Contents 

Title of article 

Page

Trade Blocs: Barriers or Stepping Stones for Global Trade 

1

Jeffrey A. Frankel

Abstract

Malaysia and the Asian Financial Crisis. A View from the Finance 

13

Perspective

Ser-Huang Poon

Abstract

Corporate Financial Reporting Regulation in Zimbabwe 

25

Stephen Owusu-Ansah

Abstract

Ethnicity, Nepotism and Employment in Public Enterprises in 

Sub-Saharan Africa: A Theoretical Note 

39

Richard U. Agesa

Abstract