This article analyses the impact of the international crisis in Asia. We show that the main channel of contagion was trade and not finance. We then question the nature of the recovery which is getting steam since the spring of 2009 thanks to the success of the Chinese stimulus plan. This...

This article takes the case of Thailand to present the distribution of income and the evolution of the profit rate in a low-wage country that belongs to the second generation of newly industrialising countries. It is shown that during the boom years the high rate of profit was not based on a...

This article presents a survey of the monetary integration debate in East Asia with a special emphasis on the arguments developed by Asian economists themselves. It focuses mainly on the existence of an optimal monetary zone between various sets of East Asian countries. In a first part, we...

Dans un processus de développement caractérisé par une croissance économique forte, comme c'est le cas en Asie du sud-est, la question de la pauvreté est indissociable de celle de la répartition des fruits de la croissance, elle-même déterminée par les rapports sociaux et leur...

La crise de 1997-98 en Asie a engendré un débat sur l'intégration monétaire et financière régionale. Comme en Europe, certains y voient la possibilité de constituer un « bouclier » contre l'instabilité provenant de la mondialisation financière. A y regarder de plus près, le «...

Fragmented payment systems are a major obstacle to financial integration at the regional and international levels. The European Union has launched ambitious policies for the ceation of common payment systems among its country members. Significant results have been achieved in some aspects, but...

Knowledge is presented as the new driving force of competitiveness. It is usually defined as including formal innovation such as R&D and all forms of learning opportunities occurring during economic activities like work and relations with suppliers and customers. Our communication will focus on...

La première partie de ce texte sera consacrée à l'analyse des inégalités de revenus en Thaïlande. Nous verrons que la croissance élevée a permis de faire reculer la pauvreté absolue mais pas les inégalités de revenus. Dans la deuxième partie, nous montrerons que l'évolution...