Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei, China …

policies in the economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) that are transitioning away from central planning. It … -- Infrastructure -- Corruption -- Assistance to Agriculture Relative to Other Tradable Sectors -- Changes in Exchange Rates -- The … -- Historical Perspective on Agriculture and Policy Distortions -- The Communist Period -- The Transition Period, 1989 to 2000 …