Sustainable Recovery in Asia : Mobilising Resources for Development.

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Two-thirds of the world's poor live in Asia. The major objective for the region, therefore, must be to reduce poverty. It has become clear in the wake of the crisis that the public sector can no longer shoulder the burden of financing pro-poor growth alone. At the same time, it is also clear that official aid flows throughout the world, and particularly in Asia, have been declining since the middle of the 1990s. Therefore, the private sector must be encouraged to provide at least part of the financing. This is the major message of the book. Two ways of achieving this are proposed. One is to a.  Read more... ""CONTENTS"" ""Preface "" ""Introduction"" ""PART ONE: FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT "" ""Post-Crisis Policy Agenda for Reforming the Financial Sector in Asia"" ""Fiscal Outcomes and the East Asian Economic Crisis"" ""The Need for Foreign Savings in Post-Crisis Asia "" ""Best Practices for Promoting Private Sector Investment in Infrastructure "" ""PART TWO: PUTTING POLICIES INTO PRACTICE"" ""Inaugural Address"" ""Welcoming Remarks "" ""Keynote Address"" ""Post-Crisis Asia: Resource Mobilisation through Capital Markets, IFIs and the Private Sector "" ""Towards Sustainable Growth of the Asian Economy""""Complacency is Out of Place "" ""Public Expenditure Reform "" ""Risk-Informed Capital Flows: A Global VaR Approach "" ""Foreign Direct Investment in Korea: The Role of the Ombudsman "" ""Lessons from the Asian Crisis"" ""Programme"" ""List of Authors and Participants""