As Asia's economic growth process matures, regional integration offers important opportunities to sustain and extend …

Contrary to popular narratives, 'The Great Divergence Reconsidered' shows that Europe's rise to its current status as … seventeenth century, if not earlier. When compared to India and other parts of the Asiatic world, early modern Europe was … changes and made Europe's supremacy even more pronounced. Thus, an interplay of various factors best explains Europe's early …

In pre-industrial Europe, growth was driven by the expansion of trade, and the expansion of trade was driven by falling …

temperature significantly affects overall economic productivity. We find the overall economic productivity of developing Asia to …

This paper assesses the low-carbon economy in Asia: how large it is today and how well it will fare in the future …, overall, Asia has an innovation specialization and revealed comparative advantage in climate change mitigation technologies … nuclear and smart grids. However, within Asia, there are regional disparities, with countries such as the People’s Republic of …