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2020 2021
Central Asia -0.5 4.2
Georgia -5.0 5.0
Kyrgyz Republic -5.0 4.0
East Asia 1.3 6.8
Hong Kong, China -6.5 5.1
South Asia -3.0 4.9
Maldives -11.3 13.7
Southeast Asia -2.7 5.2
Thailand -6.5 3.5
Pacific -4.3 1.6
Fiji -15.0 -0.7
Developing Asia 0.1 6.2The lowest since 1961
COVID-19 measures and funding
Source: “THE ADB COVID-19 Policy Database: A Guide”
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Flight time Time diff
ICN - DEL 7h 3h30m
NRT - RGN 8h 2h30m
ICN – ADD 15h35m 6h
HND - NBO 18h55m 6h
Disadvantages But … remember what happened in East Asia
“How can micro and small enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa become more productive? The impacts of experimental basic managerial training”World Development 40 (3), 2011, 458-468
“Short-and medium-run impacts of management training: An experiment in Tanzania” World Development 114, 2019, 220-236
Applying the Kaizen in Africa: A new avenue for industrial developmentOtsuka, Jin, Sonobe, 2018Springer Nature