Social Impact of the Asia Crisis

Over the past two years, the world has been preoccupied with the Asia crisis, its contagion and its economic impact. The social dimension of the turmoil has only recently become the point of focus for debates and investigations by national and international organizations. This book is the first serious academic contribution to this important dimension and contains extensive research, sound analysis and concise presentation by national and international experts on such issues as poverty, education, training, health, nutrition and employment for a number of major economies in Asia and Oceania affected by the crisis.

DAVID JOHNSON Deputy Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne UniversitySAUWALAK KITTIPRAPAS Economist, Thailand Development Research Institute, BangkokHYON-HOON LEE Associate Professor, Division of Economics and International Trade, Kwangwon National University, South KoreaYOUNG-YOUN LEE Professor of Economics, Division of Economics and International Trade, Kwangwon National University, South KoreaPETER M. SUMMERS Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne UniversityMA. REBECCA VALENZUELA Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne UniversityXIAOPU ZHANG Economist, Department of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, BeijingYANYUN ZHAO Professor of Economics and Chairman, Department of Statistics and Economics, Renmin University, China and Adviser to the Central Government, China