Industrialization and Challenges in Asia

Kankesu Jayanthakumaran is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Wollongong. His research addresses knowledge and statistical gaps in relation to trade integration, industrial growth, poverty reduction, and sustainable environment.

• 1. Inward Orientation as a developmental strategy.- 2. Outward Orientation as an alternative strategy for development.- 3. Japan and the Asian Tigers.- 4. Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).- 5.China: an emerging giant.- 6.India’s growth path.- 7.Asian to global crisis.- 8.Poverty and Urbanization in Asia.