Econometric study of the determinants of national saving and the role of financial intermediation in a sample of 14 Asian developing countries. Linkages between financial conditions, saving rates, the average efficiency of investment and the rate of economic growth. The findings of the study...

The impact of oil price increases and world recession in the 1970s on the balance of payments of 12 developing countries in Asia are examined and the effectiveness of various policy responses of these countries to challenges posed by these external shocks are assessed. Deterioration in their...

The article briefly discusses the constraints and weaknesses of small economies of some South Pacific developing countries (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and Western Samoa), their socio-cultural systems, human resources, economic vulnerability to...