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This course will focus on the recent development performance of the major emerging economies of Asia and the contemporary challenges they face while also examining common issues that cut across borders. After a cursory look at economic history to explain the current economic circumstances of each country, the focus will move quickly to how these economies operate today, the interaction between the state and the market, the key development constraints that threaten future progress, and the state of policy coordination within the region as a whole and the delivery of regional public goods. For the purposes of this course, “Emerging Asia” will consist of China, Southeast Asia, and India. These economies span a very wide range of levels of development, economic structure, historical experience, and government policies. The course will touch upon, but not examine in detail, the advanced economies of Northeast Asia (Japan, Korea, and Taiwan), emerging South Asia (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan) and emerging Central Asia. Aside from the prerequisites of micro- and macroeconomics and international trade, lectures and discussions will assume an understanding of key economic concepts, models, and theories, and will require knowledge of some statistical methods, national economic accounts (fiscal, monetary, and balance of payments), and development economics. <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>