explaining relative growth rates in Asia, with the more open economies generally having significantly faster growth rates, even …

spectacular advances of the economies of China, India, and Southeast Asia. Section 1 reviews the debate over the sources of … the new recognition among Western economists that the sustained, very rapid growth in China and Southeast Asia was …

growth rates for the key emerging markets and other developing economies in Asia. China has by far the lowest share of … private consumption to GDP in Asia and, during this decade, has recorded the lowest rate of employment growth relative to GDP … and Vietnam. To examine the global implications of domestic growth patterns in Asia, I analyze saving-investment balances …

substantially shift towards Asia and especially towards the Asian Giants, China and India. While such forecasts may pan out, there …

Asia during this century than in any other region or historical period. By introducing demographic variables into an … empirical model of economic growth, this essay shows that this transition has contributed substantially to East Asia's so …-called economic miracle. The 'miracle' occurred in part because East Asia's demographic transition resulted in its working …

Despite an enormous literature that has analyzed the comparative experiences of Latin America and Asia in post … highest tariff barriers on earth before 1914; Asia had the lowest. Protected Latin America's belle ‚poque also boasted some of … the most explosive growth performance on earth, while Asia registered some of the worst. What brought the two regions to …

be more different. Common wisdom has it that on impact Asia endured fiscal austerity imposed by the IMF whereas the IMF … different policies to begin with, the fiscal adjustment in Asia was far more modest than is commonly known and the switch from …

. It is conjectured that the prospects are good for the technological catchup that has taken place in South-East Asia to be … repeated elsewhere in Asia, and especially South Asia, partly in response to recent increases in openness. The role of social …