East Asia and Pacific Update, November 2009: Transforming the Rebound into Recovery

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CONTENTS......Page 2
Acknowledgments......Page 3
Summary......Page 4
Abbreviations......Page 6
East Asia is leading the global rebound......Page 8
Industrial production led the decline and now the rebound......Page 9
Exports have also rebounded strongly......Page 11
Capital inflows are recovering......Page 14
The rising tide is not lifting all enterprises......Page 18
The crisis has affected workers across sectors and regions......Page 22
The pace of poverty reduction has slowed......Page 24
Fiscal policies have been eased substantially......Page 26
Monetary easing has supported the recovery......Page 28
Social policy has helped ameliorate the impact of the crisis on the poor......Page 29
III. Transforming The Rebound Into Recovery......Page 31
Cambodia......Page 40
China......Page 43
Fiji......Page 46
Indonesia......Page 48
Lao PDR......Page 51
Malaysia......Page 53
Mongolia......Page 56
Papua New Guinea......Page 58
Philippines......Page 61
Solomon Islands......Page 64
Thailand......Page 66
Timor Leste......Page 69
Vietnam......Page 71
Appendix Tables & Charts......Page 73