International institutions and Asian development / edited by Shiro Armstrong and Vo Tri Thanh.

Drawn from papers presented to the 32nd Pacific Trade and Development conference in Hanoi in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview and issues / Shiro Armstrong -- International public goods / Richard N. Cooper -- Making the international system work for the platinum age of Asian growth / Ross Garnaut -- Effects of GATT/WTO on Asia's trade performance / Will Martin, Kym Anderson and Cong S. Pham -- The IMF and East Asia : the legacy of the crisis and actions for the future / Shinji Takagi -- The World Bank in the East Asia and Pacific region : past performance and future directions / Amar Bhattacharya -- The evolution of the World Bank and its implications for the Asian Development Bank / David Vines -- China's foreign trade, WTO accession and institutional quality / Miaojie Yu -- Vietnam one year after WTO accession : a review of existing studies and a preliminary assessment / Doan Hong Quang and Vo Tri Thanh -- APEC : origins, rationale, evolution, achievements and potential / Andrew Elek and Hadi Soesastro -- Regional and international cooperation architecture as public goods / Peter Drysdale and Shiro Armstrong.

Are international and Asian regional institutions serving the development goals of Asian and Pacific Economies as well they should? The global economy, led by the Asia Pacific region, has undergone immense change and growth. Have the existing institutions and arrangements been able to keep pace with those changes in the global economy? International Institutions and Asian Development tackles these questions and is an essential book for the assessment of regional and international institutions, as well as policy prescriptions for reforming them to ensure they deliver on sustainable, peaceful growth and development in the region. Drawing from papers presented to the 32nd Pacific Trade and Development conference in Hanoi in 2007, the contributions by distinguished authors add to the understanding of the purpose, evolution, relevance and gaps in regional and global institutions and their arrangements.