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Francis E. Hutchinson Sanchita Basu Das

Asia and the Middle-Income Trap

Francis E. Hutchinson,  Sanchita Basu Das

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English
Routledge
15 March 2018
Economic theory & philosophy; International economics; Development economics
Series: PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series
The term ‘Middle-Income Trap’ refers to countries which stagnate economically after reaching a certain level of per capita income on the basis of labour- and capital-intensive growth, and are struggling to transition towards more skill-intensive and technology-driven development. It has resonance for the increasing number of countries in Asia who have either languished in middle-income status for extended periods of time, or are worried about growth slow-downs.

This book sets outs the conceptual underpinnings of the Middle-Income Trap and explores the various ways it can be defined. It also focuses on the debate surrounding the Middle-Income Trap which questions the appropriate institutional and policy settings for middle-income countries to enable them to continue past the easy phase of economic growth. The book engages with this debate by investigating the role of institutions, human capital, and trade policy in helping countries increase their income levels and by highlighting factors which enable the shift to higher and qualitatively better growth. It questions how the large emerging economies in Asia such as China, Indonesia, and India are currently grappling with the challenges of transitioning from labour-intensive to technology- and knowledge-intensive production, and discusses what can be learnt from the countries that have been able to escape the trap to attain high-income status.

Providing a conceptual framework for the Middle-Income Trap, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian Economics, Comparative Economics and Asian Studies.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   453g
ISBN:   9781138580671
ISBN 10:   1138580678
Series:   PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series
Pages:   248
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary ,  A / AS level
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
"Preface 1. Asia and the Middle-Income Trap: An Overview 2. The Middle-Income Trap Turns 10 3. Resilience and Escaping Development Traps: Lessons for Asian-Pacific Economies 4. Can China Rise to High Income? 5. Is Indonesia Trapped in the Middle? 6. India: Escaping Low-Income Traps and Averting Middle-Income Ones 7. Institutional Quality and Growth Traps 8. Avoiding ""Tiger"" Traps: How Human Capital Can Propel Countries beyond Middle-Income Status in East Asia 9. Escaping the Middle-Income Trap: Trade, Investment and Innovation"

Francis E. Hutchinson is a Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Regional Economic Studies Programme at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore and Managing Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian Economies. Sanchita Basu Das is a Fellow and Lead Researcher in Economics at the ASEAN Studies Centre and the Coordinator of the Singapore APEC Study Centre, both based in the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. She is also a co-editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian Economies.

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