TY - BOOK AU - Sjoholm, Fredrik AU - Sjoholm,Fredrik AU - Tongzon,Jose L. TI - Institutional change in Southeast Asia T2 - European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian economics & business series SN - 0415338719 (cloth) PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Organizational change KW - Southeast Asia KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions N1 - Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada; Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Abbreviations Introduction 1. Institutional Transition and Transition Cost: A Methodological Consideration 2. Educational Reforms and Challenges in Southeast Asia 3. Technological Governance in ASEAN - Failings in Technology Transfer and Domestic Research 4. Interest Rate Policy and Its Implication on the Banking Restructuring Programs in Indonesia 5. Crisis, Social Sector and Income Distribution in Singapore and Thailand 6. Effects of a Crisis? Institutional Adjustment and Pro- poor Growth in Thailand Pernilla 7. Singapore's Extra- ASEAN Free Trade Agreements and their Implications for ASEAN 8. Prospects for Asian Monetary Cooperation: Pipedream or Possible Reality? N2 - This book examines the institutional adjustments in Southeast Asia since the economic crisis in 1997. It focuses on the determinants of the adjustments, implementation of the changes and the various differences between countries in the region ER -