2002 Year in Review

Over the period 1999–2002, research at the ADB Institute in Tokyo was guided by the Development Paradigm Matrix. Work under this framework has been completed and the paradigm’s synthesis book was published in early 2003. A key conclusion of this work has been that all aspects of future long-run development in all developing member countries (DMCs) will be very strongly influenced by the international economic environment, including in some areas closer regional ties, although the nature of such effects will vary between countries at different stages of development.

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