Age structural transition is a process and a consequence of shifting age structure from a young aged population to old aged population. It is well known that economic growth in the East Asian countries was significantly contributed by demographic gift, that is decline in young aged population...

This study highlights the bidirectional relationship between women’s empowerment and economic development including Bangladesh from South Asia and Vietnam from Southeast Asia. With quantitative analysis, the study investigates the U-shaped hypothesis between Bangladesh and Vietnam and runs the...

This study investigates the dynamic relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in nine South and Southeast Asian countries (i.e., Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand) using a panel data framework. The...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction Gareth Austin -- 2 Environmental Impacts of Colonial Dynamics, 1400-1800: The First Global Age and the Anthropocene Amélia Polónia and Jorge M. Pacheco -- 3 Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa,...

The Asian and Pacific region has made remarkable advances in reducing poverty. This paper surveys the main contributions that attempt to explain the causes behind the region’s success in poverty reduction, and assesses the impact of inclusive development policies pursued. Looking broadly at...

Emphasizing the importance of human resources and manpower development, the author analyses how and why countries in East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong) and Singapore grew so rapidly and performed creditably in socio-economic development compared with Malaysia, Thailand,...