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In Search of a Development Plan for Asia

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It is difficult to argue with the logic behind the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia’s latest “Comprehensive Asia Development Plan.” But no matter how compelling a top-down development plan for Asia might be, it is highly unlikely ever to be implemented.

HONG KONG – Can a region as complex and fast-changing as Asia devise and implement a comprehensive development plan? The Jakarta-based Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, which just released its third “Comprehensive Asia Development Plan” (CADP), thinks so.

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