The article deals with the development of trade surpluses and government policies with regard to trade and development in Taiwan. After presenting the changes in the trade balance in retrospect, it illustrates the basic relationship according to which the external imbalance between exports and...

After reviewing the experience and problems of economic growth in Hong Kong in the context of different stages of export-oriented industrialization, the author discusses the recent policy changes in Hong Kong in response to the changing internal and external economic environment. He then...

Among the developing economies of Asia, Thailand stands out in terms of economic growth and stability. The article presents a broad view of the development of this country's economy in the past three decades. It also examines Thailand's relations with other economies, especially those in...

The article provides a framework for discussing the relevance of the economic growth experience of the Asian newly industrializing economies (NIEs) to the developing economies in the Asian and Pacific region, with particular reference to certain aspects of the development experience of India....

Recognition of the increasing importance of price policy reform in agriculture has led to the emergence of a considerable body of literature in the 1980s. The article examines the likely thrust of agricultural strategy in the 1990s, analyses the role of price policy reforms in implementing that...

In recent years, the key debt indicators of most developing countries in the Asian and Pacific region have changed dramatically, with their debt-service ratios rising from the low teens well into the twenties and thirties and beyond. The article assesses the debt situation in the Asian and...