finds that Asia's remarkable output growth over the past 40 years reflected both high investment, and rapid productivity …This paper undertakes a cross-country analysis of productivity growth at both the aggregate and sectoral level. It … encouraged resource shifts from low- to high-productivity sectors. Looking ahead, sustaining rapid growth requires meeting a …

in Asia during the 1990s is found to be mainly from capital deepening. Total factor productivity (TFP) is also decomposed …

potential growth, largely reflecting a decline of total factor productivity (TFP) growth; (ii) by contrast, trend growth for the …

, macro-financial linkages, and macroprudential policies in emerging Asia. The key result is that macro-prudential measures …

economic centers may have contributed to this relatively poor performance. However, the emergence of Asia as a global economic … center presents Pacific island countries with an unprecedented opportunity to develop trade with Asia, particularly in …

countries are addressing and anticipating the challenges of an aging society. It suggests that Asia's preparedness for an aging …

time, the major recipients have changed: while the share of aid to Asia has diminished since the 1980s, that destined for …