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The paper addresses preferential trade agreements in Asia and the Pacific with the objective of identifying their … characteristics which can be useful in assessing the effects of their implementation. The paper relies mostly on the Asia-Pacific … important aspects of preferential trade in Asia and the Pacific: (a) the rapid proliferation of preferential trade and revealed …
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a Global Partnership for Development”) with respect to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of Asia and the Pacific. The … access commitments of the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Declaration of 2005 have largely been met and LDCs of the Asia-Pacific …
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This paper investigates the income and educational impacts of a large village-based electrification program in rural Bhutan. We designed and administered a household and village-level socio-economic survey in the electrified and non-electrified villages and collected data on wide range of...
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This paper investigates the role of multilateral development banks in promoting economic integration in different regional blocs. The experience of financing regional public goods by several multilateral development banks is studied (Inter-American Development Bank, Central American Bank for...
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global economy, the debate on income disparities around the world has intensified. For the African, Caribbean and Pacific … of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries for the purposes of stability and Godliness. …
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This paper examines the gender distribution of the benefits of economic growth in several Asian economies from 1970-90. Using Borda rank ordering, we compare the progress made in these countries towards closing the gender gap in well-being. In addition to commonly-used indicators, trends in the...
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We conduct a meta-analysis (MA) of around 100 studies valuing nature conservation in Asia and Oceania. Dividing our …
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Asia has truly experienced spectacular economic growth over the past 15 years. However, this economic progress has come … fact that one-fifth of the population in Asia still lives on less than US$ 1 per day (PPP-adjusted), the region is already … international levels to deal with growing concerns about the environmental challenges in Asia in order to help to put the region on …
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Climate change is an emerging challenge to developing economy like India however it also creates opportunity to grow through climate friendly goods production and new direction of trade. This paper focuses India’s potential export trade in climate friendly goods. The estimated gravity model is...
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The present study estimates the long run private investment function for the period from 1972 to 2011 by using Johansen cointegration approach. The results suggest debt servicing, inflation and private investment to be negatively associated. The study concludes positive impact of GDP growth...
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