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 …

Using a comparative frame that draws on the variation of developmental trajectories in Asia from Northeast Asia to … China to Southeast Asia and to India, this paper explores the changing role of the state in these countries and the … possibilities for state action in Asia have been shaped by geo-political context and colonial heritage. We analyse the ways in which …

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

of Asia between themselves and the rest of the world over the past millennium, paying particular attention to: the Pax … final section discusses the comparative evolution of Europe and Asia and the question of why the Industrial Revolution did … not first occur in Asia. …

Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their … needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …

of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to Asia's success stories. Structural adjustment did not change the … manufacturing and service clusters, Africa is yet to follow East Asia in integrating with the global economy in ways that add value …Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has …