Contemporary Economic Issues

HISHEIM AWARTANI Professor of Economics, AN-najah National University and the Center for Palestine Research Studies, NablusFOUNG CAI Professor of Economics, Population Institute, China Academy of Social Sciences, PekingVITOZIO CORBO Professor of Economics, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.MAZEH D'BROWSKI Professor of Economics, Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw, PolandJOHN FLEMMING Warden of Wadham College, OxfordASHOK GUHA Professor of Economics, School of International Studies, Jawashailal Nehzu University, New DelhiWONTACH HONG Professor of Economics, Seoul University, SoeulTAKSTOSHI ITOH Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic, Hitotsubashi University, TokyoEPHTENIM KLEMAN Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelCHUNTRAN MORRISSON Professor of Economics, University of Paris-Sorbonne, ParisHASSOUUA MOUSSA Professor of Economics, Hosei University, Japan and Acadia University, CanadaJOHN PAGE The World BankBECHU TALBI Professor of Economics, University of Tunis, TunisJOHN UNDERWOOD The World Bank

• 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