contributed to Asia's sustained rapid growth, its effect on income inequality is uncertain. The central objective of our paper is … to empirically examine the effect of structural change on wage inequality in Asia, using industry-level data for three …

Asia's rapid population aging fortifies the case for strengthening human capital investments. Further, the experience …. Overall, our evidence points to a positive effect of human capital on growth, equity, and fiscal balance in Asia. …

spending efficiency in developing Asia. Using data envelopment analysis, we find that East Asia has the highest average output …-level efficiency analysis, we find that developing Asia falls short of optimal total health expenditures. Caucasus and Central Asia has … the highest average allocative efficiency score among the subregions. Overall, developing Asia has substantial room for …

developing Asia's exports and growth. As a result, developing Asian countries are increasingly looking to the People's Republic … trade with the PRC can become an engine of growth for developing Asia. To do so, we examine the structure of PRC's trade … with developing Asia, in particular the relative shares of parts and components versus final goods in its imports from the …

Developing Asia has traditionally relied on exports to the United States (US) and other industrialized countries for …

The central objective of this paper is to empirically examine the issue of fiscal sustainability in developing Asia. To …

Asia as a whole is experiencing a rapid demographic transition toward older populations, though different countries are … at different stages of this region-wide trend. We document Asia's aging population, describe the region's old-age support … addressing these two challenges will be vital for ensuring Asia's continued economic success in the medium and long term. …

One of developing Asia's foremost structural economic challenges is the need to rebalance demand and growth toward … developing Asia was weaker than that for the rest of the sample. This implies that the aging population may not be contributing …