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Governance in Pacific Asia

Governance in Pacific Asia

Political Economy and Development from Japan to Burma

Peter Ferdinand

2012

Continuum International Publishing Group

80 Maiden Lane, Suite 704, New York, NY 10038

The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX

www.continuumbooks.com

Peter Ferdinand, 2012.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publishers.

ePub ISBN: 978-1-4411-0591-2

Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Ferdinand, Peter.

Governance in Pacific Asia : political economy and development from Japan to Burma/Peter Ferdinand.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-5875-8 (hbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-4411-5875-8 (hbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-6759-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-4411-6759-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. East AsiaPolitics and government1945- 2. Southeast AsiaPolitics and government1945- 3. East AsiaEconomic policy. 4. Southeast AsiaEconomic policy. 5. East AsiaEconomic conditions. 6. Southeast AsiaEconomic conditions. 7. DemocratizationEast Asia. 8. DemocratizationSoutheast Asia. 9. RegionalismEast Asia. 10. RegionalismSoutheast Asia. I. Title.

JQ1499.A58F47 2012

320.95dc23 2011030946

Typeset by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India

Contents

TABLE 1.1	Population of Pacific Asia states and territories, selected years (in millions)
TABLE 1.2	Relative shares of world GDP for Pacific Asia, the United States and Western Europe (in per cent)
TABLE 1.3	Average annual compound growth rates of Pacific Asia states GDP compared to the United States, Western Europe and the world, 195098
TABLE 1.4	Estimated per capita GDP in Pacific Asian states, the United Kingdom and the United States in 2010 (in PPP dollars)
TABLE 1.5	Freedom House rating of political and civil freedoms in Pacific Asian states, various years
TABLE 1.6	Non-parametric correlation of rankings of Pacific Asian states for per capita GDP and Freedom House scores for political and civil liberties, various years
TABLE 1.7	Share of intra-regional exports and imports in total world exports and imports of the Pacific Asian states, various years (in per cent)
TABLE 3.1	Rankings of Pacific Asian states on the individualism index (IDV)
TABLE 3.2	Rankings of Pacific Asian states on the power distance index (PDI)
TABLE 3.3	Ranking of various states on the importance of family
TABLE 3.4	Ranking of various states on the extent to which most people can be trusted
TABLE 3.5	Rankings of Pacific Asian states on Masculinity/Femininity Index (MAS)
TABLE 4.1	Urbanization rates in Pacific Asian states
TABLE 4.2	Gross enrolment ratios in tertiary education in Pacific Asia
TABLE 5.1	GDP per capita of Pacific Asian states, various years (PPP in constant $)
TABLE 5.2	Gini inequality coefficients for Pacific Asian states
TABLE 5.3	Average import tariffs Pacific Asian states, various years (in per cent of goods value)
TABLE 5.4	Declared foreign exchange reserves of Pacific Asian states (in millions Special Drawing Rights)
TABLE 5.5	Relative shares of industry and services in GDP by value added in Hong Kong and Singapore, various years
TABLE 6.1	Share of GDP of Pacific Asian states by sector (agriculture, industry and services), various years (by value of output, in per cent)
TABLE 6.2	Gross capital formation/GDP ratios of Pacific Asian states, selected years (in per cent)
TABLE 6.3	Ratios of exports and imports to GDP in Pacific Asian states, selected years (in per cent)
TABLE 6.4	Average hours worked per employee per year.
TABLE 6.5	Pacific Asian global shares of vehicle manufacture 2009
TABLE 7.1	Proportion of national workforce employed in agriculture in 2008 (in per cent)
TABLE 7.2	Gini coefficient for farm size in selected Pacific Asian states
TABLE 7.3	Most Favoured Nation applied tariffs 2008 (in per cent)
TABLE 7.4	Average nominal rates of assistance for agriculture in selected Pacific Asian states over various periods (in per cent)
TABLE 7.5	Proportions of domestic agricultural production that are exported and of domestic consumption of agricultural products that are imported for selected Pacific Asian states (in per cent)
TABLE 8.1	Stock market valuation/GDP ratio for selected Pacific Asian states, selected years
TABLE 9.1	Concentration of family ownership of commercial assets in Pacific Asian economies, 1996
TABLE 9.2	Strengths and weaknesses of business groups
TABLE 9.3	Comparison of management and corporate structures in large Asian and Western firms
TABLE 9.4	Strengths and weaknesses of the Chinese family business forms of organization
TABLE 9.5	Pacific Asian sovereign wealth funds
TABLE 9.6	Transparency International corruption perceptions index rankings and scores for Pacific Asian states in 2001, 2010
TABLE 9.7	World Economic Forum 2010 rankings of Pacific Asian states for overall global competitiveness and for various dimensions of market efficiency
TABLE 9.8	Ranking of Pacific Asian states for ease of doing business
TABLE 10.1	Summary typology of welfare regimes
TABLE 10.2	Gross savings/GDP ratios for Pacific Asian states, selected years (in per cent)
TABLE 10.3	Government expenditure on education for selected states in Pacific Asia (as per cent of GDP)
TABLE 10.4	Government expenditure on health for selected Pacific Asian states (as per cent of GDP)
TABLE 10.5	Total government expenditure for selected Pacific Asian states (as per cent of GDP)
TABLE 10.6	Government expenditure on social security and welfare in selected Pacific Asian states (in per cent of GDP)
TABLE 10.7	Total government social spending of selected OECD countries, 2005 (as per cent of GDP)
TABLE 10.8	Total fertility rate estimates for Pacific Asian states, 2010
TABLE 12.1	Indicators of democratic consolidation
TABLE 12.2	Support for democracy in Pacific Asia (per cent of respondents)
TABLE 12.3	Hereditary representatives ( seshu giin ) as proportion of total Diet and of total LDP Diet members
TABLE 12.4	Hereditary politicians as proportion of total House members in the Philippines
TABLE 12.5	Proportion of women legislators in the lower house of parliaments in Pacific Asia (in per cent)
TABLE 12.6	Press freedom rankings of Pacific Asian states (various years)

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