Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors Introduction; J. Y. Lin PART I: REGIONS EXPERIENCE The Catching-up: Lessons of East Asian Development; W. Hong Japanese Economic Development: Idiosyncratic or Universal; T. Ito Factor Endowments and Policies in S. Asian Growth; A. Guha Tunisia's Economy since Independence: The Lessons of Experience; C. Morrisson and B. Talbi Economic Policy and Economic Development in Tunisia; H. Moussa PART II: SYSTEM REFORM Strategies of Transition - A Political Economy Approach; M. D'browski Welfare in Economic Transition; J.S. Flemming What Can We Learn from China's Economic Reform?; J.Y. Lin The Roles of Chinese Economists in the Economic Reform; F. Cai Economic Reform in Latin America: The Decade of Hope; V. Corbo PART III: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Growth, the Maghreb and the European Union: Assessing the Impact of the Free Trade agreements on Tunisia and Morocco; J. Page and J. Underwood Economic Integration Among Participants in the Middle East Peace Process; H. Awartani and E. Kleiman Index

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HISHEIM AWARTANI Professor of Economics, AN-najah National University and the Center for Palestine Research Studies, Nablus FOUNG CAI Professor of Economics, Population Institute, China Academy of Social Sciences, Peking VITOZIO CORBO Professor of Economics, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. MAZEH D'BROWSKI Professor of Economics, Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw, Poland JOHN FLEMMING Warden of Wadham College, Oxford ASHOK GUHA Professor of Economics, School of International Studies, Jawashailal Nehzu University, New Delhi WONTACH HONG Professor of Economics, Seoul University, Soeul TAKSTOSHI ITOH Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo EPHTENIM KLEMAN Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel CHUNTRAN MORRISSON Professor of Economics, University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris HASSOUUA MOUSSA Professor of Economics, Hosei University, Japan and Acadia University, Canada JOHN PAGE The World Bank BECHU TALBI Professor of Economics, University of Tunis, Tunis JOHN UNDERWOOD The World Bank