Which region of Asia is highly developed?

East Asia
Han China hosted the largest unified population in East Asia, the most literate and urbanized as well as being the most economically developed, as well as the most technologically and culturally advanced civilization in the region at the time.

Which are the developed countries in Asia?

15 countries and territories in Asia:

• Bahrain.
• Brunei.
• Cyprus.
• Hong Kong.
• Israel.
• Japan.
• Kuwait.
• Macau.

Is South East Asia POOR?

At the sub-regional level, in 1965 Southeast Asia was the poorest region. By 2014, however, South Asia was the only sub-region that had not managed to end extreme poverty. In 2014, there were still over 420 million moderately poor in Asia.

Is green growth the key to Southeast Asia’s economic rise?

T he global economy’s relationship with the environment is in the throes of a fundamental realignment. Green growth could be a central factor in Southeast Asia’s continued rise as an economic power in the 21stcentury. Southeast Asia is at a crossroads, and has difficult but clear choices to make.

What can Southeast Asia learn from the OECD’s report?

This report provides Southeast Asia’s leadership with the data and evidence to choose mutually beneficial pathways and solutions. For example: • outdoor air pollution resulted in nearly 200 000 deaths in the region in 2010 and cost over USD 280 billion, based on the oECD’s methodology for calculating the value of a statistical life (Figure 3).

Is Southeast Asia at a crossroads?

Southeast Asia is at a crossroads, and has difficult but clear choices to make. The region has enjoyed strong economic growth, but – as elsewhere in the world – this growth model relies on unsustainable natural resource exploitation and leads to severe environmental degradation.

Which region has experienced the most rapid urbanization in the world?

Urbanization has been relatively rapid in sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia, Western Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. Eastern Asia is the region that had experienced the most rapid urbanization, especially over the last 20 years.