It has been recognized in recent years that a key to rapid industrialization can be found in a country's progress in technological capability. The article compares the level of industrial technology capabilities in India, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand and assesses how transferred...

The authors examine trends in foreign capital resources in the Asian developing countries and assess their contribution to economic growth and impact on economic efficiency. They also consider measures that might be adopted by the countries concerned to sustain inflows of market-oriented private...

After discussing the new international trade theory, the author examines international investments of Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, the USA and the Netherlands and rising protectionism. It is suggested that in the field of international investments, the trend is away from...

The world economy has been undergoing rapid structural transformation for the last three decades. The service sector has come to play an increasingly important role in this transformation. The author reviews some important issues regarding trade in services in Asian developing economies. After...

After a look at the debates on development strategies since the early 1950s, the author examines Indian development strategy, development strategies of South Korea and Taiwan and shift in development strategies of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Poverty alleviation strategies of India since...

The article focuses only on in adequate consumption of housing services by the poor and policy measures to deal with this aspect of poverty in Singapore. It first describes various aspects of low-income housing and the poor, followed by a brief description of housing policies. It then presents a...

The article first provides a general framework for identifying the major factors which determine the extent of income inequality, and therefore of poverty, in a typical developing country setting. It then uses this framework to identify some of the key elements in the process of development...

Drawing on detailed studies for a number of Asian and Latin American countries, the article first sketches some of the salient characteristics of poverty. It then identifies those variables that have been most effective in lowering the incidence of poverty. Finally, it describes in rather...

After defining the concept of economic security and describing the factors of economic insecurity common to low-income Asian function of the social security system and its ability to contribute to economic security. Next, it analyses the adequacy of the current level of social security and...

After discussing the concepts used by various Asian countries in compiling poverty statistics, the article examines postwar trends in the incidence of poverty in these countries. It then presents trends in employment, unemployment and underemployment and relates these to changes in poverty...