Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei, China …

Distortions to Agricultural incentives in Asia is the third volume in a series of books that brings together analytical … titles in the series focus on Europe's transitional economies and Latin America. Future titles will focus on Africa and the … Assistance or Taxation -- Estimates of Asian Policy Indicators -- NRAs in agriculture -- Assistance to nonfarm sectors and RRAs …

against agriculture and the reasons behind agricultural policy reforms in Africa, Europe's transition economies, Latin America … and the Caribbean, and Asia. One purpose of the project is to obtain quantitative indicators of the effects of recent …-defined regions of East Asia and South Asia. The volume includes an introduction and summary chapter and commissioned studies of three …