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Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Southeast Asia -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Southeast Asia's Economic Development -- 2. Entrepreneurship Development: The Necessary Conditions -- 3. SMEs in Southeast Asia since the Asian Financial Crisis -- 4. Financing SMEs in Southeast Asia during the Crisis Period: The Cases of Thailand and Malaysia -- 5. An Overview of Donors' Role in SME Development in Southeast Asia after the Crisis -- 6. Strengthening SMEs in Southeast Asia's Agricultural Sector1 -- 7. The Development of SME Clusters in Indonesia -- 8. Entrepreneurship in Malaysia's Electronics Industry: The Role of SMEs -- 9. Government's Role in Developing Entrepreneurship and SMEs in the Philippines -- 10. SME Policies and SME Linkage Development in Singapore -- 11. SME Development in Thailand's Automotive Industry -- 12. Developing Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Southeast Asia's Transitional Economies.

Islamic perspectives on the new millennium -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Islamic Perspectives on the New Millennium -- The New World Order -- 2. Islam and the West: Challenges and Opportunities -- 3. Indonesian Responses -- The New Age -- 4. Islam and Globalization: Arab World Perspectives -- 5. Indonesian Muslims Enter a New Age -- The Economy -- 6. Financial Activism among Indonesian Muslims -- 7. Islamic Banking and Finance: In Search of a Pragmatic Model -- The Nation-State -- 8. Political Islam in Post-Soeharto Indonesia -- 9. The Experience of the Islamic Republic of Iran -- Muslim Women -- 10. Muslim Women and Human Rights in the Middle East and South Asia: Occupying Different Spaces -- 11. Islam, Gender, and Politics in Indonesia -- Law and Knowledge -- 12. Perspectives on the Shari'a and the State: The Indonesian Debates -- 13. The Role of Muslims in the New Millennium -- Conclusion -- 14. Developing Islamic Arguments for Change through -- Glossary -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.

These papers were prepared in mid-December 2001 and delivered on 8 January 2002 at the 2002 Regional Outlook Forum organized by ISEAS. The Forum addressed the regional outlook for the year 2002