This paper outlines an expanded and more challenging role for multilateral development banks (MDBs) in the provision of longer term development finance. The traditional role has to be further refocused and expanded to cover mobilization of private sector resources, both external and internal.

The 1990s pose a radical new challenges for the governance of Asia's developping countries and the transport policies they pursue. The Philippine Transport Strategy Study (PTSS) is an innovative approach to addressing this new complex of issues in a rigorous and practical way. The focus of this...

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...