This paper provides a star comparison of manufacturing productivity levels in China, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan with the US as the reference country for the period 1963-1993. South Korea and Taiwan showed prolonged catch up in labour productivity with the US, whereas the other countries had long periods of relative stagnation. This is reflected in relative performance of seven det...

Time series econometric methods are frequently used in studies examining how external debt affects economic growth. For the period of 1980-2020, this study creates a panel dataset five South Asian nations and examines link between The findings Cross-sectionally Augmented Panel Unit Root Test by Pesaran's (2007) confirms that all variables integrated order I (1). To understand error correction m...