The primary objective of this paper is to highlight the contribution of the recent methodological refinements of poverty measures based on counting approaches using ordinal variables to the understanding of the evolution of poverty in Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Using the general...

What makes an individual more likely to favor protectionist policies (trade and immigration restrictions)? In Southeast Asia — based on an analysis of the 2007 AsiaBarometer survey — almost everyone favors limiting the entry of foreign workers to protect domestic interests, but demographics,...

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is one of the most successful stories of economic transition and integration among developing countries. Strong rates of economic growth since the early 1990s have been fueled by increased trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the subregion. This...

With the existence of the patent protection system, it is possible to study and research how the patented invention is invented based on the published specifications of the patent. However, with the advancement of technology, it happens that the later inventor or newcomer found an improvement to...