Your questions on China's economy answered - see the transcript
In case you weren't able to join World Bank economists and regular bloggers David Dollar and Louis Kuijs earlier today in a live online chat, a transcript from the in-depth discussion is available here.
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Regional roundup: Finance in East Asia – April 3
I'm sorry it has been a while since the last East Asia & Pacific regional roundup. A lot has happened, so let's get right to it. As usual, the downward trends continue across the region.
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East Asian and Pacific countries look to China for possible recovery, says...
Despite a surge in joblessness and a regional drop of the forecasted GDP growth to 5.3 percent expected in 2009, developing East Asian and Pacific countries may be able to look to China for hope during...
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Seeing the financial crisis: What might contraction look like in Cambodia?
Declining revenue of tuk-tuk drivers in Cambodia shows even the informal sector isn't insulated. Growth forecasts in Cambodia are generating a fair bit of confusion. Many simply question whether it is...
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How can China keep on growing while its exports are shrinking?
Getting a clear view on where China’s economy is heading is not easy at the moment, as evidenced by large variations in GDP growth forecasts. One of the confusing developments is that while exports...
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China's import surge: standard economic theory prevails
When China’s government started to work on and implement its massive stimulus program in November last year in light of a rapid deterioration of the world economy, economists working on China had to...
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Health restored? Uncertainty in forecasting Thailand's economic outlook
In Laos, the government has reportedly already healed the economy from the economic flu.
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In Thailand, finding the way back into growth: Step 1, switch the supply...
As part of its regular monitoring of the corporate sector in Southeast Asia, the World Bank economic team I am part of in Thailand has been working on a short case study of supply chains of Japanese...
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The winds of change are blowing in Malaysia
The winds of change are blowing in Malaysia, as the government is taking on an ambitious agenda of structural reform. The objective is to climb up the income ladder and join the league of high-income...
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Cambodia's economy in 2010: After unusual year, is recovery on its way for...
When I was asked to look back at Cambodia's economy in 2009 and ahead to 2010, I began to wish I had some magic tools such as this ox (although in that case, the ox was not that magical, since the 2009...
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East Asia & Pacific: Risks to economic recovery from the return to...
The prediction season is in full swing, and prognosticators have, as usual, appended the warning that economic forecasts at this stage are subject to exceptional uncertainty. Such exceptional...
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One year later: China’s policy stimulus results in strong 2009 economic...
This time last year, when the dismal 6.8% GDP growth data for China in the 4th quarter of 2008 came out, David Dollar, the former country director of China in the World Bank,
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China grew faster than its target and most projections in 2009 – what are the...
Click image to enlarge.China’s economy grew 8.7 percent in 2009. This was more than the 8 percent target, despite the global recession that caused global output excluding China to fall about 3 percent....
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