Riding the Wave: An East Asian Miracle for the 21st Century

by Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Nikola Spatafora, Sudhir Shetty

Developing East Asia and Pacific has led the way in showing how rapid and broadly shared growth can lift millions out of poverty. As this book shows, the region has achieved even more: the wave of prosperity across the region since the 1980s has lifted three out of five of its citizens into economic security, where their risk of falling into poverty is minimal. And a solid middle class has emerged in most countries. These successes, however, do not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464811458
• ISBN13: 9781464811456
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 10.4"