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The economic ascent of East Asia since the end of World War Two has transformed the Asia-Pacific economic landscape, lifting hundreds of millions of Asians out of poverty. The rapid economic development of war-ravaged economies such as Japan and South Korea within a few decades has been remarkable.
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© 2016 Rajiv Biswas
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Biswas, R. (2016). Introduction. In: Asian Megatrends. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137441898_1
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