Abstract This paper examines the current state of the trade policy regime in Vietnam against the backdrop of market-oriented policy reforms undertaken over the past…
Topic: Political Economy
Abstract Vietnam has the highest inflation rate in Asia. After a year-long debate about which should get priority, stability or growth, the government in early…
Abstract This paper uses a global computable general equilibrium model, global trade analysis project and a value-to-volume conversion to arrive at quantitative estimates of the…
Abstract Taiwan has had discriminatory trade and investment policies towards China, severely limiting economic engagement across the Strait. Not having free and open trade with…
Abstract In the context of stalled multilateral trade negotiations, major trading economies are seeking free trade agreements (FTAs) to secure their market access objectives. Nowhere…
Abstract To come to terms with the realization of ASEAN+1, Taiwan had concluded with mainland China a special free trade agreement (FTA), the Economic Cooperation…
Abstract Discuss as the significance of the Taiwan Strait Tunnel from the perspective of cross-strait economic and trade relations. Points out major problems and development…
Abstract This paper, using Taiwan as a case study, attempts to examine the role of the economic bureaucracy in economic development. After reviewing some salient…
Summary Despite their controversial political relationship, Taiwan and China remain very much entwined economically. This timely volume explores the complicated state of economic and trade…
Abstract Young people play an important role in shaping Iran’s politics but have only a marginal role in its economy. Youth (ages 15–29) are more…
Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of the Iranian first five-year plan (1989-1993) for economic, social, and cultural development and…
Abstract The Iranian Revolution of 1979 saw the mobilization and cooperation of a variety of groupings that were brought together by their shared determination to…
Summary It is often assumed that Iran must necessarily submit to the forces of globalization and liberalize its economy, but the country’s ruling elites have…
Summary The Islamic revolution of 1979 heralded an expanded economic role for the Iranian state in safeguarding the revolution’s redistributive aims. However, the Iranian economy…
Summary The relationship between religion and the state has entered a new phase ever since the Iranian Revolution more than three decades ago. The recent…
