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There is a role for Asia's financial sector to play to address the challenges associated with the region's changing demographics and infrastructure investment needs. Enhancing financial innovation and integration in the region could facilitate intra-regional financial flows and mobilize...

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- PART I | INTRODUCTION -- 1 | The Growing Importance of Frontier and Developing Asia -- 2 | Lessons for Frontier Economies from the Recent Experience of Emerging Markets -- PART II | TRANSFORMING...