The Rise of China and India - (Studies in Development Economics and Policy) by A Santos-Paulino & G Wan (Hardcover)

About the Book

Papers presented at the conferences, "Southern Engines of Global Growth: the Role of China and India," held in Beijing in January 2007 and "Southern Engines of Global Growth: China, India, Brazil and South Africa," held in Helsinki in September 2007.

Book Synopsis

This volume is a timely addition to the emerging literature on the rise of China and India, focusing on how rapid economic growth and geopolitical changes in these countries are reshaping the world economy and global governance. It covers issues such as productivity, labor market, trade competition, and energy.

About the Author

Amelia U. Santos-Paulino is Research Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland.
Previously she was Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK, and Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Davis. She has served as a research economist at the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic and as an advisor to the Government of the Dominican Republic. Her research has been published in academic journals including the Economic Journal, Manchester School, and World Development.

Guanghua Wan is Principal Economist at the Asian Development Bank.
Previously he was Senior Research Fellow and Project Director at UNU-WIDER.
Guanghua Wan is an Honorary Professor at more than ten universities in China, and a prolific researcher with over 50 analytical papers in refereed journals and more than 10 book volumes. He is a pioneer in developing regression-based decomposition techniques for inequality and poverty accounting.