International Institutions and Economic Development in Asia

Part I. Issues and background 1 Overview and issues Shiro Armstrong 2 International public goods Richard N. Cooper 3 Making the international system work for the platinum age of Asian growth Ross Garnaut Part II. Institutions and their impact 4 Effects of GATT/WTO on Asia's trade performance Will Martin, Kym Anderson and Cong S. Pham 5 The IMF and East Asia: the legacy of the crisis and actions for the future Shinji Takagi 6 The World Bank in the East Asia and Pacific region: past performance and future directions Amar Bhattacharya 7 The evolution of the World Bank and its implications for the Asian Development Bank David Vines Part III. Country experiences 8 China's foreign trade, WTO accession and institutional quality Miaojie Yu 9 Vietnam one year after WTO accession: a review of existing studies and a preliminary assessment Doan Hong Quang and Vo Tri Thanh Part IV. Regional arrangements 10 APEC: origins, rationale, evolution, achievements and potential Andrew Elek and Hadi Soesastro 11 Regional and international cooperation architecture as public goods Peter Drysdale and Shiro Armstrong