GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS OF DEVELOPMENT

1998–1999

For three decades, East Asia enjoyed unprecedented economic growth, so impressive as to be dubbed the “East Asian miracle.” In 1997, however, that economic development miracle came to an abrupt halt. The massive meltdown across the region confounded both laymen and experts, prompting JCIE to initiate a research project to reexamine the East Asian miracle, analyze what went wrong, and propose measures and systems that would allow for sustainable growth in the future.

A group of scholars from Japan, South Korea, China, and five ASEAN countries formulated new perspectives on the sources of the Asian crisis by focusing on the concepts of governance and sustainable development, exploring the different levels of governance, criteria for “good governance,” determinants of a sound financial system, and the possible impact of environmental and natural resource limits on growth. The project, part of the Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP), was launched in February 1998, under the direction of Chia Siow Yue of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). Following a preliminary workshop at the 4th APAP Forum in Singapore in October 1998, a final workshop was held in July 1999, also in Singapore.

PARTICIPANTS

Project Director

CHIA SIOW YUE, Director, Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore)

Indonesia

HADI SOESASTRO, Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies

Malaysia

SYARISA YANTI ABUBAKAR, Research Officer, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research

Singapore

LEONARD SEBASTIAN, Researcher, Institute for Southeast Asian Studies

Philippines

DANTE CANLAS, Enrique Virata Professor of Economics, University of the Philippines

China

SHENG HONG, Senior Fellow, Institute of Economic Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Japan

TAKASHI KIUCHI, Economic Advisor, Shinsei Bank

South Korea

JUNG KU-HYUN, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of Business Administration, Yonsei University

Thailand

WISARN PUPPHAVESA, Dean, School of Development Economics, National Institute of Development Administration