differed widely across countries in Asia, with a specific focus on the People's Republic of China, India, and Thailand. It …

Using a growth accounting framework, we find that developing Asia grew rapidly over the past 3 decades mainly due to … the convergence phenomenon. By expanding at robust rates, developing Asia will account for close to two thirds of the …

Asian countries. Specifically, although we found that the exporting pattern in Asia and the degree of competitiveness of …

The underdeveloped service sector in Asia has the potential to become a new engine of economic growth for developing … Asia, which has traditionally relied on export-oriented manufacturing to power its growth. The central objective of this … role of the service sector as an engine of growth in Asia. However, some Asian countries where the service sector is …

Relative to other developing regions, developing Asia has experienced a slower decline in employment share in … conditions, many countries of developing Asia will be expected to move on to the next phase of agricultural development; however …

This paper argues that the single most important factor that explains East Asia's development success was its fast … the “engine of growth.” It is in the context of industrialization that openness played an important role in East Asia … exchange) and industrialization. Part 2 of the paper reviews the role of Asia's developmental states in consciously …

This paper argues that the single most important factor that explains East Asia's development success was its fast … as the “engine of growth.” It is in the context of industrialization that openness played an important role in East Asia … exchange) and industrialization. Part 1 of the paper documents the extent of structural transformation in developing Asia …

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 since 1990?How does the contribution of structural change to productivity growth compare to the effects of deviations …