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Central Asia’s Transition After Fifteen Years : Growth and Policy Choices
Dowling, Malcolm; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363926
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The Government and the Financial System : an Overview
Ikeo, Kazuhito; Goto, Yasuo - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
government, and for the government will be surveyed in turn. Furthermore, postal system privatization will be discussed in terms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363882
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Impacts of Privatization on Employment - Evidence from China
Huang, Lingwen; Yao, Yang - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper evaluates the impact of privatization on firm employment using a panel dataset of 386 firms in China in the … the dynamic impact of privatization on employment growth and find that the performance of privatized firms improves over … time. These findings are robust even after we control other performance and financial variables as well as the pre-privatization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365342
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Multidimensions of Urban Poverty - Evidence from India
Chandrasekhar, S; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Content of abstract This paper provides a robust multidimensional evaluation of intra -urban differences. The hypothesis that joint consumption of public goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates those of individuals living in slums is accepted while the hypothesis that consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365345
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Bilateral “WTO-Plus†Free Trade Agreements : The WTO Trade Policy Review of Singapore 2004
Thangavelu, S.M.; Heng, Toh Mun - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
commended Singapores efforts on its liberalization of the services sector and its economic benefits to consumers and global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363378
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Investment Provisions in Regional Trading Arrangements in Asia : Relevance, Emerging Trends, and Policy Implications
Kumar, Nagesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper summarizes the conceptual rationale for investment liberalization to fully exploit the potential of regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363399
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Services Trade Negotiations in the Doha Round : Opportunities and Risks for Pakistan
Burki, Abid A.; Hussain, S.M. Turab - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper seeks to examine how locking-in of Pakistans unilateral liberalization at the WTO/GATS and further … liberalization of services trade would affect Pakistans competitiveness. Focusing on the opportunities and risks of such … liberalization the paper discusses possible options regarding the corollary regulatory reforms and other flanking measures that may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363439
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Agricultural Trade Between the Philippines and the US : Status, Issues and Prospects
Cabanilla, Liborio S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper describes the environment under which RP-US Agricultural trade currently operates. It also highlights key issues affecting current trade flows between the Philippines and the US, and provides background information vital for future bilateral agricultural negotiations with the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363639
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Indian Capital Control Liberalization : Evidence from NDF Markets
Hutchison, Michael; Kendall, Jake; Pasricha, Gurnain; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
The Indian government has taken a number of incremental measures to liberalise legal and administrative impediments to international capital movements in recent years. This paper analyses the extent to which the effectiveness of capital controls in India, measured by the domestic less net...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363806
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India-East Asia Integration : A Win-Win for Asia
Asher, Mukul G.; Sen, Rahul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This paper argues that Indias unilateral liberalization policies since the early 1990s, and purposeful and strategic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363943