Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: The genesis. Prologue : visions and negotiations
  • Realizing the vision of the founding fathers
  • Part 2: Development performance of the region. Unfavourable initial conditions
  • Japan : the leader of post-war East Asian industrialization
  • The newly industrializing economies of East Asia
  • South-East Asia : "miracles" crises and resilience
  • The ascent of China
  • South Asia : a subcontinental saga
  • Economies in transition and countries with special needs
  • A Trans-Asia of islands and peoples struggling to attain their human potential
  • Part 3: Thematic issues. Changing unfavourable conditions
  • Evolving development paradigm
  • Regional and subregional economic cooperation
  • Quest for sustainable development : relinking the economy, society and habitat
  • Lessons learned : policymaking in context and learning from experience, domestic and regional.