Resurgent Asia

Deepak Nayyar, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Deepak Nayyar is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He was previously Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, New York and taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He served as Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi, and as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. He has published widely in academic journals. His books include Asian Transformation: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations, and Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy, both Oxford University Press.

"The book is magisterial in scope, providing a broad overview of the Asian experience... as well as a detailed study of four sub-regions and 14 countries. It combines a wealth of empirical data with numerous tables and charts, and a compelling storyline underpinned by a clear analytical framework. In addition Nayyar has an easy facility with the English language that makes the book a pleasure to read." -- David Vines, Balliol College Annual Record 2020

"Resurgent Asia: Diversity in Development is magisterial in profoundness of analysis of the transformation of the region over the five decades, bringing out a diversity of experiences, highlighting the achievements, and the causative factors... The book is rich in detail of the patterns and trends, and it would serve as an authoritative analysis for any observer of Asian development and political economy for many years to come." -- Nagesh Kumar, Economic & Political Weekly

"Deepak Nayyar's Resurgent Asia examines Asia's miraculous economic transformation and resurgence over more than five decades with an intellectual richness and analytical rigor missing from contemporary discussions on this issue. The continent's economic, cultural, and political diversity is a serious challenge for a pan Asian study. It is a tribute to Nayyar's scholarship that he manages to bring out broad trends across countries without losing track of the granularity of individual countries' outcomes." -- Ram Singh, Biblio

"Resurgent Asia is an impressive book. The data compiled specifically for the manuscript is formidable for its historical and geographical breadth. Herein lies the significant value of the book, particularly with the comparative statistics and rich insights that were and can be derived from the dataset... Nayyar's Resurgent Asia will find a ready audience in social scientists, historians, and policy makers. It will serve as a good primer or reference for anyone interested in the economies of Asia, and in their transformation since the mid-twentieth century. Many researchers should also find good fodder for their own work in the statistics offered in the book." -- Jikon Lai, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore, Pacific Affairs

"Resurgent Asia offers an easy read: each chapter has a clear road map in the introduction as well as a succinct summary in concluding remarks. Together with the companion volume, the book will be an essential reading for development economists, area specialists, economic historians and aspiring generations of students across disciplines in social sciences for many decades to come." -- Machiko Nissanke, School of Oriental and African Studies, The Journal of Development Studies

"Deepak Nayyar's book, Resurgent Asia: diversity in development is indeed a master piece. It is a superb and solid contribution to the literature on economic and social development of Asia and its major nations. It provides an incisive, insightful and informative analytical narrative of the phenomenal economic transformation and social development Asia and 14 of its major nations located in four sub-regions, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and West Asia. The book depicts in detail the resurgence of Asia and its major nations against the backdrop of decline and fall during the colonial period, 1820-1950." -- K.L. Krishna, Indian Economic Review

"This book is a most welcome contribution to development economics." -- Arkebe Oqubay, UNECA Blog

"Given the divergences in Asia, this is a remarkable exercise which manages to divine some patterns in the region....That he manages to examine broad trends even while being granular in examining individual countries is a tribute to Nayyar'sscholarship." -- Harsh V. Pant, The Hindu

"Nayyar, in his most ambitious and exciting work, convincingly challenges the mythical representation of Asia as the 'same majestic ruin' of the West in conventional economic history and theory....I read Resurgent Asia with a pulsating joy and a lingering feeling that something momentous is at stake in Asia." -- Ashwani Kumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Financial Express

"Resurgent Asia sets a high bar for new contemporary publications on Asia and broader development economics research. Resurgent Asia is required reading for policy makers, researchers, and students particularly in emerging and developing countries. Policy makers will benefit from the lessons drawn by the book, which take full account of the complexity of development endeavours. Researchers will appreciate Nayyar's methodology with its integration of economic theory, empirical evidence, and policy analysis, always situated in historical perspective. This book is a most welcome contribution to development economics." -- Arkebe Oqubay, UNU-Wider

"Nayyar comes to the task with exceptional academic qualifications and real-world national and international policy experience. The book, magisterial in scope, blends wide-angled study of the Asian experience overall (minus already industrialized Japan) with a detailed granular study of four sub-regions and 14 countries. It combines a wealth of empirical data with numerous tables and charts and an analytical narrative with a compelling storyline. Nayyar also has a rare command of the language that makes the book a pleasure to read...executives in Japan's aid bureaucracy could benefit professionally from reading this book and absorbing its lessons for successful pathways to development." -- Ramesh Thakur, Australian National University, The Japan Times

"Nayyar's brilliant analysis, based on historical and statistical analysis, using the Asian perspective, enables the reader to understand the socio-economic transformation of Asia in the past 50 years. Students of economic development, researchers and economic policymakers will find the book an excellent reference material." -- U. Sankar, Frontline

"I read Resurgent Asia with a pulsating joy and a lingering feeling that something momentous is at stake in Asia." -- Ashwani Kumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Financial Express

"Nayyar's painstaking statistical compilation demonstrates clearly as to what policies worked and what could not." -- Sanjaya Baru, Institute for Defence Studies & Analysis, The Indian Express

"This is a positive story that combines marshalling of data and culling of stories about growth over the past 50 years." -- Siddharth Singh, Open the Magazine