1st Edition

International Institutions and Economic Development in Asia

Edited By Thanh Tri Vo, Armstrong Shiro Copyright 2011
    240 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    234 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Are international and Asian regional institutions serving the development goals of Asian and Pacific Economies as well they should? The global economy, led by the Asia Pacific region, has undergone immense change and growth. Have the existing institutions and arrangements been able to keep pace with those changes in the global economy? International Institutions and Asian Development tackles these questions and is an essential book for the assessment of regional and international institutions, as well as policy prescriptions for reforming them to ensure they deliver on sustainable, peaceful growth and development in the region.

    Drawing from papers presented to the 32nd Pacific Trade and Development conference in Hanoi in 2007, the contributions by distinguished authors add to the understanding of the purpose, evolution, relevance and gaps in regional and global institutions and their arrangements. 

    Shiro Armstrong is a Research Fellow at the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University.

    Vo Tri Thanh is Director of the Department for International Economic Integration Studies of the Central Institute of Economic Management in Vietnam

    Part I. Issues and background

    1 Overview and issues

    Shiro Armstrong

    2 International public goods

    Richard N. Cooper

    3 Making the international system work for the platinum age of Asian

    growth

    Ross Garnaut

    Part II. Institutions and their impact

    4 Effects of GATT/WTO on Asia’s trade performance

    Will Martin, Kym Anderson and Cong S. Pham

    5 The IMF and East Asia: the legacy of the crisis and actions for the

    future

    Shinji Takagi

    6 The World Bank in the East Asia and Pacific region: past performance

    and future directions

    Amar Bhattacharya

    7 The evolution of the World Bank and its implications for the Asian

    Development Bank

    David Vines

    Part III. Country experiences

    8 China’s foreign trade, WTO accession and institutional quality

    Miaojie Yu

    9 Vietnam one year after WTO accession: a review of existing studies and

    a preliminary assessment

    Doan Hong Quang and Vo Tri Thanh

    Part IV. Regional arrangements

    10 APEC: origins, rationale, evolution, achievements and potential

    Andrew Elek and Hadi Soesastro

    11 Regional and international cooperation architecture as public goods

    Peter Drysdale and Shiro Armstrong

    Biography

    Shiro Armstrong is a Research Fellow at the Crwaford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University

    Vo Tri Thanh is Director of the Department for International Economic Integration Studies of the Central Institute for Economic Management in Vietnam