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Can Social Security Boost Domestic Consumption in the People’s Republic of China?
Dewen, Wang - eSocialSciences - 2010
€™s Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC faces a difficult path before it can reform and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552009
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The Exchange Rate Regime in Asia: From Crisis to Crisis
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila; Sethy, Anmol; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
Prior to the Asian financial crisis, most Asian exchange rates were de facto pegged to the US Dollar. In the crisis, many economies experienced a brief period of extreme flexibility. A `fear of floating' gave reduced flexibility when the crisis subsided, but flexibility after the crisis was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008599384
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Climate Change and China: Technology, Market and Beyond
Wen, Dale Jiajun - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper discusses the impacts of climate change to the environment of China and most especially to the livelihood of … Chinese people there. It analyzed the Chinese government’s position and enumerates the measures that China has taken so far …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512450
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International Reserves and Swap Lines in Times of Financial Distress: Overview and Interpretations
Aizenman, Joshua - eSocialSciences - 2010
In this paper I review the use of precautionary measures aimed at mitigating emerging markets’ exposure to fragility associated with financial integration. The discussion draws possible lessons from the ongoing global liquidity crisis. The fear of losing international reserves (IR)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677773
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The Costs of Achieving the Millennium Development Goals through Adopting Organic Agriculture
Markandya, Anil; Setboonsarng, Sununtar; Hui, Qiao Yu; … - eSocialSciences - 2011
case studies: Wanzai, PRC; Wuyuan, PRC; Kandy, Sri Lanka; and Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. [Working paper no: 193]. URL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321519
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Foundations of Collective Action in Asia: Theory and Practice of Regional Cooperation
Acharya, Amitav - eSocialSciences - 2012
China [PRC])2 in the 1940s and 1950s, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1967, and Indonesia in the … degenerate into a hegemonic order or a concert of power. It remains to be seen whether regionalism in an era of a rising PRC and … India could bridge this gap. It is theoretically possible that the PRC and India could develop and possess both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009492939
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The Asian “Noodle Bowlâ€:Is It Serious for Business?
Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - eSocialSciences - 2009
A lively debate is taking place over the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on East Asia's business between those who view the agreements as a harmful Asian "noodle bowl"—i.e., overlapping regional trade agreements—of trade deals and others who see net beneficial effects in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045004
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Evolving Structural Patterns in the Enlarging European Division of Labour: Sectoral and Branch Specialisation and the Potentials for Closing the Productivity Gap
Stephan, Dr Johannes - eSocialSciences - 2008
Within the past decade, national levels of labour productivity in CEECs have converged significantly towards the levels predominant in the EU. Yet, levels are still significantly lower, large gaps are still prevalent. Needless to say, levels within the EU also differ greatly; comparisons with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341787
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Does the HIPC Initiative Achieve its Goal of Debt Sustainability?
Gunter, Bernhard G. - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines the question if the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative provides a good basis for the HIPCs to exit from repeated debt rescheduling. Building on other reviews of the HIPC Initiative, the paper begins with a short summary of some key problems of the HIPC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008739757
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Property Rights and Intra-Household Bargaining
Wang, Shing-Yi - eSocialSciences - 2012
within the household. The question is analyzed in the context of a housing reform that occurred in China that gave existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945273