Chun, Natalie - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2010
This paper describes the size of the middle class in developing Asia across countries and over time. Based on an … and 2008, the size of the middle class in developing Asia has grown dramatically in percentage share, absolute size, and …–$4 range are extremely vulnerable, and many of the poor in Asia remain in the PRC and India. This suggests that it may be good …