(19 December 2002)

A semi-annual publication that focuses on development issues in the ESCAP region and provides a pragmatic view to guide policy makers.

Contents:

• Exchange rate policy of Bangladesh: not floating does not mean sinking.
• Leading indicators for monitoring the stability of asset and financial markets in Asia and the Pacific.
• Banking sector reforms in India and China: does India's experience offer lessons for China's future reform agenda?
• Stock price behaviour in India since liberalization.
• Economic reforms, energy consumption changes and CO2 emmissions in India: a quantitative analysis.
• An analysis of EU anti-dumping cases against China.
• Book reviews:
  • Rejuvenating bank finance for development in Asia and the Pacific.
  • Protecting marginalized groups during economic downturns: lessons from the Asian experience.

Bulletin on Asia-Pacific Perspectives 2002/03 - Asia-Pacific Economies: Sustaining Growth Amidst Uncertainties

• Summary of the bulletin

Round-table on Social Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region in the context of Economic Crisis and Globalization (2 December 2002)

• Summary of the book

  Rejuvenating Bank Finance for Development in Asia and the Pacific

Round-table Discussion on the Asian Banking Sector and Launch of UNESCAP-ADB Joint Publication "Rejuvenating Bank Finance for Development in Asia and the Pacific" (23 October 2002)

• Summary of the book
• Issue note

A semi-annual publication that focuses on development issues in the ESCAP region and provides a pragmatic view to guide policy makers.

Contents:

• Bond markets in the Pacific rim: development, market structure and relevant issues in fixed-income securities markets.
• Developing debt markets in Singapore: rationale, challenges and prospects.
• Developing bond markets to diversify long-term development finance: country study of India.
• SME subcontracting as a bridgehead to competitiveness: an assessment of supply-side capabilities and demand-side requirements.
• Human resource competitiveness and inflow of foreign direct investment to the ASEAN region.
• Book reviews:
  • Capitalist development and economism in East Asia: the rise of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea.
  • Models of the Chinese economy.

Contents:
This inaugural issue provides implications and prospects for economies in the ESCAP region after the September 11 event, the seven shorter pieces in this issue discusses ICT in India, the new WTO Round to the challenges that the ESCAP region will face, and issues on poverty and contemporary development in Central Asia and the Pacific Islands.

Contents:
The publication brings together four country studies (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand) and a regional overview paper prepared by ESCAP, all of which were presented at a subregional seminar held in Seoul duirng May 2001. Good governance in the financial and corporate sector, approaches to restructuring, post crisis restructuring, constraints and remaining agenda on financial and corporate restructuring was the primary focus of the seminar. Apart from the country studies, a report of the seminar proceedings is also included.

  Development Planning in a Market Economy (LDC series no. 6, 2001)

Contents:
This publication addresses issues relating to the role of the Government and the associated need for planning. Part one deals with the role of human capital in economic development and a discussion on the planning process in Cambodia. Part two illustrates the experiences of Bangladesh, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea and Thailand in selected aspects of planning.