people-centered public water management from across Asia. These essays will contribute to strengthening the discussion about … the ways forward for public water delivery in Asia. [FGS Report]. …

, the security challenges for the Hindukush region and new political forces in Thailand and Malaysia. Besides presenting a … vision for the future of the car industry an appraisal of the creation of a Single Market for Asia. And last, but by no means …

An important and vigorous policy debate ongoing in Asia concerns the impact of the economic rise of the PRC on the rest … of the region. This paper examines the relative performances of the PRC, selected ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia …

Capitalizing on recent estimates of infrastructure financing requirements in Asia, this paper frames a scenario for … quantitatively the economy-wide welfare effects of developing regional infrastructure in Asia, using a global computable general … energy infrastructure during 2010–2020, developing Asia is likely to reap welfare gains of US$1,616.3 billion (in 2008 …

Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these …

This report investigates how more and better jobs can be created in South Asia. It does so for two reasons. First, this … productivity. Second, creating more productive jobs—with jobs defined to include all wage work and self employment— is the most …/01/09/000333038_20120109022653/Rendered/PDF/662290PUB0EPI00r0jobs0in0south0asia.pdf] …

Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity … products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and capital equipments produced in the richer …