As the emerging center of the global economy, the remarkable growth and developments in Asia have evoked much interest and the region has become attractive investment destination.

With the current shift towards the use of field experiments as a mainstream approach to empirical studies and the introduction of theoretical hypotheses unlike the traditional focuses on individualistic rationality, the Routledge Handbook of Asian Development Economics is a solid, comprehensive guide to understanding development economics with the focus on Asia.

The book provides new perspectives, revisits old issues in light of emerging theories through three parts:

- International

- Microeconomics

- Macroeconomics

And covers a wide range of topics from:

poverty, demographic change, migration, rural finance to foreign direct investments, international aid, innovation and monetary policies, exchange rates and regional integration.

This handbook gives full coverage of development economics and will be useful to anyone interested in learning more about the region.