Frontier economies are receiving increasing attention from policymakers, investors, and academics. Compared with other low-income countries they have experienced rapid growth over the last two decades, giving rise to speculation as to whether they will become the next generation of emerging...

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...

Central America has made substantial progress in recent years in moving economic reforms forward and deepening regional and global integration. As result of these efforts, the region has experienced higher growth, increased capital inflows, and some reductions in poverty rates. But Central...