The global economic crisis has revealed that growth in East Asia is highly vulnerable to slowdown in exports to major advanced economies. This paper shows that in precrisis years, at least one third of growth in the Peoples Republic of China was due to exports, and this proportion was even...

The world economy has not still recovered from the effects of the financial crisis that began almost a decade ago first in the US and then in Europe. Policy response to the crisis, the combination of fiscal restraint and ultra-easy monetary policy, has not only failed to bring about a robust...

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- POLICY RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: KEY ISSUES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. POLICY RESPONSE IN DEEs: PAYMENTS CONSTRAINT AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT -- C. REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL...