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Are developing Asia's foreign exchange reserves excessive? : an empirical examination

Park, Donghyun - 2009

Developing Asian countries have accumulated foreign exchange reserves on an unprecedented scale in recent years. There is a growing consensus that Asia's reserves now substantially exceed the levels required for precautionary purposes or for self-protection against currency crisis. The central...

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US international trade and the global economic crisis

James, William E. - 2009

World trade volume is in retreat for the first time in more than two decades and the contraction is on a scale not seen … trade with the rest of the world. Moreover, US imports that avail of preferential tariff treatment are also contracting more … to strangle world trade. The failure of bilateral free trade agreements to act as a shock absorber suggests that a new …

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Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: an update

Wan, Guanghua - 2011

largest number of the world's poor. In 2008, around 63% of the poor worldwide lived in the region. …

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Three decades of international financial crises : what have we learned and what still needs to be done?

Buckley, Ross P.; Avgouleas, Emilios; Arner, Douglas W. - Asian Development Bank - 2020

done to strengthen our financial systems. As the world addresses the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the …

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Remittances in Asia : implications for the fight against poverty and the pursuit of economic growth

Vargas-Silva, Carlos - 2009

This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries using data for more than 20 countries in the region for 1988-2007. The results indicate that remittances positively affect home country real gross domestic product (GDP) per...

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The Lao economy : capitalizing on natural resource exports

Menon, Jayant - 2013

Trade and investment reforms in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) since the mid-1980s have boosted natural resource-based exports, underpinning recent economic growth. A high proportion of the proceeds from these exports accrue directly to the government. Over the 8 years preceding...

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Is Pakistan's growth rate balance-of-payments constrained? : Policies and implications for development and growth

Felipe, Jesus - 2009

This paper examines the extent to which Pakistan's growth has been, or is likely to be, limited or constrained by its balance-of-payments (BOP). The paper begins by briefly considering the BOP-constrained growth model in the context of demand and supply-oriented approaches to economic growth....

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