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Inclusive growth toward a prosperous Asia : policy implications

Ali, Ifzal - 2007

Developing Asia is embracing inclusive growth as a key development goal in response to rising inequalities and increasing concern that these could undermine the very sustainability of Asia's growth. This paper argues that inclusive growth emphasizes creation of and equal access to opportunities;...

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Securing stability and growth in a shock prone region : the policy challenge for Latin America ; paper prepared for the IDB/OECD conference on "Securing Stability and Growth in Lat...

Hausmann, Ricardo; Gavin, Michael - Conference "Safe and Sound Financial Systems: What … - 1996

What are the reasons for and the costs of Latin America's volatility? Because there is no consensus on these fundamental questions, there is no consensus on the appropriate policy response to macroeconomic volatility in Latin America, and other shock-prone countries. This paper provides new...

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Corporate social responsibility in the promotion of social development : experiences from Asia and Latin America

Contreras, Manuel E. (contributor) - 2004

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Conceptual issues in the role of education decentralization in promoting effective schooling in Asian developing countries

Behrmann, Jere R. - 2002

"While decentralization of education in DMCs has largely been driven by fiscal constraints, it has also been motivated by concerns about the effectiveness of a centralized system in delivering education services. The statistics are revealing: while virtually all DMCs have made impressive gains...

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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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The unequal impact of the coronavirus pandemic : evidence from seventeen developing countries

Bottan, Nicolas L.; Hoffmann, Bridget; Vera Cossío, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2020

The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that has devastating economic impacts for households. Using a sample of 230,540 respondents to online surveys in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, we show that the economic impacts are large and unequal:...

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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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Global financial safety nets : where do we go from here?

Fernández Arias, Eduardo - 2010

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Asia's strategic participation in the Group of 20 for global economic governance reform : from the perspective of international trade

Bark, Taeho - 2011

After considering the background to the G20 summit meetings after the recent global economic and financial crisis, this paper aims to identify the trade agenda that represents Asia's concerns for the global and regional trading system. Asia, in particular East Asia, has played an important role...

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