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Figure 1.
Growth slowed in China but stabilized in other parts of Developing East Asia, though output in Thailand collapsed
in Q4 as a result of the
floods
| Figure 2.
The region as a whole still sports the strongest regional economic performance in the world, heavily powered by China | Figure 6.
Domestic demand in H2
2011 remained relatively buoyant… |
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Figure 7.
…and was the main source
of growth in H2 2011 except
in flood-affected Thailand
| Figure 8.
Consumption growth maintained its inertia in the second half of 2011… | Figure 9.
…investment growth expanded in the ASEAN4 but fell in China |
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Figure 10.
Net exports did not contribute to growth in the second half of 2011
| Figure 11.
Unemployment fell across the region... | Figure 12.
…while real wage growth was generally slow. |
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Figure 15.
Poverty is expected to decrease further… | Figure 16.
…but at a slowing pace | Figure 81.
Labor productivity has grown across the region with China experiencing explosive growth…
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Figure 82.
…yet, labor productivity still lags other developing regions | Figure 83.
Financial integration in East
Asia increased in some countries, but not all, since
the 1997/8 crisis…
| Figure 84.
…while the region has been a leader in trade integration |
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Figure 87.
Growth has benefitted from a 'demographic dividend'… | Figure 88.
…yet much of the region will experience a decline in the working age population and will need to increase immigration flows | Table 1.
Annual GDP growth in percent |
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