This collection of selected studies by well-known experts in major Asian countries surveys, discusses and analyzes emerging problems and challenges facing them. It proposes prescriptions for better regional economic integration and more effective economic management in the future. The book's area of study includes economics and business development, development economics, trade and investment, global competitiveness economics policy in Asia, globalisation, the WTO, and regional and international economic integration.

CIELITO F. HABITO Professor, Arteneo Center for Economic Research and Development, Arteneo de Manila University FUKUNARI KIMURA Professor, Keio University, Japan HYUN-HOON LEE Professor, Division of Economics and International Trade, Kwangwon National University, South Korea PETER LLOYD Ritchie Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne, Australia THE DZUNG NGUYEN Operation Officer, Rural Development, Resident Mission in Vietnam, The World Bank, Vietnam APICHAI PUNTASEN Professor, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand NOER SOETRISNO Deputy minister, Ministry of Small and Medium-Size Enterprises, Indonesia REBECCA VALENZUELA Lecturer, Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia LEI ZHAO Ph.D. student, Department of Statistics and Economics, the Renmin (People) Univeristy of China, Beijing, China YANYUN ZHAO Professor of Economics and Deputy Dean, Department of Statistics and Economics, the Renmin (People) University of China, Beijing, China