Towards a common future : understanding growth, sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region

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This book focuses on the tremendous shift in both economic growth and development progress taking place towards the Asia-Pacific Region. Each of the countries in the region has various concerns and challenges for its sustainable development, a common goal most of them are trying to achieve at the moment. Interestingly, sustainable development in the region may be critical for achieving sustainable development at the global level as well. With a limited mandate, the book covers some specific developmental issues of ‘the hot spots’ of APR that are regarded to be contributing to their sustainable development. The book also looks at the formation and strengthening of some economic and financial initiatives with the potentials to affect growth and influence economic cooperation and integration of the countries in the region. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Arindam Banik, Munim Kumar Barai)....Pages 3-18 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 China’s ‘New Normal’: Explaining China’s Economic Development from Institutional and Marxian Perspectives (Yasushi Suzuki, Mohammad Dulal Miah)....Pages 21-41 Opening Up and Unbalanced Development in the Chinese Regions: Theoretical Thinking and Some Empirical Evidence (Yanqing Jiang)....Pages 43-58 The “Belt and Road” Initiative and Economic Integration (Kar-yiu Wong)....Pages 59-86 Front Matter ....Pages 87-87 Is India Key to Asian Financial Integration? (Paramita Mukherjee)....Pages 89-105 A Sustainable Business Model: Experiences of Indian Micro Enterprises (Rabi N. Kar, Minakshi Kar, Amrita Kaur)....Pages 107-119 Creation of Shared Values by Indian Enterprises (Vijay Kumar Kaul)....Pages 121-135 Front Matter ....Pages 137-137 The Two Asian Paths of Prosperity and Stagnation: Japan and India (Sahana Roy Chowdhury)....Pages 139-154 India-Japan Cultural Distance on the Mottainai Ethics (Yasushi Suzuki, Rabi N. Kar)....Pages 155-170 Economic Interdependence of Japan and China: An Understanding (Munim Kumar Barai)....Pages 171-198 Front Matter ....Pages 199-199 The Korean Economy: Creating Space Between China and Japan (Chung Mo Koo)....Pages 201-225 Economic Growth as a Cause of Environmental Degradation: The Australian Experience (Imad A. Moosa)....Pages 227-250 Republic of China’s (Taiwan) Control Yuan As a Participant in Anti-corruption and Integrity-building Initiatives (Olga Y. Adams)....Pages 251-272 Real Exchange Rate, Trade Balance and Deindustrialization in Indonesia (Fithra Faisal Hastiadi, Amelia Nurunnisa)....Pages 273-294 Front Matter ....Pages 295-295 Some Emerging Trends in the Pacification of Asia (A. Mani)....Pages 297-311 Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Role and Implications for Emerging Asian Economies (Arindam Banik, Rajashri Chatterjee, Tirthankar Nag)....Pages 313-326 Front Matter ....Pages 327-327 Conclusions (Munim Kumar Barai, Arindam Banik)....Pages 329-340 Back Matter ....Pages 341-355