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This book analyses how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions. With a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process, it provides a detailed and up-to-date discussion of...
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decision-making process, such as management characteristics and cost-benefit analysis, planning and innovation and competition …, competition and institutions …
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1. Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. Trends in Asian trade : implications for transport infrastructure and trade costs / David Hummels -- 3. Trade infrastructure and trade costs : a study of selected Asian ports / Jon Haveman, Adina Ardelean and...
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Analysis of infrastructure's role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is still rudimentary. This original book fills that knowledge gap by exploring relevant concepts, measurement issues, aspects of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure...
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This path-breaking book considers the recent trend for governments to look increasingly to private sector finance, provided by private enterprises constructing and managing public infrastructure facilities in partnership with government bodies
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A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book have undertaken a detailed examination of all aspects of the nation's regional dynamics and policies. Their analysis extends to comparable experiences in East Asia, particularly...
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Almarin Phillips (ed.), Promoting Competition in Regulated Markets, Chapter 5, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press …, 135-73 -- Andrei Shleifer (1985), 'A Theory of Yardstick Competition', RAND Journal of Economics, 16 (3), Autumn, 319 …Paul L. Joskow (1997), 'Restructuring, Competition and Regulatory Reform in the U.S. Electricity Sector', Journal of …
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Part I framing the discussion on the competitiveness challenge -- 1. Boosting European competitiveness / Marek Belka, Ewald Nowotny, Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald and Pawel Samecki -- 2. Harnessing foreign direct investment to boost economic growth / Beata S. Jarvorcik -- 3. Correcting external...
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Balancing the challenges of today with the promise of tomorrow : a presidential perspective / F. King Alexander -- Strengthening the academic presidency : recommendations for presidents and governing boards / Robert M. O'Neil -- Aligning institutional vision with policymakers' and the public's...
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