1. Introduction
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is no longer a purely international economic organizationin the way it was. At first, the IMF was established along with the World Bank and theGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Tradeat the close ofWorld War II in order to provide governments with balance of payments support, but now there’s a doubt that IMF has become a political organizat
1. Introduction
There is the rapid economic growth of East Asian countries and many scholars attribute these performances to the state's active intervention in the process of economic development. These East Asian countries were called "the developmental state"(henceforth DS). Japan and four East Asian dragons - Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong - have achieved economic grow
Case Summary
-East Coast Auto Supply, a distributor of auto parts located in the New England area, received much of its inventory of rebuilt auto parts from a Los Angeles wholesaler that imports the remanufactured parts from several Asian countries, where labor costs are low.
East Coast Auto Supply received most of its shipments by truck, which generally took a week to ten days to ar
Asian Policy
1) Clinton Administration
The end of cold war made US to have more interest in Northeast Asia. During the cold war period, US held up the strategy of ‘containment and deterrence’ toward the Communist bloc and took their national security interest seriously. But after the end of cold war, they mapped out the ‘Strategy of Engagement’ and Enlargement to communist countries an
1. Getting Started
Around the early 1990's, imported automobiles were difficult to spot in Korea parked around the bustling streets of big cities. These were the automobiles one could only dream of riding in, which gave a unique look and flavour one would only desire to taste. Now, after ten years, these automobiles can be seen quite frequently, and out of the imported automobiles the one t