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Savings transition in Asia: Unity in diversityThis paper examines the national savings behaviour in the process of economic growth through a comparative analysis of countries in developing Asia from a historical perspective...
Saving Life cycle Export-led growthJournal Article
Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment?: Evidence from 12 low- and middle income countriesGender gaps in labor force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage jobs...
Gender gap Youth EmploymentPresentation
Eva-Maria Egger to present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countriesEva-Maria Egger will present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries at a virtual brown-bag seminar hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Malawi on Wednesday 19 May 2021. The...
Technical Note
The Economic Transformation Database (ETD): content, sources, and methodsThis note introduces the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database (ETD), which provides time series of employment and real and nominal value added by 12 sectors in 51 countries for the period 1990–2018...
Database Employment value addedWorking Paper
Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment?: Evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countriesGender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage jobs...
Gender gap Youth EmploymentResearch Brief
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Linked-in by FDI: The role of firm-level relationships for knowledge transfers in Africa and AsiaThis study combines evidence from interviews in seven countries with (i) government institutions responsible for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), (ii) 102 multinationals (MNEs), and (iii) 226 domestic firms linked to these foreign affiliat...
Foreign Direct Investment Technology transfer AfricaLecture
Delhi School of Economics lecture on economic development in Asia, by Deepak NayyarOn 14 January Professor Deepak Nayyar will attend the Delhi School of Economics to give a lecture on ‘Economic development in Asia: Learning from half a century of transformation’. The lecture draws from his recently published book,...
Panel discussion
Asian Transformations panel discussion at India International CentreOn 23 December, Professor Deepak Nayyar, editor of Asian Transformations , led a panel discussion on the recent publication at the India International Centre in New Delhi. The book, Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations...
Panel discussion
Oxford University Press hosts a conversation on Resurgent AsiaOver 250 people attended the launch of the new open access book Resurgent Asia at the Oxford University Press headquarters in New Delhi on 27 November. The event featured a presentation by author, Professor Deepak Nayyar, and was followed by an...
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International media and events share lessons from Deepak Nayyar’s new book
Asia Economic transformation Gunnar Myrdal Presentation
Deepak Nayyar Resurgent Asia - Diversity in Development
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Economic development in Asia: Learning from a half-century of transformations
Policy Brief
Learning from a half-century of economic development in AsiaWhen Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations , in 1968, he was deeply pessimistic about the development prospects in Asia...
Development Economics Asia Industrial policyProject
Asian transformations - an inquiry into the development of nations
Theme: Transformation
Asia Economic transformation Cross-country analysis