IWS Documented News INTERNATIONAL

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Asian Development Outlook 2011: South-South Economic Links [6 April 2011]

http://www.adb.org/documents/books/ado/2011/default.asp

or

http://www.adb.org/documents/books/ado/2011/ado2011.pdf

[full-text, 279 pages]

Statistical Appendix

http://www.adb.org/documents/books/ado/2011/ado2011-statisticalappendix.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

Press Release 6 April 2011

Developing Asia on Firm Rebound but Must Tackle Inflation - ADB

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2011/13514-asian-developments-outlooks/

HONG KONG, CHINA - Developing Asia will continue to expand solidly over the next two years, even as inflation, geopolitical uncertainties and the need to develop new sources of growth present looming challenges to policy makers, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a new major report.

ADB's flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook 2011 (ADO 2011), released today, forecasts regional GDP growth of 7.8% in 2011 and 7.7% the following year. The projected growth rates are lower than the 9% posted in 2010, but show that the region continues its firm recovery from the global economic crisis.

AND MUCH MORE....

Contents

ASIA IN THE UNEVEN GLOBAL RECOVERY 1

Twin-track global growth 4

Firming recovery in developing Asia 19

Inflation as a growing concern 26

Solid rebound in the non-Asian developing world 34

SOUTH–SOUTH ECONOMIC LINKS 37

The growing weight of the South 39

Expanding South–South economic links through trade 46

Expanding South–South economic links through investment 65

Wider economic links for development 78

ECONOMIC TRENDS AND PROSPECTS IN DEVELOPING ASIA 87

CENTRAL ASIA 88

Armenia 89

Azerbaijan 93

Georgia 97

Kazakhstan 100

Kyrgyz Republic 104

Tajikistan 108

Turkmenistan 112

Uzbekistan 114

EAST ASIA 117

People’s Republic of China 119

Hong Kong, China 125

Republic of Korea 128

Mongolia 133

Taipei,China 137

SOUTH ASIA 141

Afghanistan 143

Bangladesh 147

Bhutan 153

India 155

Maldives 161

Nepal 164

Pakistan 168

Sri Lanka 173

SOUTHEAST ASIA 177

Brunei Darussalam 179

Cambodia 181

Indonesia 185

Lao People’s Democratic Republic 191

Malaysia 194

Myanmar 198

Philippines 201

Singapore 206

Thailand 210

Viet Nam 215

THE PACIFIC 221

Fiji 223

Papua New Guinea 226

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 230

Small Pacific countries 233

STATISTICAL APPENDIX 243

Statistical notes 244

________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
****************************************