MANILA, March 31 (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) released its annual outlook on Tuesday for the region's economies, excluding Japan.
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The entire update is available on the ADB's Web site -- www.adb.org)
Following are the ADB's GDP growth forecasts for 2009 and 2010 (percentage change from previous year):
2008 2009 2010
(actual)
East Asia: 6.6 3.6 6.5
China 9.0 7.0 8.0
Hong Kong 2.5 -2.0 3.0
South Korea 2.5 -3.0 4.0
Taiwan 0.1 -4.0 2.4
Southeast Asia 4.3 0.7 4.2
Indonesia 6.1 3.6 5.0
Malaysia 4.6 -0.2 4.4
Philippines 4.6 2.5 3.5
Singapore 1.1 -5.0 3.5
Thailand 2.6 -2.0 3.0
Vietnam 6.2 4.5 6.5
South Asia 6.8 4.8 6.1
Bangladesh 6.2 5.6 5.2
India 7.1 5.0 6.5
Pakistan 5.8 2.8 4.0
Sri Lanka 6.0 4.5 6.0
Central Asia 5.7 3.9 4.8
Pacific 5.1 3.0 2.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEVELOPING 6.3 3.4 6.0
ASIA* --------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: *The ADB defines developing Asia as comprising eight Central Asian republics, ten nations in Southeast Asia, eight nations in South Asia, as well as China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Taiwan, South Korea, and the Pacific Island nations. (To compare ADB forecasts with Reuters poll....[ID:nSGN000005] (Reporting by Raju Gopalakrishnan; Editing by Jan Dahinten)