Secondary Sources Asia: Beating the Resource Curse

A roundup of news on Asia and emerging markets from around the Web.

–Beating the Resource Curse: A quick look at emerging powers reveals the importance and influence that certain resources can bring. Sean Durns identifies four countries that have successfully navigated the potential pitfalls of natural-resource wealth and that provide examples of how to avoid the “paradox of plenty.”

–China’s Overcapacity: Industrial overcapacity in China has worsened despite a decade of regulatory intervention, Ryan Rutkowski says. What will it take for China to tackle the problem seriously?

–Arbitrary Lines: A set of more or less arbitrary lines on country income status does very strange things to discussions about development, Charles Kenny writes.