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The book shows policy makers how to approach the economics and politics of services trade reform domestically, consistent with relevant special features of services trade. It shows analysts the full policy implications of those special features, including what they mean and how services reform should be treated in the future in national and international forums.
Examines the growing role of services in the world economy
The Nature of Asian Politics provides an unparalleled, comprehensive first look at the politics of Southeast and Northeast Asia.
Research paper which argues that the rapidly growing economies of Asia represent five development models: Hong Kong and Singapore; Taiwan and Korea; Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand; China; and the Philippines. Argues that more rapid liberalisation of economic policies in these countries would have resulted in better living standards and lower costs of production. Includes references.
The Handbook offers an introduction to the key elements of Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs), addressing the practical economic and legal aspects of the regulatory policies in PTAs.
Monograph focusing on the difficulties of human resource management in developing countries. Considers three models for planning human resource development. The author is a research fellow in demography at the Australian National University.
Throughout its history, Thailand has shown remarkable resiliency, adaptability, and creativity in responding to serious threats and crises, and this since much earlier times when it was known as Siam. This book, while focusing on the modern period, does reach back to ancient kingdoms but also shows the impressive rise to a modern democracy, although still endowed with a king, and even more impressively, an economic “tiger.” Moreover, it has become a prime tourist destination and is thus known to vast numbers of foreigners as a sort of “instant Asia.” The Historical Dictionary of Thailand, now in its third edition, covers this amazing story in various ways. First, the chronology trace...
A study of the effectiveness of employing a dynamic cost function specification to improve the estimation of inter-factor substitution elasticities. Also looks at the effectiveness of energy policies pursued by the Japanese government since the oil price rises of the 1970s. TWorking Paper No 91/6' of the National Centre for Development Studies.