"The book is a key reading which provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the contemporary Asian economy … and result of these new and complex economic dynamism in Asia. Understanding the Asian economy cannot be achieved without …

China's current account surplus has declined to around a quarter of its pre-crisis peak. While this is a major … reduction in China's external imbalance, it has not been accompanied by a decisive shift toward consumption based growth … of the national economy. The heavy reliance on investment raises questions about how durable the compression in the …

that have occurred within the South African economy since 1970. The book illustrates how, despite its sophisticated … infrastructure, the South African economy has shared in the economic decline - resulting from misguided economic policies - that has …