Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Definitions -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- ADO 2012-Highlights -- Part 1: Maintaining growth in an uncertain world -- Steady growth amid global weakness -- Eurozone uncertainties and developing Asia -- Macro-policy directions for developing Asia -- Annex The external environment -- Part 2: Confronting rising inequality in Asia -- Rising inequality concerns in Asia -- Income inequality in Asia -- Inequality of opportunity -- What drives inequality in developing Asia? -- Confronting rising inequality: Policy options -- Part 3: Economic trends and prospects in developing Asia -- Central Asia -- Armenia -- Azerbaijan -- Georgia -- Kazakhstan -- Kyrgyz Republic -- Tajikistan -- Turkmenistan -- Uzbekistan -- East Asia -- People's Republic of China -- Hong Kong, China -- Republic of Korea -- Mongolia -- Taipei,China -- South Asia -- Afghanistan -- Bangladesh -- Bhutan -- India -- Maldives -- Nepal -- Pakistan -- Sri Lanka -- Southeast Asia -- Brunei Darussalam -- Cambodia -- Indonesia -- Lao People's Democratic Republic -- Malaysia -- Myanmar -- Philippines -- Singapore -- Thailand -- Viet Nam -- The Pacific -- Fiji -- Papua New Guinea -- Timor-Leste -- Small Pacific countries -- Statistical appendix -- Statistical notes and tables.