By Shahid Yusuf, M. Anjum Altaf, Kaoru Nabeshima

The e-book is a suite of reports by way of best specialists in such fields as company and political governance, financial coverage, globalization, better schooling, felony reform, nearby integration, and social defense. The reports replicate the most up-tp-date considering and learn on worldwide, nearby, and nationwide guidelines of relevance to East Asian economies. it's a big source for policymakers, researchers and scholars attracted to East Asia.

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HANGING TOGETHER? 066 Korea, Rep. 013 Note: Precrisis period is July 1995 to June 1997. Postcrisis period is January 1999 to November 2001, except in Germany (where it ends July 2001) and Mexico (where it ends October 2001). S. dollar. Source: Author’s calculations. deviation of monthly interest rates (money market rates where possible). Consistent with the results for reserves, monthly interest rate volatility has fallen in Korea and Thailand. This decline indicates a commitment to greater exchange rate flexibility.

These policy issues range from strengthening social safety nets, to improving corporate and political governance, to promoting economic efficiency and innovation. These areas have become more urgent in a global economy, which is more open, more competitive, more volatile, and more demanding in terms of transparency and accountability. The remaining chapters in the volume deal with the national or sectoral aspects of policy reform. Social Protection The advantages of embeddedness in the global economy and closer links with neighboring countries are accompanied by greater exposure to external shocks, more rapid transmission of disturbances, less control over policy instruments, and, consequently, greater volatility of household incomes.

What these initiatives bode for the future is unclear. Is it realistic to attempt to build self-standing institutions of Asian monetary cooperation? Or is this effort infeasible in today’s world of seamless globalization? Must regional initiatives instead be embedded in the global system of multilateral institutions and arrangements, much as Asia’s economy and financial markets are embedded in the global economy and global financial system? Is it possible for Asia to square this circle as Europe has done, by creating regional economic and monetary institutions that are both autonomous and linked to their global counterparts?

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