Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration

The authors analyze the patterns of East Asia's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) from a global and intraregional perspective, taking into account the importance of trade and FDI interlinkages. They propose two regionally-focused appro...

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Main Authors: Sakakibara, Eisuke, Yamakawa, Sharon
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-181742021-04-23T14:03:41Z Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration Sakakibara, Eisuke Yamakawa, Sharon ACCESS TO INFORMATION AVERAGE TRADE CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CROWDING OUT CURRENCY DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXPORT PATTERNS EXPORT SHARE EXPORT SHARES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FINANCE FLOATING REGIMES FOREIGN AFFILIATES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN TRADE GDP GLOBAL INTEGRATION GLOBAL MARKETS GROWTH RATE IMPORTS INCOME INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION INTRAREGIONAL TRADE LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEASURE OF TRADE MULTILATERAL APPROACH NATURAL RESOURCES OPENNESS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PATTERN OF TRADE PATTERNS OF TRADE PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONALISM SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS TAX SYSTEMS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTENSITY TRADE INTENSITY INDICES TRADE MORE TRADING PARTNERS TRANSPARENCY VALUE OF EXPORTS WORLD TRADE WTO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS TRADE POLICY REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION EAST ASIA SWAP TRANSACTIONS CAPITAL ACCOUNT MACROECONOMIC POLICY FINANCIAL REGULATION FLOATING RATE PARTICIPATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS WTO The authors analyze the patterns of East Asia's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) from a global and intraregional perspective, taking into account the importance of trade and FDI interlinkages. They propose two regionally-focused approaches to promoting trade and FDI in East Asia-regional agreements and regional production networks. The East Asia crisis strengthened appeals for regional cooperation in the financial area. As a result, a number of financial arrangements and initiatives have emerged since the crisis, the most prominent of these, the Chiang Mai Initiative. (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan decided at their meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in May 2000, to establish a regional network of swap arrangements.) While opening of the capital account is considered desirable in the long run, it is associated with considerable risk, particularly if macroeconomic policies are not sound and financial supervision and regulation is weak. Because of the potential volatility associated with floating regimes and the desire to avoid another crisis in the region, the authors discuss a number of options. 2014-05-05T20:24:37Z 2014-05-05T20:24:37Z 2003-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2390976/regional-integration-east-asia-challenges-opportunities-part-ii-trade-finance-integration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18174 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3079 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific East Asia
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topic ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AVERAGE TRADE
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CROWDING OUT
CURRENCY
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EXPORT PATTERNS
EXPORT SHARE
EXPORT SHARES
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCE
FLOATING REGIMES
FOREIGN AFFILIATES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN TRADE
GDP
GLOBAL INTEGRATION
GLOBAL MARKETS
GROWTH RATE
IMPORTS
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
LIVING STANDARDS
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MEASURE OF TRADE
MULTILATERAL APPROACH
NATURAL RESOURCES
OPENNESS
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
PATTERN OF TRADE
PATTERNS OF TRADE
PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONALISM
SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS
TAX SYSTEMS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE INTENSITY
TRADE INTENSITY INDICES
TRADE MORE
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSPARENCY
VALUE OF EXPORTS
WORLD TRADE
WTO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
TRADE POLICY
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
EAST ASIA
SWAP TRANSACTIONS
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
FINANCIAL REGULATION
FLOATING RATE PARTICIPATION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
WTO
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AVERAGE TRADE
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CROWDING OUT
CURRENCY
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EXPORT PATTERNS
EXPORT SHARE
EXPORT SHARES
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCE
FLOATING REGIMES
FOREIGN AFFILIATES
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTORS
FOREIGN TRADE
GDP
GLOBAL INTEGRATION
GLOBAL MARKETS
GROWTH RATE
IMPORTS
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
LIVING STANDARDS
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MEASURE OF TRADE
MULTILATERAL APPROACH
NATURAL RESOURCES
OPENNESS
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
PATTERN OF TRADE
PATTERNS OF TRADE
PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONALISM
SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS
TAX SYSTEMS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRADE
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE INTENSITY
TRADE INTENSITY INDICES
TRADE MORE
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSPARENCY
VALUE OF EXPORTS
WORLD TRADE
WTO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
TRADE POLICY
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
EAST ASIA
SWAP TRANSACTIONS
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
FINANCIAL REGULATION
FLOATING RATE PARTICIPATION
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
WTO
Sakakibara, Eisuke
Yamakawa, Sharon
Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
East Asia
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3079
description The authors analyze the patterns of East Asia's trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) from a global and intraregional perspective, taking into account the importance of trade and FDI interlinkages. They propose two regionally-focused approaches to promoting trade and FDI in East Asia-regional agreements and regional production networks. The East Asia crisis strengthened appeals for regional cooperation in the financial area. As a result, a number of financial arrangements and initiatives have emerged since the crisis, the most prominent of these, the Chiang Mai Initiative. (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan decided at their meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in May 2000, to establish a regional network of swap arrangements.) While opening of the capital account is considered desirable in the long run, it is associated with considerable risk, particularly if macroeconomic policies are not sound and financial supervision and regulation is weak. Because of the potential volatility associated with floating regimes and the desire to avoid another crisis in the region, the authors discuss a number of options.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Sakakibara, Eisuke
Yamakawa, Sharon
author_facet Sakakibara, Eisuke
Yamakawa, Sharon
author_sort Sakakibara, Eisuke
title Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration
title_short Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration
title_full Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration
title_fullStr Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration
title_full_unstemmed Regional Integration in East Asia : Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2. Trade, Finance, and integration
title_sort regional integration in east asia : challenges and opportunities, part 2. trade, finance, and integration
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2390976/regional-integration-east-asia-challenges-opportunities-part-ii-trade-finance-integration
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