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growth has arguably been the fastest among post-conflict societies, driven by the credible restoration of peace and security …
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The central question addressed by this study is whether countries with above-average governance grew faster than countries with below-average governance. Using the World Bank’s worldwide governance indicators to measure governance performance, it examines whether a country with governance...
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equitable society that provides opportunities for all. Developing Asia has trailed other parts of the world in equity …
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on the role of monetary andnonmonetary incentives used in selected case studies in developing Asia. It finds that such …
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This paper investigates the financial determinants of research and development (R&D) investment in Asia, where …
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Financial conditions indexes (FCIs) are constructed for five Asian economies, namely, Hong Kong, China; Japan; the Republic of Korea; Malaysia; and Singapore, using a principal component analysis (PCA) methodology from Hatzius et al. (2010) and quarterly data. Various financial stress indicators are...
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developing Asia. In our empirical analysis, we use disaggregated measures of governance to capture different dimensions of … effectiveness with which these resources are spent on social sectors. Along with the fact that governance quality is lower in Asia … developing Asia. …
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The design of alternative tariff structures can serve as a low-cost and effective tool in achieving higher take-up of basic services among poor households while allowing the provider to recover costs. A contingent valuation survey from the Water Supply and Sanitation Project of the Asian...
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This paper aims to quantify the political risk effect and its different economic implications in normal and crisis situations through the proxy analysis of election and the sovereign bond spreads. Our study leads to three main findings. First, in normal economic situations, elections and...
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In this paper, we analyze the determinants of corporate saving in the form of changes in the stock of cash for 11 Asian economies using firm-level data from the Oriana Database for the 2002–2011 period. We find some evidence that cash flow has a positive impact on the change in the stock of...
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