This course provides a comprehensive overview of Asia’s remarkable growth and transformation over the past 50 years, highlighting key policy lessons from the region’s sustained success. We will explore the pivotal roles of policies, markets, and technology in driving structural transformation, human capital development, trade and investment, infrastructure expansion, macroeconomic stability, poverty alleviation, gender equality, environmental sustainability, development finance, and regional cooperation and integration. Additionally, the course will examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and broader disaster resilience challenges across Asia.