The "rise of Asia" is something of a myth. During 1990-2005 China accounted for 28 percent of global growth, measured … at purchasing power parity (PPP). India accounted for 9 percent. The rest of developing Asia, with nearly a billion …

- Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia in the Global Economy -- 2 The Dynamics of Globalization: Eight Sceptical Theses -- 3 … Southeast Asia -- 11 Globalization of African Financial Markets 1 -- 12 Aid and Development: What Can Africa Learn from the …Intro -- Asia and Africa in the Global Economy -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- 1 Introduction: Sub …

theoretical and substantive claims on proliferating trade and investment agreements in the Asia-Pacific. More specifically, it …

Asia. Using an analytical framework around three dimensions related to the forms, institutions, and spatialities of … mobility, the chapters use a variety of sub-national, national and transnational sites within and beyond Asia to examine the …

The Asia-Pacific region is rapidly becoming the main area of growth in the global economy in the 21st century. Recent … developments in the movement of people, goods, services, and information are closely linked to the latest round of globalization … technology, and ideas.This book originated from the 2006 Annual Conference of the Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Pacific Studies …

agreements with the main objective of liberalized trade among the fast-growing Asia Pacific member countries. CPTPP (formerly TTP …