The great upheaval : resetting development policy and institutions for the decade of action in Asia and the Pacific / edited by Swarnim Waglé, Kanni Wignaraja.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waglé, Swarnim, editor.

Wignaraja, Kanni, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Pacific Area.

Economic development.

Pacific Area--Economic policy.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

At the turn of the 21st Century, Asia pulled one billion people out of poverty in one generation, a meteoric rise suddenly stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic. This volume examines the strengths of the Asian-Pacific response to the pandemic and weaknesses that the region must re-engineer to rebound. It reimagines social and economic pathways to revamp production modes and networks to rekindle sustainable growth. Home to two-thirds of the world's population, the Asia-Pacific Region already accounts for close to half of all global output. By 2050 - after a detour of two centuries and a few pandemics - Asia-Pacific can again become a centrifugal economic and social force. This volume sets out options for policymakers to consider as we head into a new Asia-Pacific Century, one where economic strength will be necessary but insufficient by itself, as inclusion, resilience and sustainability - once seen as moral choices - become imperatives for the planet's future.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009224314 (ebook)

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