SHAHID YUSUF is research manager in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank. He is the team leader for the World Bank-Japan project on East Asia's Future Economy. KAORU NABESHIMA is an economist in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank.

"Citing extensively sources in a wide range of literature and interviews, the authors of this well-written book call attention to rapidly growing creative industries and changing economic structures of the six globally linked megacities at the threshold of the postindustrial era. It is this focus on future economic development of the region that makes the volume a valuable contribution to the urban economic development literature." -- Journal of Regional Science

SHAHID YUSUF is research manager in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank. He is the team leader for the World Bank-Japan project on East Asia's Future Economy. KAORU NABESHIMA is an economist in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank.

"Citing extensively sources in a wide range of literature and interviews, the authors of this well-written book call attention to rapidly growing creative industries and changing economic structures of the six globally linked megacities at the threshold of the postindustrial era. It is this focus on future economic development of the region that makes the volume a valuable contribution to the urban economic development literature." -- Journal of Regional Science