TY - GEN AU - Fukasaku, Kiichiro (Ed.) AU - Fukasaku, Kiichiro. TI - Regional co-operation and integration in Asia SN - 9789264146457 PY - 1995/// CY - Paris PB - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development KW - Asian cooperation KW - Congresses KW - International economic relations KW - Asia KW - Foreign economic relations-- Congresses KW - Economic integration KW - Foreign economic relations-- Europe-- Congresses KW - Europe KW - Foreign economic relations-- Asia-- Congresses N1 - This volume contains contributions from participants in the first conference of the International Forum on Asian Perspectives. The conference, entitled 'Regional Co-operation and Integration in Asia', was held in Paris on 3-4 July 1995; Part 1: Asian Economic Co-operation Perspectives -- Opening Remarks -- Opening Remarks --- India's Economic Reform and Regional Co-operation -- Opportunities and Challenges for Economic Co-operation OECD Countries and Developing Asia -- Norway and Asia -- A French Contribution to Asian Regional Co-operation -- Asian Pacific Development Experience and its Implications for Regional Co-operation -- China and Asian regional Co-operation -- A View from the Private Sector -- A Business Scenario for the Future in Asia -- Vietnam and Regional Economic Co-operation -- Closing Remarks -- Part 2: Regional Co-operation and Integration -- Introduction and Overview -- Intra-Asian Trade: Trends and Prospects -- Evolving Trade Links between Europe and Asia: Towards "Open Continentalism?" -- Financial lows to and Capital Markets in Asia -- Asian Economic Co-operation: Opportunities and Challenges -- Economic Co-operation in the Greater Mekong Subregion N2 - The book presents the major contributions to the seminar as well as remarks by eminent personalities from Asia, Europe and the Americas. The conclusions are tentative but reflect a belief that formal regional concertation, already manifesting itself in the so-called "growth triangles", for example, is probable. The benefits for co-ordination, however, will not accrue to Asian economies alone: the region's partners worldwide will be encouraged to help support some types of co-ordination ER -