Asian Economics Books

New and Published Books

1. Human Capital Formation and Economic Growth in Asia and the Pacific

   Edited by Wendy Dobson

   Series: PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)

   The entire planet looks to Asian and other emerging markets to sustain growth momentum as traditional markets in the USA and Europe struggle with the slow and arduous processes of deleveraging after the global financial crisis. At the same time, there is growing recognition in Asia that the sources...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Reshaping the Asia Pacific Economic Order

   Edited by Christopher Findlay, Hadi Soesastro

   Series: PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)

   Relationships and alignments among the nations of the world’s most populous and productive region, the Asia Pacific, are in flux. Current global political, economic and security uncertainty, heightened by 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terror, has fuelled a reassessment by many Asia Pacific nations...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
3. Miraculous Growth and Stagnation in Post-War Japan

   Edited by Koichi Hamada, Keijiro Otsuka, Gustav Ranis, Ken Togo

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This volume examines different aspects of the Japanese experience in a comparative context. There is much here of relevance to contemporary developing countries anxious to initiate the experience of miraculous growth and anxious to avoid the subsequent stagnation. Such issues of the role of...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Foreign Direct Investment in China

   Spillover Effects on Domestic Enterprises

   By Ziliang Deng

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   This book provides an insightful exploration of whether foreign direct investment (FDI) can promote the productivity of domestic enterprises. The book is based on a series of dedicated research conducted in the context of the Chinese economy, which has been the largest FDI host among the developing...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
5. Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support in East and Southeast Asia

   Overview and Reform Directions

   Edited by Donghyun Park

   Old age income support will be one of the biggest social and economic challenges facing Asia in the twenty-first century. The growing spotlight on old age income support is largely due to exceptionally rapid population aging which is fundamentally reshaping Asia’s demographic profile. A young...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
6. Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Asia

   Selected Issues and Policy Options

   By Ramkishen Rajan

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   With the rapid growth of China and India and the resurgence of Southeast Asia post-1997–8, emerging Asia has once again become one of the most dynamic regions in the world. This dynamism has in turn been fuelled largely by a carefully calibrated embracement of economic openness to international...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
7. Globalization, Outsourcing and Labour Development in ASEAN

   By Shandre Thangavelu, Aekapol Chongvilaivan

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   Due to technical advances in production and communication technology, outsourcing – contracting out production of intermediate materials and services – has affected the economic growth of the ASEAN region. This new book fills an important gap in the literature looking at the impact outsourcing has...

   Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge
8. Eastern and Western Ideas for African Growth

   Diversity and Complementarity in Development Aid

   Edited by Kenichi Ohno, Izumi Ohno

   Series: Routledge-GRIPS Development Forum Studies

   The West and the East approach economic development differently. The Europeans and Americans stress free and fair business climate, promoting private activities generally without picking winners, and improving governance. East Asia is interested in achieving concrete results and projects rather...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
9. Capitalist Development in India's Informal Economy

   By Elisabetta Basile

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   This book explores the economy and society of Provincial India in the post-Green Revolution period. It argues that the low 'quality' of capital development in India's villages and small towns is the joint outcome of the informal economic organisation, that is strongly biased in favour of...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
10. Foreign Direct Investment in China

    Theories and Practices

    By Michael Ng

    Foreign direct investment has contributed significantly in transforming the Chinese economy over the past three decades. China has become one of the most popular destinations for foreign direct investment. For corporations and business executives who desire to participate in the expanding China...

    Published April 23rd 2013 by Routledge