AN EVENING WITH JOMO

Speaker

Jomo K S is Assistant Secretary-General on Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. Prior to this appointment, he was Professor in the Applied Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya.  He also sat on the Board of the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, and was Founder Chair of International Development Economics Associates.  He has taught at Universiti Sains Malaysia (1974), Harvard University (1974-5), Yale University (1977), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (1977-82), University of Malaya (1982-2004), and Cornell University (1993).  He has also been a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University (1987-8; 1991-2).  Dr Jomo has authored almost 40 monographs, edited over fifty books and translated 11 volumes.  His most recent books include Malaysian Eclipse: Economic Crisis and Recovery (2001), Globalization Versus Development: Heterodox Perspectives (2001), Southeast Asia’s Industrialization (2001), Southeast Asian Paper Tigers Behind Miracle and Debacle (2003), Ethnic Business? Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia (2003) and M Way: Mahathir's Economic Legacy (2004). Five other edited volumes --The Long Twentieth Century [2 volumes], The New Development Economics, The Origins of Development Economics and Pioneers of Development Economics -- will be published in September 2005.

Abstract

Years after being battered by the regional financial crisis in 1997-98, Asian economies have steadily recovered. It is therefore timely to look back at the causes and consequences of the crisis with a fresh set of lenses. ISEAS is organizing a seminar-cum-book launch on two books edited by Dr Jomo.  They are: Malaysian “Bail Outs?” – Capital Controls, Restructuring and Recovery and After the Storm: Crisis, Recovery and Sustaining Development in Four Asian Economies.

Malaysian “Bail Outs?” aims to shed new light on the financial crisis in Malaysia and the government policy responses such as capital controls and debt restructuring. While the global financial community criticized such measures as “bail outs” for politically-connected interests, the Malaysian government defended their moves as instrumental for economic recovery. The book sets out to refute both claims and to set the record straight on the crisis and its aftermath in Malaysia.

After the Storm takes a broader sweep of the restructuring and growth strategies adopted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and South Korea after the financial crisis. It aims to provide fresh insights into the causes as well as the measures adopted by these economies to climb out of the crisis. It also reveals why reforms recommended by the IMF, World Bank and others were met with resistance, thereby contributing to the ongoing debate on globalization as well.

You are cordially invited to An Evening with Jomo followed by Reception.

By Fax: 6775-6264 / 6775-6259

The Seminar Co-ordinator
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 119614

I will be able to attend An Evening with Jomo on Tuesday, 16 August 2005 at 6.00 pm at the Seminar Room II, ISEAS. 

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