Asian Economic Integration Report 2019/2020

Abstract

The economies covered in the Asian Economic Integration Report 2019/2020 are grouped by major analytic or geographic group. • Asia refers to the 49 Asia and the Pacific members of the Asian Development Bank, which includes Japan and Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) in addition to the 46 developing Asian economies. • Subregional economic groupings are listed below: –– Central Asia comprises Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. –– East Asia comprises the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Japan; the Republic of Korea; Mongolia; and Taipei,China. –– South Asia comprises Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. –– Southeast Asia comprises Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. –– The Pacific comprises the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. –– Oceania includes Australia and New Zealand. Unless otherwise specified, the symbol “$” and the word “dollar” refer to United States dollars, and percent changes are year-on-year.