations Regimes: the Singapore experience Chew Soon Beng and Rosalind Chew
Nobel Economists: lives and contributions K. Puttaswamaiah
Financial Reform in China On Kit Tam (ed.)
AFTA in the Changing International Economy Joseph L. H. Tan (ed.)
Trading Partners: Australia and Asia 1790–1993 Sandra Tweedie
Fiscal Management and Economic Reform in the People's Republic of China Christine P. W. Wong, Christopher Heady, and Wing T. Woo
Financial Sector Development in Asia Shahid N. Zahid (ed.)     

Book Reviews

Jonathan R. Pincus (1996), Class, Power and Agrarian Change: Land and Labour in Rural West Java, Studies on the Economics of East and Southeast Asia, Macmillan, Hampshire, pp. xii + 248.

Pierre van der Eng (1996), Agricultural Growth in Indonesia' Productivity Change and Policy Impact since 1880, Macmillan and St Martin's Press, London and New York, pp. xii + 375. £50.00

Mari E. Pangestu and Yuri Sato (eds) (1997), Waves of Change in Indonesia's Manufacturing Industry, Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, pp xiv + 225.

Peter van Diermen (1997), Small Business in Indonesia, Ashgate, Aldershot, pp. xvn + 234. Cloth: £37.50

Jonathan Rigg (1997), Southeast Asia: The Human Landscape of Modernization and Development, Routledge, London, pp. xxv + 326.

HaI Hill, Indonesia's Industrial Transformation, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, and Allen & Unwin, Sydney, pp xix + 403.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles: Fiscal Systems and Practices in ASEAN: Trends, Impacts and Evaluation. Edited by Mukul G. Asher. Asian development Asian Development Outlook 1990. Edited by the Asian Development Bank Reforms in China China and the Open Door Policy. By Kevin Bucknall Complexities of Indonesian integration National Integration in Indonesia: Patterns and Policies. By Christine Drake TNCs from developing Asian countries Transnational Corporations from Developing Asian Economies. Perspectives of competitiveness Trade Policies for International Competitiveness. By Robert C. Feenstra. Friedman's lecture tour Friedman in China. By Milton Friedman. Comparing economic performance Perspectives on the Pacific Basin Economy: A Comparison of Asia and Latin America. Edited by Takao Fukuchi and Mitsuhiro Kagami Success of NICs in East Asia Pathways from the Periphery, the Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing Countries. By Stephan Haggard. Effectiveness of price stabilization Commodity Price Stabilization in Papua New Guinea. By L. Jolly, A. Beck and P. Bodman. China's urban development Chinese Urban Reform: What Model Now? Edited by R. Yin-Wang Kwok, William L. Parish, Anthony Gar-on Yeh and Xu Xueqiang. Economics and environmentalism Market Environmentalism: Lessons for Hong Kong. By Jo Ann Kwong Economics and environmentalism After the Green Revolution: Sustainable Agriculture for Development. By Gordon R. Conway and Edward B. Barbier. Economics and environmentalism Sustainable Development: Economics and Environment in the Third World. By David Pearce, Edward Barbier and Anil Markandya. Economics and environmentalism Wasting Assets: Natural Resources in the National Income Accounts. By Robert Repetto, William Magrath, Michael Wells, Christine Beer and Fabrizio Rossini Taiwan's financial system Money and Finance in the Economic Development of Taiwan. By Lee Sheng-Yi. Key oil-related issues The Oil Markets of the Pacific Rim: Into the 1990s. By Paul McDonald. Indonesian economic history Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1820–1940. Edited by Angus Maddison and Ge Prince. Festschrift Economic Development in East and Southeast Asia: Essays in Honour of Professor Shinichi Ichimura. Edited by Seiji Naya and Akira Takayama Japanese investment in ASEAN The New Wave of Japanese Investment in ASEAN. By Pasuk Phongpaichit Macroeconomic adjustment in Asia Beyond Adjustment – The Asian Experience. Edited by Paul Streeten. Recent industrial development Strategies for Industrial Development: Concept and Policy Issues. Edited by Suh Jang-Won. Vietnamese economy Vietnam's Economic Policy since 1975. By Vo Nhan Tri. Vietnamese economy Doi Moi: Economic Reforms and Development Policies in Vietnam. Edited by Per Ronnas and Orjan Sjoberg. Chinese economy China: Macroeconomic Stability and Industrial Growth under Decentralized Socialism. Chinese economy China: Revenue Mobilization and Tax Policy.     

Book Reviews

Miyohei Shinohara and Fu-Chen Lo (eds), Global Adjustment and the Future of Asian-Pacific Economy, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo: Asian and Pacific Development Centre and Institute of Developing Economies, 1989, pp. 585 + xxi, npg.

Frank J. Costa, Ashok K. Dutt, Laurence J.C. Ma and Allen G. Noble, Urbanization in Asia: Spatial Dimensions and Policy Issues, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989. US$44.

W. de Jong and F. van Steenbergen, Town and Hinterland in Central Java, Jogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1987, pp. 250 + iv. Paper: Rp 7,000.

Bruce Mckern and Praipol Koomsup (eds), The Minerals Industries of Asean and Australia: Problems and Prospects, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1987, pp. 378 + xviii. Paper: $29.95.

Bruce Mckern and Praipol Koomsup (eds), Minerals Processing in the Industrialisation of Asean and Australia, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1988, pp. 388 + xvii. Paper: $29.95.

Mohamed Ariff and Tan Loong-Hoe (eds), The Uruguay Round: Asean Trade Policy Options, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1988, pp. 211 + xvi.

William R. Cline, The Future of World Trade in Textiles and Apparel, Institute for International Economics, Washington, 1987, pp. 325 + xiv. US$20.

Peter Drysdale, International Economic Pluralism: Economic Policy in East Asia and the Pacific, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1988, pp. 294. Paper $20; Cloth: $30.

Helen Hughes (ed.), Achieving Industrialization in East Asia, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, pp. 377 + xviii. $59.50.

BRIEFLY NOTED: J. C. Conroy, Shelter for the Homeless: Asian-Pacific Needs and Australian Responses, Canberra: Australian Council for Overseas Aid Development Dossier No 22,1987, pp. 141 + vi.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Tran Ngoc, Ca, Technological Capability and Learning in Firms: Vietnamese industries in transition
Bhanoji, Raom, East Asian Economies: the miracle, a crisis and the future
M., Ramesh and Mukul G., Asher, Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia: social security, health and education policies
Wang, Gungwu and John, Wong, (eds) Hong Kong in China: the challenges of transition
John H., Drabble, An Economic History of Malaysia, c. 1800–1990: the transition to modern economic growth
Gordon, de Brouwer, Financial Integration in East Asia
Gordon, de Brouwer and Wisarn, Pupphavesa, (eds) Asia Pacific Financial Deregulation
Jomo, K. S.; Greg, Felker and Rajah, Rasiah, (eds) Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia: industry and firm studies
Jomo, K. S. and Greg, Felker, (eds) Technology, Competitiveness, and the State: Malaysia's industrial technology policies
Colin, Barlow, (ed.) Institutions and Economic Change in Southeast Asia: the context of development from the 1960s to the 1990s
Gilberto M., Llanto; Rosario G., Manasan; Mario B., Lamberte; Jaime C., Laya, Local Government Units' Access to the Private Capital Markets
Paul D., Hutchcroft, Booty Capitalism: the politics of banking in the Philippines
Colin, Filer, (ed.) Dilemmas of Development: the social and economic impact of the Porgera Gold Mine 1989–1994
Theodore, Levantis, Papua New Guinea: employment, wages and economic development
T. S., Chan, (ed.) Consumer Behaviour in Asia: issues and marketing practice
Arsenio, Balisacan and Shigeaki, Fujisaki, (eds) Causes of Poverty: myths, facts and policies
Stephan, Haggard, The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis
Grant, Evans; Christopher, Hutton and Kuah Khun, Eng, (eds) Where China Meets Southeast Asia: social and cultural change in the border regions     

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Book reviewed:
Gordon Betcherman and Riswanul Islam, (eds) East Asian Labor Markets and the Economic Crisis: impacts, responses and lessons
Françoise Gérard and François Ruf, Agriculture in Crisis: people, commodities and natural resources in Indonesia 1996-2000
Gregory W. Noble and John Ravenhill, (eds) The Asian Financial Crisis and the Architecture of Global Finance
James Zhan and Terutomo Ozawa, Business Restructuring in Asia: cross-border M&As in the crisis period
Xiaoming Huang, The Political and Economic Transition in East Asia: strong market, weakening state
John A. Mathews and Dong-Sung Cho, Tiger Technology: the creation of a semiconductor industry in East Asia
A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, (ed.) Confronting Fiji Futures
Peter Drysdale, Yunling Zhang and Ligang Song, (eds) APEC and Liberalisation of the Chinese Economy
Heather Smith, (ed.) Looking Forward: Korea after the economic crisis
L. T. Jones and P. A. McGavin, Land Mobilisation in Papua New Guinea
Marcus Noland, Avoiding the Apocalypse: the future of the two Koreas
Delia Davin, Internal Migration in Contemporary China
On Kit Tam, The Development of Corporate Governance in China
Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song, (eds) China: twenty years of reform
Ramesh Adhikari and Ulrich Hiemenz, (eds) Achieving Financial Stability in Asia
Morris Goldstein, Graciela L. Kaminsky and Carmen M. Reinhart, Assessing Financial Vulnerability: an early warning system for emerging markets     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews Dani Rodrik (ed.), In Search of Prosperity: analytical narratives on economic growth . Dirk Steinwand and Martina Wiedmaier‐Pfister (eds), The Challenge of Sustainable Outreach: how can public banks contribute to outreach in rural areas? Five case studies from Asia . Takamasa Akiyama and Donald F. Larson (eds), Rural Development and Agricultural Growth in Indonesia, The Philippines and Thailand . Justin Yifu Lin, Fang Cai and Zhou Li, The China Miracle: development strategy and economic reform . Robert E. Rubin and Jacob Weisberg, In an Uncertain World: tough choices from Wall Street to Washington . Kathie Krumm and Homi Kharas (eds), East Asia Integrates: a trade policy agenda for shared growth . Andrew H. Wedeman, From Mao to Market: rent seeking, local protectionism and marketization in China . Brian Van Arkardie and Ray Mallon, Vietnam: a transition tiger? . Edward J. Lincoln, East Asian Economic Regionalism . Alice H. Amsden and Wan‐wen Chu, Beyond Late Development: Taiwan's upgrading policies .