This paper identifies historic patterns in the dialectic between nationalism and development across various East, South …, and Southeast Asian nations. Nationalism as the rationale for development is used by regimes to achieve high levels of … growth, but also generates exclusivism and hostilities, often in order to integrate a political core. Popular nationalism has …

Many international organizations, governments and academics concerned with economic development look to Asia's success … East and South East Asia and asks: what can other developing countries learn from Asia's success, if anything? The study … developing nations of today cannot ignore the rise of Asia and the study identifies useful insights from the Asian experience …

deceleration. This questions the postulate of the epicentre of urbanization shifting to Asia. It also lends credence to the thesis … attract global and domestic capital into cities, governments would not interfere with 'elitist interests'. Asia, thus, is …

these policy tools to achieve stated objectives; and (iii) the overall development trends observed in the Asia region. The …

The story of South Asia is a topsy-turvy one. Soon after independence from British rule, the region seemed to have a … much better prospect than many other parts of the Third World; the prospects soon dimmed, however, as South Asia crawled … while East and Southeast Asia galloped away. But a large part of the region seems finally to have turned a corner and is …