In January 2010, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and the Saw Centre for Quantitative Finance, NUS Business School, jointly organized the International Conference on Managing Economic Crisis in Southeast Asia. The seven papers included in this book consist of a selection of the papers presented in the conference, and subsequently revised for publication. Chapter 1 was specifically written by the volume editor to highlight the more salient features of the similar as well as different approaches adopted by the countries to combat the global financial crisis that impacted the region.

I would like to thank the chapter writers for their excellent cooperation for presenting the papers in the conference and, more importantly, for revising the papers for publication. My thanks also go to Mrs Triena Ong of ISEAS Publications Unit for overseeing the expeditious publication of the book.