1. An overview of the key issues / Hal Hill and Yun-Peng Chu -- 2. A tale of an economic crisis: how the economic crisis started, developed and is ending in Thailand / Medhi Krongkaew -- 3. Financial crisis and its social impact in Malaysia / Ishak Shari -- 4. Indonesia in crisis: causes and consequences / Hal Hill -- 5. Socioeconomic dimension of the Asian crisis: impact and household response in the Philippines / Arsenio M. Balisacan and Rosemarie G. Edillon -- 6. The financial crisis: Taiwan and Asia / Yun-Peng Chu -- 7. Causes of the Korean financial crisis and its social impact: 1997-99 / Suk Bum Yoon