Southeast Asias economic crisis origins, lessons, and the way forward

o. Southeast Asia is suddenly in crisis, the largest country - Indonesia - deeply so. This volume, comprising a set of specially commissioned papers, examines the origins, lessons, and future path of the crisis. Why didn?́?t economists foresee the sudden and catastrophic events of 1997-98? How can s...

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Format: Book
Published: Pasir Panjang ISEAS Singapore 1999
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. An Overview of the Issues / Hal Hill
  • 2. The Indonesian Crisis / Mohammad Sadli
  • 3. Swimming against the Tide: Crisis Management in Malaysia / Prema-chandra Athukorala
  • 4. The Philippine Economy in the Asian Crisis / Gerardo Sicat
  • 5. The Asian Financial Crisis: Singapore?́?s Experience and Response / Chia Siow Yue
  • 6. Economic Crises and the Debt-Deflation Episode in Thailand / Bhanupong Nidhiprabha
  • 7. Vietnam: Ready for Doi Moi II? / Ari Kokko
  • 8. Exchange Rates in the East Asian Crisis / Ross Garnaut
  • 9. The Crisis and Financial Sector Reform / David C. Cole and Betty F. Slade
  • 10. Modelling the Crisis in Asia / Warwick McKibbin
  • 11. The Impact of the Crisis on Poverty and Equity / Anne Booth
  • 12. Political Institutions and the Economic Crisis in Thailand and Indonesia / Andrew MacIntyre
  • 13. ASEAN during the Crisis / Hadi Soesastr