Asian Megatrends, 1st ed. 2016

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Asian Megatrends assesses the key drivers transforming Asia over the next two decades. The rise of China is transforming the Asia-Pacific, while India and Indonesia are also rising Asian powers that are changing the shape of the Asian economic landscape. However Asia also faces tremendous economic and social challenges over the long-term.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction: Beyond the East Asian Miracle
1. Asia's Consumer Spending Boom
2. The Impact of Ageing Demographics on Asia
3. Building a New Financial Architecture in Asia
4. Asian Megacities : Managing Urban Growth
5. Emerging Manufacturing Hubs in Asia
6. China: Fragile Superpower
7. Can Japan Avert a Debt Crisis?
8. Will India Become Asia's Next Growth Engine?
9. ASEAN : Trade Liberalisation and Economic Integration
10. Indonesia: Southeast Asia's Emerging Regional Power
11. Majulah Singapura: The Next Fifty Years
12. The Environmental Crises Facing Asia
13. Combating Terrorism and Organised Crime in Asia
14. Asia's Future Wars: Geopolitical Risks in the Asia-Pacific
15. Conclusion: Conflict or Co-operation in Asia?
Bibliography
Index
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Rajiv Biswas has extensive experience as a professional economist, including working as Senior Director and Asia-Pacific Chief Economist for IHS Global Insight, as Director for South-East Asia for The Economist Group and as a consultant for the United Nations. His experience also includes working as Executive Director for Asia-Pacific Country Risk for UBS and as Senior Economist for the Commonwealth Secretariat. Rajiv studied at the London School of Economics and Imperial College, London University, UK.