The global crisis has exposed underlying structural imbalances built up over decades. Reorienting the macroeconomic structure in fairer, more balanced and inclusive channels of development will help sustain the recovery once fiscal stimulus policies have done their job. Redressing the multiple imbalances will enable the Asia-Pacific region to drive its own development and create new sources of economic growth from within. In such a radically altered panorama, the long-awaited arrival of the region as a central participant in global economic relations is
on the horizon. But fulfilling this potential requires an ambitious regional policy agenda. The 2010 edition of the oldest and most comprehensive annual review of economic and social development spanning all economies in this vast and diverse region, the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
2010 assesses the critical issues, policy challenges and risks that the region faces in the months ahead as it leads the world economy in recovery from a dire recession. It also outlines the elements of a policy agenda for regaining the region