Book reviewed in this articles:Optirnisation of Agricultural Resource Use in Asia and the PacificThe World Rubber IndustryColin Barlow, Sisira Jayasuriya and C. Suan Tan RoutledgeThe Newly Industrialising Economies of East AsiaAnis Chowdhury and Iyanatul IslamDebating Singapore: reflective essaysEdited by Derek Da CunhaSubsistence to Supermarket: food and agricultural transformation in Southeast AsiaFive Small Open EconomiesEdited by R. Findlay and S. WelliszQuand la riziEère rencontre I'ásphalte:…Semis urbain et processus d'urbanisation à Java‐est (Indonesie)[When the paddy field meets the asphalt: The urban seed‐bed and the process of urbanisation in East Java]Asia Pacific Regionalism: madings in international economic relationsRoss Garnaut and Peter DrysdaleGrain in China: a reportRoss Garnaut and Guonan MaHealth Care In Asia: a comparative study of cost and financingCharles C GriffinIndonesia's New Order: the dynamics of socio‐economic transformationEdited by Hal HillTrade and Growth: a Korean perspectiveWontack HongComing Full Circle: an economic history of the Pacific rimEric Jones, Lionel Frost and Colin WhiteTaxation and Economic Development Among Pacific Asian CountriesEdited by R. A. MusgraveForeign Direct Investment Relations Between the OECD and the Dynamic Asian Economies: the Bangkok WorkshopEmerging Bond Markets in the Dynamic Asian EconomiesTechnological Transformation in the Third World: Volume I: AsiaEdited by S. J. Patel AveburyContrasting Styles of Industrial Reform: China and India in the 1980sGeorge RosenEnergy, Environment and the Oil Market: an Asia‐Pacific perspectiveEdited by Shankar SharmaSustainable Development of Small Island EconomiesHiroshi KakazuHard Emes on Kairiru Island: poverty, development and morality in a Papua New Guinea villageMichael French SmithIndustry on the Move: causes and consequences of international relocation in the manufacturing industryEdited by Gijsbert van LiemtThe Thai Economy in TransitionEdited by Peter G. WarrChina: foreign