Achieving inclusive growth in the Asia Pacific / edited by Adam Triggs and Shujiro Urata.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Triggs, Adams, editor.

Urata, Shūjirō, 1950- editor.

Series:

Pacific Trade and Development Conference series.

Pacific Trade and Development Conference series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Economic policy.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 289 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Acton, Australian Capital Territory : Australian National University Press, [2020]

Summary:

The world's developed economies are experiencing a sharp backlash against globalisation, and it appears to be contagious. Will Asia catch it next? Asia has seen spectacular growth in recent decades. It has benefited substantially from global trade, finance, openness and the rules-based international order. But much of the growth Asia has enjoyed has not been shared. It has not been inclusive growth. Inequality in Asia is among the highest in the world. The richest man in Vietnam now earns more in a single day than the poorest person does in a decade. Asia has far to go in making its societies more inclusive to women, ethnic minorities and the LGBT community. How can Asia reduce inequality? What are the forces that determine whether growth in the Asia Pacific is inclusive or not? And what can be done to make Asia's growth more inclusive in the future? This book brings together the region's leading thinkers to explore how to change Asia's trajectory, before it is too late. The Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD) conference series has been at the forefront of analysing challenges facing the economies of East Asia and the Pacific since its first meeting in Tokyo in January 1968.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Contents:

1. Introduction / Adam Triggs and Shujiro Urata

2. Economic theory and practical lessons for measuring equality of opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region / Miles Corak

3. Measuring wealth: implications for sustainable development / Kevin J. Mumford

4. Rising inequality amid rapid growth in Asia and implications for policy / Juzhong Zhuang

5. Openness and inclusive growth in South-East Asia / Aekapol Chongvilaivan

6. Automation, the future of work and income inequality in the Asia-Pacific region / Yixiao Zhou

7. History returns: intergenerational mobility of education in China in 1930-2010 / Yang Yao and Zhi-An Hu

8. Inequality and intergenerational mobility in India / Himanshu

9. Intergenerational equity under increasing longevity / Sumio Saruyama, Saeko Maeda, Ryo Hasumi and Kazuki Kuroiwa

10. Female labour force participation in Indonesia: why has it stalled? / Lisa Cameron, Diana Contreras Suarez and William Rowell

11. Conclusion / Adam Triggs and Shujiro Urata.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781760463823

1760463825

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access