TY - BOOK AU - SHARMA Shalendra TI - Asia's economic crisis and the IMF PY - 2003/// KW - ASIA KW - ECONOMIC POLICY KW - ECONOMY KW - INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND KW - SOUTHEAST ASIA N1 - Entered on 03/APR/2003 N2 - Argues that the 1997/98 economic crisis could have been avoided if "over-exuberant Asian governments" had heeded the IMF's early warning. The IMF's policy prescriptions are not only working, but those states in the region that follow them will do best ER -