Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 Perspectives on East Asian Development: An Introduction -- 2 Economic Integration in East Asia: Cambodia's Experience -- 3 The Case for East Asian Financial Cooperation -- 4 The Future of Asia -- 5 Rural-Based Development in East Asia under Globalization -- 6 Economic Development and Regional Cooperation in East Asia -- 7 East Asian Economic Integration: Problems for Late-Entry Countries -- 8 Asia's Challenges -- 9 Toward an Integrated, Poverty-Free, and Peaceful East Asia -- 10 China's WTO Accession: Implications and Key Lessons Learned -- 11 From Confucius to Kennedy: Principles of East Asian Governance -- 12 Economic Integration in East Asia: A Philippine Perspective -- 13 Visions of East Asia: Three Engines for a Way Forward -- 14 Political Foundations for Sustainable Growth in Asia -- 15 The Asian Network Economy in the 21st Century -- 16 Does China Need to Change Its Industrialization Path? -- 17 Reflections on Financial and Monetary Developments in Asia -- 18 The Internal and External Environments of China's Development over the Next Five Years -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- INDEX -- Box -- 7.1 The ASEAN Integration Gap -- Figures -- 1.1 East Asia Rebounds: Share of World Gross Domestic Product -- 3.1 Share of East Asian FDI in Developing-Country FDI -- 5.1 Operations of an Intervillage Vegetable Collector, Upland West Java -- 15.1 Population Share of the Workforce in China, India, and Japan, 1950-2050 -- 16.1 Secondary Sector Employment and Urban Unemployment 1991-2004 -- 16.2 The GDP Share of Services in China and Selected Countries -- 16.3 Changes in the GDP Share of Services in China and Selected Countries -- 16.4 Investment as a Share of GDP -- 16.5 Investment Efficiency: The Incremental Capital-Output Rate -- Tables -- 1.1 Contributing Authors.

1.2 A Roadmap to the Essays -- 1.3 Major Themes, by Author -- 2.1 Share of Intraregional Trade in Total Trade, 1985-2001 -- 3.1 Average Annual GDP Growth Rate -- 3.2 Pre- and Postcrisis GDP Growth -- 3.3 Exports as a Share of GDP -- 3.4 Net Total Private Capital Flows -- 3.5 East Asian Savings as a Share of GDP, 1993-2003 -- 3.6 Corruption Perceptions Index, 2005 -- 5.1 Cost of Credit to Vegetable Producers under Alternative Schemes, Majalengka District, West Java, 1990 -- 9.1 Intraregional Trade Share, 1980-2004 -- 9.2 FTAs and Economic Partnership Agreements in East Asia, April 2006 -- 9.3 Selected Indicators for East Asian Economies -- 12.1 Average Annual Per Capita GDP Growth in Selected Asian Countries -- 12.2 Export Growth Rates in Selected Asian Countries -- 12.3 Growth in Philippine Exports -- 12.4 Share of Worker Remittances and Two Key Exports in Per Capita GNP in the Philippines -- 12.5 Worker Remittances, by Source in the Philippines -- 12.6 Share of Traditional Manufacturing in GDP in the Philippines -- 12.7 Philippine Exports, by Recipient -- 12.8 Government Capital Expenditures as a Share of GDP -- 14.1 The Leadership Response to Crisis in Selected Asian Countries -- 16.1 Impact on Efficiency and Energy Consumption of Unsubsidized Energy Prices in China -- 16.2 Per Capita Ownership of Resources in China Relative to the World Average -- 16.3 China's Resource Consumption as a Percentage of the World Total -- 16.4 GDP Share of the Output Value of the Tertiary Sector, 1980-2004.