Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus, Asian Drama An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, in 1968. He was deeply pessimistic about development prospects in Asia. The fifty years since then have witnessed a remarkable social and economic transformation in Asia even if it has been uneven across countries and unequal between people that would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict at the time. Asian Transformations An Inquiry into the Development of Nations analyses the fascinating story of economic development in Asia spanning half a century. Asian Transformations sets the stage by discussing the contribution of Gunnar Myrdal to the debate on development then and now and providing a longterm historical perspective on Asia in the world. It then uses crosscountry thematic studies on governments, economic openness, agricultural transformation, industrialization, macroeconomics, poverty and inequality, education and health, employment and unemployment, institutions, and nationalisms to analyse processes of change while recognizing the diversity in paths and outcomes. Specific country studies on China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, and subregion studies on East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, further highlight turning points in economic performance and demonstrate factors underlying success or failure. Including indepth studies by eminent economists and social scientists, Asian Transformations comprehensively examines the phenomenal changes that are...

Binding: Hardcover;602 pages; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Classification: JPS; Weight: 1152 g; Dimensions: 164 x 243 x 34

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