Asian Development Outlook 2012: Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia

Asian Development Bank

dc.contributor.author	Asian Development Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:08:55Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:08:55Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8875
dc.description	The annual Asian Development Outlook (ADO) provides a comprehensive analysis of economic performance for the past year and offers forecasts for the next 2 years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up developing Asia. Despite weak global demand, Asian Development Outlook 2012 expects that developing Asia will largely maintain its growth momentum in the next couple of years, in an environment of easing inflation for most regional economies, although policy makers must be alert to further oil-price spikes arising from threats of oil supply disruptions. The report sees that the greatest risk to the outlook is the uncertainty surrounding the resolution of sovereign debt problems in the eurozone. Still, in the absence of any sudden shocks, developing Asia can manage the effects on its trade flows and financial markets. The theme chapter looks at widening inequality: in spite of developing Asiaâ€™s great success in raising living standards and reducing poverty, swelling income disparities threaten to undermine the pace of progress. Regional policy makers need to ensure that the benefits of growth are widely shared.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Asian Development Bank (ADB)
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	degradation of natural resources
dc.subject	management of natural resources
dc.subject	natural resource
dc.subject	resource conservation
dc.subject	resources management
dc.subject	environmental assessment
dc.subject	environmental conservation
dc.subject	environmental change
dc.subject	biodiversity;ecosystem
dc.subject	ecosystem analysis
dc.subject	ecosystem degradation
dc.subject	poverty
dc.subject	finances
dc.subject	financing
dc.subject	financial assistance
dc.subject	financial management;investment
dc.subject	monetary relations
dc.subject	economic activity
dc.subject	economic development
dc.subject	economic plan
dc.subject	economic structure
dc.subject	economics
dc.subject	economy
dc.subject	environmental economy issue
dc.subject	environmental development
dc.subject	sustainable development
dc.subject	sustainable use;
dc.title	Asian Development Outlook 2012: Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets	en_US
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