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Sri Lanka's Post-conflict Development Challenge: Learning from the Past
Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
The end of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 generated widespread expectations of a period of sustained economic growth, building on the achievements of the liberalisation reforms sustained over three previous decades. However, recent developments have dampened that optimism, rekindling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762628
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Contributions of the GATT/WTO to global economic welfare: Empirical evidence
Anderson, Kym - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
This paper surveys estimates of the value of the GATT/WTO's contributions to global welfare through providing a forum for negotiating reductions in policy-induced distortions to trade flows, including through the process of accession by new members. After reviewing measures of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095323
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Sri Lanka's Trade Policy: Reverting to Dirigisme?
Athukorala, Prema-chandra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
This paper surveys recent development in Sri Lankan trade policy, with an emphasis on emerging protectionist tendencies, using Sri Lanka’s Trade Policy Review (2010) by the World Trade Organization as a reference point. The Sri Lankan experience for over the three decades following the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144021
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TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bhattacharyya, Sambit - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008
Recent research shows that the majority of cross-national variation in institutions is related to history. The within variation however is somewhat less explored. We find that the within variation in economic institutions can be explained by trade liberalization. This relationship is robust with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005057552
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Relocation and Agglomeration of Chinese Industry
Wen, Mei - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2001
This paper investigates spatial concentration of Chinese manufacturing using the data collected in both the second and third national industrial censuses. It is found that many of China's manufacturing industries were highly geographically concentrated in several coastal regions in 1995. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005115687
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Can China Harness Globalization to Reap Carbon Savings? Modeling International Technology Diffusion in a Multi-region Framework
Jin, Wei - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
This paper examines the effect of globalization, particularly international technology diffusion (TD), on China … diffusion (via import and FDI) in the long run; (2) Trade and FDI liberalization (economic globalization) facilitates economic … of foreign TD barriers (knowledge globalization) acquires the benefits of domestic carbon savings (technique effect); (4 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201613
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Health Policy in Asia and the Pacific: Navigating Local Needs and Global Challenges
Lee, Kelley - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National …
Asia and the Pacific is undergoing a remarkable economic transformation, which is occurring at an exceptional pace. There is clear evidence of an equally rapid epidemiological transition in the region. This article sets out the policy challenges of building healthy societies in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742035
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Globalization and international risk-sharing: do political and social factors matter more than economic integration?
Balli, Faruk; Pierucci, Eleonora - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2015
We explore the impact of various forms of globalization upon international risk-sharing applying the KOF globalization … indices. The empirical literature, so far, has only investigated economic and financial sides of globalization. By decomposing … globalization into its economic, social and political aspects, we gauge the impact of these aspects on the extent of risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171537
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Cambodia: Rapid Growth in an Open, Post-Conflict Economy
Hill, Hal; Menon, Jayant - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
This paper provides an analytical review of World Trade Organization, Trade Policy Review: Cambodia, the first such report undertaken for the country. The report highlights Cambodia's rapid economic growth after one of the world's worst cases of genocide in the second half of the twentieth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095321
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Health Policy in Asia and the Pacific: Navigating Local Needs and Global Challenges
Lee, Kelley - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National …
Asia and the Pacific is undergoing a remarkable economic transformation, which is occurring at an exceptional pace. There is clear evidence of an equally rapid epidemiological transition in the region. This article sets out the policy challenges of building healthy societies in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904360