East Asia Update October 2001

East Asia Update,
October 16, 2001

The terrorist attacks on the United States will hurt the poor in East Asia by prolonging the region's economic slump, the World Bank said today. To minimize the economic damage, it is even more critical that countries across the region press ahead with reforms - especially to their banking, financial and legal systems - so they can benefit more quickly and fully from the global recovery which should gather steam next year.

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China (53kb.pdf) Indonesia (82kb.pdf) Korea (58kb.pdf)	Malaysia (50kb.pdf) Philippines (50kb.pdf) Thailand (490kb.pdf)

News Release:
Prolonged Economic Downturn Will Hurt East Asia's Poor, Reforms More Vital Than Ever

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Introduction (41KB.PDF)

The global export shock: varied regional growth outcomes (42KB.PDF)
- The global shock
- Diversity of regional growth outcomes

The pace of poverty reduction (31KB.PDF)

Greater resilience to international capital market volatility (132KB.PDF)

Mixed potential for fiscal policy to help stimulate domestic growth (108KB.PDF)

Private investment climate: the corporate & financial restructuring agenda (74KB.PDF)

Renewing trade as an engine for growth & poverty reduction (40KB.PDF)
- China enters the WTO
- Multilateral options
- Regional options

Growing importance of the governance agenda (29KB.PDF)

Country Sections (55KB.PDF)

Appendix tables (51KB.PDF)

Special focus: public financial accountability in East Asia (73KB.PDF)

Special focus: renewing trade as an engine for growth & poverty reduction (58KB.PDF)

Key indicators by country(38KB.PDF)

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East Asia Update October 2001