The collapse of Southeast Asia's currencies in 1997 has raised a host of questions not only about the future of the region's economies, political systems, and businesses, but also about the impact of the crisis on multinationals, the international financial system, other emerging economies,...

This article reviews the extensive political and economic literature since 1990 on corruption in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. After considering each country's individual recent history of corruption, the article comparatively analyses the relationship of corruption...