Reforming Corporate Governance in Southeast Asia

Download or read book Reforming Corporate Governance in Southeast Asia written by Ho Khai Leong and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2005 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multi-disciplinary volume provides a critical examination of corporate governance reform in Southeast Asia especially after the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The weaknesses in the corporate sector, such as poor investment structure, weak legal and accounting systems, faulty financial practices, questionable political interventions, are some of the pertinent issues raised by the authors, who include legal specialists, corporate practitioners, economists, and political scientists. Policy measures to improve corporate transparency, institutional accountability, and fiscal prudence are also proposed. The volume provides interested readers and policy-makers in Southeast Asia with the most current research and policy options on corporate governance reform, and advocates more committed and effective governance changes in the future.