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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...
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Innovations as Response to Failures in Rural Financial Markets
Llanto, Gilberto M.; Gabrielle Roanne Laviña - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363593
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Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in the Philippines
Kondo, Toshio; Aniceto Orbeta Jr.; Dingcong, Clarence; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
quasi-experimental design with incoming clients of randomly selected participating microfinance institutions as the … islands (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) and 38 microfinance institutions consisting of three types - banks, cooperatives, and … for microfinance programs to be effective as a poverty-alleviation tool there is a need to review and constantly monitor …
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Risk Management for the Poor and Vulnerable
Perdana, Ari A. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
should aim to provide access for the poor on saving, credit and insurance. Microfinance schemes have been applauded as a … successful best practice in providing access to saving and credit. However, microfinance institutions still have some room for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365393
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Enhancing Intra-SAARC Trade : Pruning India’s Sensitive List under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Ray, Saon; Kaushal, Neetika; Chowdhury, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650938
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Enhancing Intra-SAARC Trade : Pruning India’s Sensitive List under SAFTA
Taneja, Nisha; Ray, Saon; Kaushal, Neetika; Chowdhury, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with the corresponding RCAs of the SAARC countries. Four categories of items are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650943
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Corporate Governance Changes in Pakistan’s Banking Sector : Is There a Performance Effect?
Burki, Abid A.; Ahmad, Shabbir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
In this paper we explore the role of the static, selection and dynamic corporate governance changes on performance of commercial banks. We use stochastic cost frontier and panel data methods for an unbalanced panel data of Pakistani banks from 1991 to 2005. We find overall bank cost inefficiency...
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Pension and Social Security Schemes in Pakistan : Some Policy Options
Mahmood, Naushin; Nasir, Zafar Mueen - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
An examination of the public pension and social security schemes in Pakistan reveals that the provision of regular … needs of the increasing elderly population demands an improvement of the support base and social security system in Pakistan …
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Pakistan’s Wage Structure, during 1990-91–2006-07
Irfan, Mohammad - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper attempts to document changes in the wage levels of different categories of workers employed in various segments of the labour market during the period 1990-912006-07, according to the information given in the labour force surveys. Wage structure can be analysed from different angles....
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Impact of Export Subsidies on Pakistan’s Exports
Haque, Nadeem Ul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Throughout Pakistans history, policy has sought to promote exports through government support and incentives. The government machinery is geared to export promotion especially through direct and indirect subsidies. Surprisingly, these policies have been continued without serious examination....
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