SHAKEB AFSAH is senior manager at the International Resources Group in Washington, DC. DAVID ANGEL is professor in economics, technology and the environment, and also Dean of Graduate Studies, at Clark University, Worcester, MA.

• PrefaceOwen Cylke, US–Asia Environmental Partnership and Winrock International, USA, Somporn Kamolsiripichaiporn, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 1. Toward clean shared growth in AsiaDavid P. Angel, Clark University, USA, Michael T. Rock, Hood College, USATubagus Feridhanusetyawan, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia Part 1: Framing the IssuesDavid P. Angel and Michael T. Rock 2. Technology and environmental performance: leveraging growth and sustainabilityGeorge R. Heaton, Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USABudy Resosudarmo, Indonesian Government Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology and University of Indonesia 3. Globalisation and the environment in Asia: linkages, impacts and policy implicationsDaniel Esty, Yale Law School and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USAMari Pangestu and Hadi Soesastro, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia 4. Public policies to promote cleaner shared industrial growth in East AsiaMichael T. Rock, Ooi Giok Ling, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, and National University of SingaporeVictor Kimm, University of Southern California, USA 5. Industrialising cities and the environment in Pacific Asia: toward a policy framework and agenda for actionMichael Douglass, University of Hawaii, USA, and Ooi Giok Ling 6. Civil society and the future of environmental governance in AsiaLyuba Zarsky, Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, USASimon S.C. Tay, National University of Singapore Part 2: Case Studies in InnovationDavid P. Angel and Michael T. Rock 7. Putting pressure on polluters: Indonesia's PROPER programme. A case study for the Harvard Institute for International Development 1997 Asia Environmental Economics Policy SeminarShakeb Afsah, International Resources Group, USAJeffrey R. Vincent, Harvard Institute for International Development, USA8. Water pollution abatement in MalaysiaJeffrey R. VincentRozali bin Mohamed Ali, Asset-Holding Berhad, MalaysiaKhalid Abdul Rhaim, Universiti Putra Malaysia 9. Toward more sustainable development: the environment and industrial policy in TaiwanMichael T. Rock 10. Measuring up: toward a common framework for tracking corporate environmental performanceDaryl Ditz, Environmental Law Institute, USAJanet Ranganathan, World Resources Institute, USAPostscriptMelito Salazar, Bangko Sentral ng PilipinasWarren Evans, Asian Development Bank, Philippines

An interesting and well-structured book which offers practical insights into how policy might be refined to bring real environmental benefits in both Asia and the rest of the world.