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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, 1999

Part One. RECENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

I. Global economic developments: implications for the ESCAP region: Introduction; Recent global macroeconomic trends; Trade and capital flows; Implications for the ESCAP region; Towards an international financial architecture

II. Macroeconomic performance, issues and policies
(Not included in the on-line version): A regional overview; Developing economies of the ESCAP region; Developed countries of the region

III. Social impact of the economic crisis
(Not included in the on-line version)

Introduction

Pre-crisis achievements

Part Two. ASIA AND THE PACIFIC INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMIC SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT

IV. Information technology, globalization and development: Globalization and its causes; Technologies and the process of globalization: emerging trends; The situation in the Asian and Pacific region; Interrelationships between information technology, globalization and the development process

V. Electronic commerce: Defining electronic commerce; Electronic commerce benefits for big business; Electronic commerce and small business; The future: internet commerce; Trade facilitation through electronic commerce; Promotion of trade and investment through electronic commerce; Challenges in developing policies to support electronic commerce; Regional and international dimentions; National dimensions; Annex. The village phones programme of the Grameen Bank, Bangladesh

VI. ICT and intestment for production: ICT and industrial networks; Networks for ICT production; ICT planning into the twenty-first century

VII. Financial flows: Domestic banking systems; Capital markets; Volatility in emerging capital markets; International financial system and the use of ICT; Annex. The application of ICT in stock markets

VIII. Conclusion: from passive followers to active participants: Implications of ICT for economic security; ICT applications for social development; Policies at the national level; Policies at the international and regional levels Closing remarks; Annex. Considerations for ICT policy formulation in developing courntries