Until the dramatic economic collapse of 1997, East Asia was the symbol of a successful market-led development strategy for Western governments, aid agencies and academics, despite underlying concerns about a lack of rights and freedoms. 1997 changed Asia and the world. Currency depreciations, personal and state indebtedness, mass unemployment and rioting brought the paternalistic capitalist phase to an end in Asia. The decade following the crisis has seen a swift response, with the major restructuring of Asian economies, improved corporate governance, banks recapitalized, more attention paid…mehr
Until the dramatic economic collapse of 1997, East Asia was the symbol of a successful market-led development strategy for Western governments, aid agencies and academics, despite underlying concerns about a lack of rights and freedoms. 1997 changed Asia and the world. Currency depreciations, personal and state indebtedness, mass unemployment and rioting brought the paternalistic capitalist phase to an end in Asia. The decade following the crisis has seen a swift response, with the major restructuring of Asian economies, improved corporate governance, banks recapitalized, more attention paid to the environment and foreign exchange reserves restored so the IMF became redundant in Asia. Dividing the countries that emerged from the crisis into three categories -- the Insecure Rich, the New Aspirants for Prosperity and the Danger Zone, Noman analyses the complex Asian recovery and future challenges within the framework of Responsible Development, an agenda for Asia that emphasizes the simultaneous challenge of building sustainable democracies, a viable environment and an equitable economy.
Omar Noman is Head of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Center in Sri Lanka and was previously the Deputy Director of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO). Prior to working at the HDRO, where some of the key ideas for this book were developed, he taught at Oxford University, UK. With a mix of analytical skills and pragmatic policy experience gained in official missions to nearly 100 countries, he has written books on economics, political change and the environment.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1: Prosperity and Discontent 1. Freedom and Responsibility 2. The Asian Boom on the Eve of the Great Recession 3. Asia's Hunger Test 4. The Loss of Egalitarian Capitalism 5. Damage Control: Can Asia Reduce Environmental Stress? Part 2: Expansion of Freedoms 6. Investing in Just Democracies 7. The End of "Asian Values" and the Spread of Democracy Part 3: Comparison of Asian Development Strategies 8. Conflict and Arrested Development: Pakistan's Divergence from Eastern Asia 9. Democratic India and Authoritarian East Asia: Are Economic and Political Systems Converging? 10. Responsible Development in a Vulnerable World
Part 1: Prosperity and Discontent 1. Freedom and Responsibility 2. The Asian Boom on the Eve of the Great Recession 3. Asia's Hunger Test 4. The Loss of Egalitarian Capitalism 5. Damage Control: Can Asia Reduce Environmental Stress? Part 2: Expansion of Freedoms 6. Investing in Just Democracies 7. The End of "Asian Values" and the Spread of Democracy Part 3: Comparison of Asian Development Strategies 8. Conflict and Arrested Development: Pakistan's Divergence from Eastern Asia 9. Democratic India and Authoritarian East Asia: Are Economic and Political Systems Converging? 10. Responsible Development in a Vulnerable World
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