Asian Transformations

Deepak Nayyar is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He was Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, New York, and has previously taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, and the Indian Institute of Management. He served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi, and as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. He has published widely in academic journals. His books include Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy (OUP, 2016).

• Part I: Setting the stage 1: Deepak Nayyar: Rethinking Asian Drama: fifty years later 2: Ravi Kanbur: Gunnar Myrdal and Asian Drama in context: then 3: Frances Stewart: Gunnar Myrdal's methodology and approach revisited: now 4: Ron Findlay: Asia and the world economy in historical perspective Part II: Cross-country thematic studies 5: Peter Evans and Patrick Heller: The state and development 6: Richard Kozul-Wright and Daniel Poon: Economic openness and development 7: Rob Vos: Agriculture, the rural sector, and development 8: Ha-Joon Chang and Kiryl Zach: Industrialization and development 9: Amit Bhaduri: Macroeconomic perspective on development 10: Guanghua Wan and Chen Wang: Poverty and inequality 11: Sudipto Mundle: Education and health 12: Rolph van der Hoeven: Unemployment, employment, and development 13: Mushtaq H. Khan: Institutions and development 14: Prasenjit Duara: Nationalism and development Part III: Country studies 15: Justin Lin Yifu: China 16: Kaushik Basu: India 17: C. Peter Timmer: Indonesia 18: Finn Tarp: Vietnam 19: Robert H. Wade: East Asia 20: Manuel F. Montes: Southeast Asia 21: S.R. Osmani: South Asia

One can but only admire Nayyar's thoughtfulness in capturing all the relevant themes and finding authors who can bring an authoritative perspective on each subject.