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Connecting South Asia to Southeast Asia : Cross-Border Infrastructure Investments
Gautrin, Jean-Francois - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
South Asia and Southeast Asia have been connected for many centuries, with the degree of connectivity varying over time. This paper explores strengthening connectivity between the two subregions by identifying the missing links in transport connectivity. The paper is specifically concerned with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278098
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The Location Decisions of Foreign Logistics Firms in China : Does Transport Network Capacity Matter?
Chin, Anthony; Junjie, Hong - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
in attracting them to China. This is important as they have an important role to play in filling in the gap left by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363446
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Financing Development Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Kawai, Masahiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
€”comprising the Northeastern People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Republic of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278024
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Financing Development Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Kawai, Masahiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
€”comprising the Northeastern People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Republic of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278231
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The Benefits of Regional Infrastructure Investment in Asia : A Quantitative Exploration
Zhai, Fan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Capitalizing on recent estimates of infrastructure financing requirements in Asia, this paper frames a scenario for infrastructure development in the region and estimates the external effects of infrastructure investment. It also assesses quantitatively the economy-wide welfare effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363766
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Financing Asia’s Infrastructure : Modes of Development and Integration of Asian Financial Markets
Bhattacharyay, Biswa Nath - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Asia faces very large infrastructure funding demands, estimated at around US$750 billion per year for energy, transport, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 20102020 (ADB/ADBI 2009). Asia has large savings, significant international reserves, and rapid accumulations of funds that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363885
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Assessing Socioeconomic Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Stone, Susan; Strutt, Anna; Hertel, Thomas - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This study attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi-region general equilibrium model, supplemented with household survey data for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Infrastructure investment is an important step in economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363906
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Skilled and Unskilled Wages in a Globalizing World, 1968-1998
Chor, Davin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper constructs a data set on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) adjusted skilled and unskilled wages in 139 countries … Oostendorp (2000) Occupational Wages Around the World (OWW) le. It nds strong evidence for the existence of well …-integrated markets for skilled and unskilled labor, justifying the approach of constructing a skilled wage series and an unskilled wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363340
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Pakistan’s Wage Structure, during 1990-91–2006-07
Irfan, Mohammad - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
, adjusted for inflation, yields a 0.7 percent trend growth rate in real wages for the 1990-07 period. Real wage growth rate at …This paper attempts to document changes in the wage levels of different categories of workers employed in various …. Wage structure can be analysed from different angles. Here we look at the levels and trends in the broad categories of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363364
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The Harris-Todaro Hypothesis
Khan, M. Ali - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The Harris-Todaro hypothesis replaces the equality of wages by the equality of expected wages as the basic equilibrium … when a mechanism for the determination of urban wages is specified. This article reviews work in which the Harris …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365084