"Providing an authoritative yet accessible introduction to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), this comprehensive … Companion offers a detailed examination of the ADB's objectives, policies, development outcomes, strengths and weaknesses, areas … to the literature on the ADB, delivering in-depth assessments of its operations to date and succinctly summarising its …

Following rapid economic growth in recent decades, Asia and the Pacific experienced an impressive reduction in extreme … 'poverty miracle' and argues for the development and use of an Asia-specific poverty line. This is a timely and … multidimensional assessment of the much-neglected issues of, and links between, poverty, vulnerability, and ethnicity in Asia. It will …

1. Poverty strategies in Asia : growth plus / Haider A. Khan and John Weiss -- 2. Macro-modeling of poverty and the …It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are … other policy interventions that may also be significant in a "growth plus" approach to poverty reduction. This volume brings …

promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the … development in Cambodia -- 9. Economic policy and the changing structure of small-scale manufacturing in Quito, Ecuador, 1975 …

of the literature / Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan -- 3. Regional production networks in Asia - a focus on china, japan …

strong state in Southeast Asia -- 8. Managing cash flow in the Bamboo networks : overseas Chinese and the Singapore system … -- 9. Managing cultural diversity in Southeast Asia. …

Singapore and over 120 of their foreign affiliates in Asia …

Asia : trends, patterns and prospects -- Multinational enterprises and manufacturing for export : emerging patterns and … opportunities for latecomers -- Product fragmentation and trade patterns in east Asia -- Multinational firms in crisis and recovery … direct investment in economic development in light of the experiences of developing countries in Asia …