Wealth, Inclusive Growth and Sustainability

The recovery of the Asia-Pacific region from the global economic crisis of 2008-2009 is underway but incomplete. Risks range from slow growth and persistent unemployment to re-emerging international...

Intervals of high-activity alternating with long low-activity periods can be found in many areas of daily life, with researchers coining the phenomenon as bursts. As burstiness has become prevalent...

The BRICS group comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and has become a significant geopolitical and economic force in the international arena. Its aim is to promote sustainable...

This book provides practical policy recommendations that are useful for developing Asia and for accelerating poverty reduction plans in the rest of the world. Poverty reduction in all its forms...