<i>'. . . the volume provides a useful . . . exploration of key issues affecting the development of the Asia-Pacific region.'</i>
- Mark Beeson, Asia Pacific Business Review,
The authors argue that the uneven but dynamic integration in the Pacific region which was disrupted by the financial crises is continuing in ways that promise resumptions of higher interdependent growth when fundamental adjustments have been completed. They emphasize that the regional recovery could be assisted by innovative new efforts to promote wider ranging cooperation in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), which is committed to regional trade and investment liberalization over the next decade.