The Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2022 – Financing for sustainable recovery was prepared by the Asia Desk of the OECD Development Centre. The Outlook 2022 benefited from constructive feedback received during the Outlook Consultation Group (OCG) meetings that took place in December 2020 and in June 2021 in Paris, with OECD Delegations and representatives from Emerging Asian countries. This flagship publication was also enriched by discussions with regional partners, including the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), as well as the feedback from participants of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme (SEARP) meetings.
The team was led by Kensuke Tanaka, Head of the Asia Desk and this edition of the report was drafted by a core team composed of Kensuke Tanaka, Prasiwi Ibrahim, Raluca Maran, Alexander Hume, and Ryan Jacildo, under the guidance of Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of the OECD Development Centre, and Mario Pezzini, former Director. Federico Bonaglia, Deputy Director, provided useful suggestions. Kenneth He provided useful inputs and Sonja Marki provided valuable administrative support for this project. Many thanks go to the Publications and Communications Division of the OECD Development Centre, in particular, Delphine Grandrieux, Elizabeth Nash, Aida Buendia, Laura Parry-Davies, Irit Perry, and Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte for facilitating the process of turning the manuscript into a publication. The launch event of this edition was jointly organised by OECD Development Centre and OECD Tokyo Centre. Many thanks go to Naoko Kawaguchi and Yumiko Yokokawa for the excellent collaboration, and David Repeta provided useful support for the preparation of the launch event.
The Outlook also benefited from discussion with experts in the region at the 9th Asian Regional Roundtable on Macroeconomic and Structural Policies, jointly organised by AMRO, ADB, ADBI, ERIA and the OECD Development Centre, in Singapore on 15-16 June 2021. The authors are grateful to Tetsushi Sonobe, Dean of the ADBI, Toshinori Doi, Director of AMRO, Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of ERIA, Koji Hachiyama, Yasuyuki Sawada, Abdul Abiad, Reza Anglingkusumo, Nella Hendriyetty, as well as Naoyuki Yoshino, Porametee Vimolsiri, Destry Damayanti, Dicky Kartikoyono, Bunnaree Punnarach, Zakiah Jaafar, G.A. Diah Utari, Moreno Bertoldi, Erica Gerretsen and Matteo Fumerio.
Useful feedback and support from OECD delegations, embassies of Asian countries in Paris and representatives from Emerging Asian countries, in particular, Ambassador Hyoung Kwon Ko, Deputy Permanent Representative Heesang Kim and Deputy Permanent Representative Dong-han Yang, Ambassador Brendan Pearson, Ambassador Datin Paduka Malai Hajah Halimah binti Malai Haji Yussof, Ambassador Nguyen Thiep, Ambassador Sophann Ket, Ambassador Sarun Charoensuwan, Ambassador Dato’ Mohd Zamruni Khalid, Ambassador Kyaw Zeya, Ambassador Junever M. Mahilum-West, Ambassador Foo Teow Lee, Ambassador Zainal Mantaha, Christoph Graf, Sorie Lee, Yoonrae Park, Thi Van Anh Nguyen, Nguyen Tan Van, Akira Kadomoto, Akane Nozawa, Dk Nur Qamarina Pg Luba, Nazri Jahari, Zaidah Shahminan, Abdullah Maamor Ibrahim, Syed Nizamuddin Sayed Khassim, Shan Jee Chua, Sherwin Loh, Christina McKernan, Hans Siriban, Akhsay Tyagi, Premanand Jothy, Boonyarit Vichienpuntu, Piranaj Thongnopnua Yvard, Sasilada Kusump, Mang Hau Thang, T Kham Seng, Phe Grace Mee, Morakot Vongxay, Rudjimin, Supriyadi Ramdan Winata, Veronica Rompis, Dethy Gani, Sonisa Eat, Olivia Tanner, Corentin Droz-Georget, Deepanshu Khurana, Tusharanshu Sharma, is gratefully acknowledged; as are contributions from the European Commission.
Last but not least, the OECD Development Centre would like to express deep appreciation for the financial support received from the governments of Japan and Korea, as well as the European Union.