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, macro-financial linkages, and macroprudential policies in emerging Asia. The key result is that macro-prudential measures …
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economic centers may have contributed to this relatively poor performance. However, the emergence of Asia as a global economic … center presents Pacific island countries with an unprecedented opportunity to develop trade with Asia, particularly in …
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countries are addressing and anticipating the challenges of an aging society. It suggests that Asia's preparedness for an aging …
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time, the major recipients have changed: while the share of aid to Asia has diminished since the 1980s, that destined for … sub-Saharan Africa has grown. There is some evidence that, since the late 1990s, debt relief has assumed a larger share of … the increased aid flows to sub-Saharan Africa. The share of technical cooperation-a component of aid that is viewed as …
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The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 was one of the most dramatic economic events of recent times, which raised many questions regarding the appropriate policy response to financial crises. This paper reviews the experience of this crisis, focusing on the overall strategy of crisis management...
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Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of …
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This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for 35 advanced and emerging countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset...
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This paper assesses financial integration in Asia in terms of risk-sharing benefit versus financial-contagion cost. We … discount factors. Risk sharing is low in Asia, and varies across time and countries, whereas contagion risks are more … differentials. Asia, therefore, can potentially enhance risk sharing without raising contagion risk. …
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The paper shows that Asia's degree of financial integration, both with the world and within the region remains low by …
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