A Resurgent East Asia : Navigating a Changing World.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction -- The East Asian development model has worked -- Changing times, rising challenges -- Navigating a changing world: directions for policy -- Notes -- References -- 1 Developing East Asia: Retrospect and Prospects -- Introduction -- East Asia's development strategy -- Key development trends -- What is changing and why it matters for developing East Asia -- Structure of the report -- Notes -- References -- 2 Sustaining Productivity Growth -- Introduction -- Productivity trends across the region and the world -- Drivers of East Asia's productivity trends -- Sustaining productivity growth in East Asia: Challenges and opportunities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Fostering Inclusive Growth -- Introduction -- Early drivers of growth with equity -- Emerging challenges to ensuring shared growth -- The changing nature of work -- Rising returns to higher-order skills -- How prepared is developing East Asia to foster inclusive growth in the future? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Enhancing State Effectiveness -- Introduction -- The state of state effectiveness in developing East Asia -- Political economy challenges in middle-income countries -- Rising societal expectations -- Enhancing state effectiveness in developing East Asia: Challenges and opportunities -- Conclusion -- Annex 4A: Description of data sources -- Notes -- References -- 5 Navigating a Changing World: Directions for Policy -- Introduction -- The five pillars of the policy agenda -- Pillar 1: Boosting economic competitiveness -- Pillar 2: Building skills -- Pillar 3: Enhancing inclusion -- Pillar 4: Strengthening institutions -- Pillar 5: Financing the transition to high income -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Boxes.

1.1 Building on a quarter century of World Bank studies on East Asian development -- 2.1 Innovation patterns in developing East Asia: Evidence from enterprise survey data -- 2.2 The Global Innovation Index -- 3.1 Global evidence on technology and jobs: Increasing demand for more-advanced skills -- 3.2 Digital technology: Its potential for promoting inclusive growth in developing East Asia -- 3.3 Skills for the new economy -- 3.4 Digital technology and the challenge of financial inclusion -- 3.5 The redistributive impacts of fiscal policies in Indonesia and Vietnam: A more detailed look -- 4.1 State-owned enterprise capture in Vietnam -- 4.2 A growing middle class with persistently poor access to quality public services: The case of Indonesia -- 4.3 Raising government revenues faces multiple challenges in developing East Asia -- 5.1 Fostering digital inclusion: Malaysia's eRezeki and eUsahawan programs -- 5.2 Strengthening meritocratic hiring and promotion, civil service performance, and performance management: Recent initiatives in Indonesia and China -- Figures -- O.1 Real GDP growth has been high in developing East Asia, 1991-2016 -- O.2 Poverty has been declining and economic security increasing in developing East Asia, 2002-16 -- O.3 Government effectiveness has been increasing in developing East Asia relative to all middle-income countries, 1996-2016 -- O.4 Growth in global trade is slowing, especially trade in goods, 2005-17 -- O.5 Trade restrictions on services remain high in developing East Asia -- O.6 Use of industrial robots in manufacturing is increasingly important in several East Asian economies -- O.7 Learning outcomes are systematically lower among poorer students in several East Asian countries, 2015 -- O.8 Internet use is lower among poorer households in several East Asian countries.

O.9 Government spending on the social sectors is low in developing East Asia -- O.10 Countries in developing East Asia rank low in voice and accountability relative to all middle-income countries, 1996-2016 -- O.11 Constraints to executive decision making have increased in developing East Asia, although they remain below upper-middle-income country levels, 1996-2016 -- O.12 Meritocratic hiring of civil servants is still tempered by personalism in developing East Asia -- O.13 Government revenues are low in developing East Asia relative to many middle- and high-income countries -- 1.1 Real GDP growth in developing East Asia, 1991-2016 -- 1.2 Changes in GDP, by developing region, 1991-2016 -- 1.3 Changes in value-added shares in developing East Asia, by sector and country, 1996-97 to 2016-17 -- 1.4 Index of trade performance in goods and services, global and developing East Asia, 2005-16 -- 1.5 Change in shares of trade between China and the rest of developing East Asia, 1995-2015 -- 1.6 GVC participation of developing East Asia relative to other regions, 1995-2011 -- 1.7 GVC participation of several developing East Asian countries, 1995-2011 -- 1.8 Growth in cell phone and internet penetration in developing East Asia, 2000-16 -- 1.9 Digital Adoption Index for developing East Asian countries, by country GNI per capita, 2016 -- 1.10 Welfare distribution in developing East Asia, 2002-16 -- 1.11 Welfare distribution in developing East Asia, by country, 2002 and 2016 -- 1.12 Selected socioeconomic indicators for developing East Asia relative to middle-income countries in other regions, circa 1975 and 2015 -- 1.13 Absolute and relative mobility in education among those born in the 1980s, by region -- 1.14 Government effectiveness in developing East Asia relative to all middle-income countries, 1996-2016.

1.15 Increasing role of services in manufacturing, 1970s versus 21st century -- 1.16 Digital technology adoption in developing East Asia, by user type, 2016 -- 1.17 Number and density of operational industrial robots in manufacturing, several East Asian economies, 2016 -- 1.18 Change in manufacturing wages, several developing East Asia and comparator countries, 2003-15 -- 1.19 Change in relative unit labor costs, several developing East Asia and comparator countries, circa 2003-16 -- 1.20 Global trade trends, in goods and services, 2005-17 -- 1.21 Nonmonetary dimensions of poverty in developing East Asia, by welfare status, circa 2015 -- 1.22 Inequality trends across developing East Asia, 2002-16 -- 1.23 Voice and accountability in developing East Asia relative to all middle-income countries, 1996-2016 -- 2.1 Trends in labor productivity growth, developing East Asia and selected groups of economies, 1950-2018 -- 2.2 Labor productivity in major developing East Asian countries relative to the United States, 1990-2014 -- 2.3 Capital intensity in major developing East Asian countries relative to the United States, 1990-2014 -- 2.4 Human capital in major developing East Asian countries relative to the United States, 1990-2014 -- 2.5 Total factor productivity in major developing East Asian economies relative to the United States, 1990-2014 -- 2.6 Growth in components of labor productivity before and after global financial crisis, major East Asian countries, 2000-07 and 2008-14 -- 2.7 Contributions to labor productivity growth of intersectoral reallocation and within-sector productivity growth, major developing East Asian countries, 1990 -2016 -- 2.8 Sectoral decomposition of within-sector labor productivity growth, major developing East Asian countries, 1990-2016.

2.9 Productivity growth before and after Global Financial Crisis, BRICS and major developing East Asian economies -- B2.1.1 Firms' innovation rates in several developing East Asian countries, by type and sector, circa 2015 -- B2.1.2 Correlation of firm-level incidence of new product innovations and GDP per capita in several developing East Asian countries, circa 2015 -- B2.1.3 Firms' use of innovation inputs and innovation rates in several developing East Asian countries, circa 2015 -- B2.1.4 R&amp -- D intensity, R&amp -- D incidence, and GDP per capita in several developing East Asian countries, circa 2015 -- 2.10 Innovation output index, by GDP per capita, several developing East Asian and other countries, 2017 -- 2.11 Distribution of R&amp -- D spending as a share of GDP, by country category -- 2.12 Financial market issuances outstanding as a share of GDP, by type and region, 1990-2016 -- 2.13 Decomposition of domestic and international issuances by developing East Asian countries, 1990-2016 -- 2.14 Change in manufacturing value added for East Asian countries with expanding shares of global manufacturing value added, 1994-2015 -- 2.15 Peak share of manufacturing employment, by country income level, 1950-2012 -- 2.16 Protectionism in goods trade (circa 2015) versus services trade (circa 2011) -- 2.17 Impact of services FDI reform on manufacturing productivity in Indonesia, 1997-2010 -- 2.18 Expanded National Innovation System -- B2.2.1 Global Innovation Index framework, 2017 -- 2.19 Average management score, selected countries, circa 2006-14 -- 2.20 Size of issuing firms in developing East Asia, 1990-2016 -- 2.21 Issuing firms over total listed firms and firm growth in developing East Asia, 1990 -2016 -- 3.1 Poverty rates in Vietnam, by urban, rural, and ethnicity, 2016 -- 3.2 Number of direct and indirect export jobs in Indonesia and Vietnam.

3.3 Change in share of blue-collar employment, by manufacturing subsector, early 1990s-2010s.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.