Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Tran Ngoc, Ca, Technological Capability and Learning in Firms: Vietnamese industries in transition Bhanoji, Raom, East Asian Economies: the miracle, a crisis and the future M., Ramesh and Mukul G., Asher, Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia: social security, health and education policies Wang, Gungwu and John, Wong, (eds) Hong Kong in China: the challenges of transition John H., Drabble, An Economic History of Malaysia, c. 1800–1990: the transition to modern economic growth Gordon, de Brouwer, Financial Integration in East Asia Gordon, de Brouwer and Wisarn, Pupphavesa, (eds) Asia Pacific Financial Deregulation Jomo, K. S.; Greg, Felker and Rajah, Rasiah, (eds) Industrial Technology Development in Malaysia: industry and firm studies Jomo, K. S. and Greg, Felker, (eds) Technology, Competitiveness, and the State: Malaysia's industrial technology policies Colin, Barlow, (ed.) Institutions and Economic Change in Southeast Asia: the context of development from the 1960s to the 1990s Gilberto M., Llanto; Rosario G., Manasan; Mario B., Lamberte; Jaime C., Laya, Local Government Units' Access to the Private Capital Markets Paul D., Hutchcroft, Booty Capitalism: the politics of banking in the Philippines Colin, Filer, (ed.) Dilemmas of Development: the social and economic impact of the Porgera Gold Mine 1989–1994 Theodore, Levantis, Papua New Guinea: employment, wages and economic development T. S., Chan, (ed.) Consumer Behaviour in Asia: issues and marketing practice Arsenio, Balisacan and Shigeaki, Fujisaki, (eds) Causes of Poverty: myths, facts and policies Stephan, Haggard, The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis Grant, Evans; Christopher, Hutton and Kuah Khun, Eng, (eds) Where China Meets Southeast Asia: social and cultural change in the border regions