special reference to developing Asia. While the intrinsic value of good governance and institutions as ends of development in … examines where developing Asia stands in various widely used measures of governance/ institutional quality relative to the rest …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … and economic growth. Developing countries on the other hand, especially countries in Asia are in the process of shifting … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for …

, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As a result, relative to other emerging and developing regions and to Asia …This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia's recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these … outcomes. It finds that while poverty has fallen across the region over the last two decades, inequality has increased …

of growth incidence curves and the case study, which can be applied to Asia, in particular its low- and middle …