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This paper surveys studies of the importance of Central Asian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the economy and their experience during the Russian financial crisis. It also uses survey data from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Developments Business Environment and Enterprise...
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This paper presents a coherent and systematic analysis of the collapse and subsequent revival of the Central Asian Republics (CARs) since 1990. The focus is on the pattern of growth and structural change during the cycle of decline and subsequent revival in the CARs which have been inadequately...
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Central Asia has emerged as one of the worlds fastest growing regions since the late 1990s and has shown notable development potential. This is significant for a region comprising largely of small landlocked economies with no access to the sea for trade. Among the advantages, of the region are...
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regional perspective, some major donors including Japan have been as selective in delivering their aid as some countries well …-known for their selective aid delivery, such as Denmark. Japan has provided higher aid for the countries with better policy and … major donors in Asia, the Pacific, and Europe, including Japan, has proliferated less than the aid programs of most other …
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-level data set from Japan, we show that the turnout effect on the amounts of intergovernmental fiscal transfers is indeed …
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This paper provides structural estimates of heterogeneous returns to work experience for Japanese married women. A dynamic model of labor force participation is used to account for dynamic self-selection into employment. Heterogeneity is incorporated into the model in a way that allows for the...
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when he and his Singaporean counterpart, Goh Chok Tong, signed the Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA … global trade liberalisation. This paper aims to examine how and why Japan and Singapore decided to pursue FTAs, what … mainly through Singapores initial offer to exclude agricultural products from tariff elimination. But Japan faced problems in …
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Since emerging as a leading industrial economy, Japan has played an important role in promoting Asia Pacific economic … cooperation. Japan has been instrumental in every major initiative in economic cooperation in the region over the past three …
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According to simulation results, the formation of an FTA would substantially improve Koreas and Japans trade balances, while China would experience a sizeable increase in its trade deficit. This indicates that simple barriers (NTBs) within a short period of time is not a feasible approach for...
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changing structure of trade, FDI and economy that underlay policy changes. We argue that until the late 1990s Japan adopted a … Japan-US bilateralism sometimes resulted in managed trade and encountered negative perceptions of the US approach in Japan … integration of Japan with the Asian and global economies. …
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