The paper provides quantitative estimates of the productive capacities of the countries in the Asia- Pacific region and … Asia and the Pacific 2011 and details the methodology used to create the productive capacity index. It finds that, except … from the region’s developed countries and emerging developing economies, the majority of the countries in the Asia …

This paper approaches inclusive development in South and South-West Asia through the framework of structural …

In Sub-Saharan Africa we find some of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. Nevertheless, we generally …

This paper argues that the single most important factor that explains East Asia's development success was its fast … as the "engine of growth." It is in the context of industrialization that openness played an important role in East Asia … exchange) and industrialization. Part 1 of the paper documents the extent of structural transformation in developing Asia …

transformation that deviate from those of developed countries in different ways. Second, the paths of the subcontinents of Africa …, Asia, and Latin America are distinct, and there is great heterogeneity within each region. Third, many countries experience …