Economies with low diversification will face challenges in coming out of the middle-income trap, said the head of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) yesterday.

With the risk of India getting stuck in the middle-income trap, the government is working on a detailed report on how to ...

Can India avoid the dreaded middle-income trap that has ensnared so many other developing countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia? Its favorable demographics, steadily improving economic ...

This message set the tone for the Tokyo edition of the Growth Academy. Over two days, the program brought together 35 speakers from 12 Asian countries. They included policymakers, researchers, and ...

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Bangladesh PM adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir warned IMF loan conditions may slow growth and worsen inflation. Experts at a Dhaka seminar cautioned that rigid reforms, rising debt, and weak instituti ...