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Asia is the world's most rapidly developing region. Even so, the majority of Asian nations continue to experience slow-moderate levels of economic growth, high rates of inflation, rapid population growth, and comparatively high levels of ethnic tension and civil unrest. Comparatively weak levels of intra-regional cooperation on a broad range of social, political, economic, and environmental factors contribute to the asynchronous nature of Asia's contemporary development trends. Poverty remains the most dominant feature of development throughout the region.
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Estes, R.J. Social development trends in Asia, 1970–1994. Social Indicators Research 37, 119–148 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00315525
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