A consideration of how the Asia-Pacific economies have developed since the financial crises, the effect of global forces on the national Asian economies and their different development paths as they jointly enter this new phase.

1. Martin Andersson and Christer Gunnarsson Introduction - Perspective on Development in Asia-PacificPart 1 - Global Institutions and the State in Asia-Pacific2. Irma Adelman Global Institutions and Economic Development - What have we learned?3. John Weeks A Tale of Two Crises - Latin America in the 1980s and 'the HPAEs' in the 1990s 4. Chris Edwards Neo-liberalism on the Defensive but not Defeated? - A Comparative Review of the Asian Crisis and Lessons for the Future5. Medhi Krongkaew The IMF in the Thai Economic Crisis - Villain or Saviour?6. Ishak Shari Economic Growth and Social Development in Malaysia 1971-1998 - Does the State Still Matter in an Era of Economic GlobalisationPart 2 - Divergent Development Paths Among the Asian Miracles7. Martin Andersson and Christer Gunnarsson Beyond Policy Explanations - Towards an Alternative Analysis of the Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific Region8. Anne Booth Education, Equality and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific9. K. S. Jomo Growth and Vulnerability Before and After the Asian Crisis - The Fallacy of the Universal ModelMartin Andersson and Christer Gunnarsson Epilogue - Rest in Peace of a Relevant Piece for the Rest? - Industrialisation Models and the New Regional Divison of Labour in Asia-Pacific