Economic Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific 1991: Vol 42 Table of Contents

3 Pages·1991·0.4 MB·English

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THE ASIAN REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER UNION OF SOVIET
SOCIALIST REPUBLICS: CURRENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION
AND POSSIBILITIES FOR CLOSER ECONOMIC COOPERATION
WITH THE ESCAP REGION
ESCAP secretariat
Introduction. 1
A. History, geography and culture. 1
B. Economy. 2
C. Social development. 7
D. Economic reforms. 10
E. Problems facing the Asian Republics of the former USSR. 11
F. Assistance required and the role of ESCAP.-. 12
G. Conclusion. 13
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE OF DEVELOPING ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
IN THE 1990s
Barry Herman
I. Private finance and the net transfer of resources. 15
II. Official finance and the aid relationship. 26
III. The primacy of effective national policy-making. 33
Annex. 33
PRODUCTION LINKAGES OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIES IN INDONESIA
T. Tambunan
I. Introduction. 37
II. The growth of SSIs. 37
III. Intersectoral (industry) linkage analysis.-. 39
IV. The importance of production linkages for SSIs. 40
V. The empirical findings. 41
References. 43
EXTERNAL DEBT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH; A NEW FRAMEWORK
AND SOME EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES IN ASIA
Khorshed Chowdhury
I. Introduction. 46
II. Methodological overview. 47
III. Estimation. 49
IV. Conclusion. 51
References. 51
Appendix. 52
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ANALYSING STRUCTURAL CHANGES THROUGH SAM-BASED COMPUTABLE
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS: ASSESSING IMPORT
LIBERALIZATION PROGRAMMES IN INDIA
Hiren Sarkar and Manoj Panda
Section 1. Introduction; Structural change and SAM-based models. 53
Section 2. The model. 54
Section 3. Liberalization of iron and steel imports in India; feasibilities, benefits and costs. 57
Section 4. Conclusion. 63
References. 64
Appendix 1. 64
Appendix 2. 68
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