The 1997 and 1998 Asian Economic Crisis
The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes of the 1997 and 1998 Asian economic crisis; and to research the effects of the crisis in each of the following categories:
1. The effects of the crisis in the countries involved in the economic crisis of 1997-98.
2. The effects on the governments affected by the crash, and
3. The effects that the Asian crisis has had on the differing world markets as well as the effects that it will continue to have (if any) on the world markets in the near future.
We will also present our analysis of the causes and our predictions as to what the future will be for the countries involved.
The paper will first look at the causes behind the crash. We can
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