The Pacific Rim

Investment, Development and Trade: Second Revised Edition

By Peter N. Nemetz
Publisher: UBC Press
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774842990, 366 pages, November 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774856690, 366 pages, January 1990

Table of contents

Tables

Figures

1. Investment, Development, and Trade in the Pacific Rim / Peter
N. Nemetz

2. Japanese Trade in the Pacific Rim / Yoko Sazanami

3. Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the 1980s / Tracy
Redies

4. ASEAN in Pacific Basin Trade / Rod Tyers and Prue
Phillips

5. Investing in Rural Industry for Employment and Balanced Growth /
Theodore Panayotou

6. Japan in the Pacific Policy Environment for Strategic Planning /
Gavin Boyd

7. Trade Policy in the Asia Pacific Region / Alan M. Rugman and
Alain Verbeke

8. Emerging Financial Centres in the Pacific / J. Colin
Dodds

9. Strategic Adjustment of International Financial Centres (IFCs) in
Small Economies / Kam-Hon Lee and Ilan Vertinsky

10. The Future of Pacific Ocean Minerals / Charles J. Johnson,
Allen L. Clark, and Robert N. Yonover

11. Progress and Prospects for Energy Co-Operation in the Pacific
Basin / Joy Dunkerley and Douglas Bohi

12. China and Japan / Vaclav Smil

13. The British Columbia Coal Industry / Harold
Halvorson

14. Capacity Simulation Policies / David L. Anderson

15. The Risk Transition and Nuclear Power / Kirk R.
Smith

Contributors

Description

As the importance of the Pacific Rim as a global centre of large-scale
investment, development, and trade continues to increase, so do the
potential benefits that Canada and other countries could reap as a
result of an increased presence in this diverse region. This book, a
revised, and to a large extent new, version of The Pacific Rim:
Investment, Development, and Trade (1987), integrates a broad range of
current economic data concerning the Pacific Rim with some of the more
important theoretical issues in the area of economic development and
trade. It demonstrates the paradoxical combination of strength and
fragility that characterizes the emerging integrated Pacific Rim
economy and attempts to clarify the nature of the framework and
constraints that face foreign investors and trading partners.

Reviews

Nemetz raises as many questions as he answers; therein lies the value of his book. Anyone contemplating business in Asia or the Pacific should read it. For the rest of us, its overview is invaluable for understanding both opportunities and pitfalls in our trade and investment relations with the region.

- Daniel L. Hanington

It presents an unusual perspective on regional developments, Canada being in an advantageous position to participate in the rapid changes to the various national economies that are taking place. The collection integrates a broad range of current economic data concerning the Pacific Rim with some of the more important theoretical issues in the areas of economic development and trade.

- Asian Review