Industrial transformation of Asia arguably constitutes the most surprising and dramatic change in the global economy in … selected national industrial policies that promoted structural transformation in developing Asia during the period. In the … first part, we describe crucial dimensions of industrialization in the region - its extent, its historical trajectory, and …

While structural transformation, driven by technological progress, productivity growth, and capital deepening, has … 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 …