. Chapters address financial developments in emerging Asia; the main macroeconomic issues facing policymakers; Asia's external … surpluses; Asia's investment decline, and rebalancing growth in China …

Economic developments in Asia have been positive so far in 2007. Growth has been stronger (and in many cases more … contained. Moreover, Asia weathered the recent financial turbulence relatively well. The outlook is favorable, with growth … expected to decline only modestly in 2008 as foreign demand for Asia’s exports slows. The main risk for the region is a sharper …

This paper assesses how pro-poor and inclusive Asia's recent growth has been, and what factors have been driving these …, dampening the impact of growth on poverty reduction. As a result, relative to other emerging and developing regions and to Asia … policies that could help redress these trends and broaden the benefits of growth in Asia. These include fiscal policies to …

that make up frontier and developing Asia from different angles, including achieving inclusive growth, financial sector …

Asia and the Pacific remains the global growth leader, albeit with a moderated pace of expansion since the global … volatility risks from this regional diversity, as well as Asia and Pacific’s role in global value chains and the factors … affecting financial integration in Asia …