DAVID JOHNSON Deputy Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne UniversitySAUWALAK KITTIPRAPAS Economist, Thailand Development Research Institute, BangkokHYON-HOON LEE Associate Professor, Division of Economics and International Trade, Kwangwon National University, South KoreaYOUNG-YOUN LEE Professor of Economics, Division of Economics and International Trade, Kwangwon National University, South KoreaPETER M. SUMMERS Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne UniversityMA. REBECCA VALENZUELA Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne UniversityXIAOPU ZHANG Economist, Department of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, BeijingYANYUN ZHAO Professor of Economics and Chairman, Department of Statistics and Economics, Renmin University, China and Adviser to the Central Government, China

• Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors The Social Impact of the Asia Crisis: An Overview; T.Van Hoa Indonesia: The Human Dimension of the Asia Crisis; T.Van Hoa Asia Crisis and the Philippines: Counting the Social Costs; M.R.Valenzuela Thailand: The Asian Financial Crisis and Social Changes; S.Kittiprapas Korea: Financial Crisis, Structural Reform and Social Consequences; Y.Y.Lee & H.Lee Vietnam: Economic and Social Impact of the Asia Crisis; T.Van Hoa Social Influences of the South East Asia Financial Crisis on China; Z.Yanyun & Z.Xiaopu Australia: Has It Weathered the Crisis?; D.Johnson The Asian Crisis and Australia's Export Sector; P.M.Summers Social Impact of the Asia Crisis: A Fundamental Prescription and Management; T.Van Hoa Index