The great upheaval :  resetting development policy and institutions for the decade of action in Asia and the Pacific / 
edited by Swarnim Waglé, Kanni Wignaraja. 
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<br/><br/> At the turn of the 21st Century, Asia pulled one billion people out of poverty in one generation, a meteoric rise suddenly stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic. This volume examines the strengths of the Asian-Pacific response to the pandemic and weaknesses that the region must re-engineer to rebound. It reimagines social and economic pathways to revamp production modes and networks to rekindle sustainable growth. Home to two-thirds of the world's population, the Asia-Pacific Region already accounts for close to half of all global output. By 2050 - after a detour of two centuries and a few pandemics - Asia-Pacific can again become a centrifugal economic and social force. This volume sets out options for policymakers to consider as we head into a new Asia-Pacific Century, one where economic strength will be necessary but insufficient by itself, as inclusion, resilience and sustainability - once seen as moral choices - become imperatives for the planet's future. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781009224314 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic development--Pacific Area.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Pacific Area--Economic policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC681  / .G74 2022 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.995