threatens more land, people, and economies in Asia and small Pacific island states than any other part of the planet. Air … with severe levels of total suspended particulate matter emissions, 10 are in Asia. Regarding water availability and …%. Changes in land use for fuelwood collection and biofuel production in Southeast Asia have resulted in deforestation at 5 times …

near metro stations (transitoriented development) or in the city center. Moreover, the metro and transit …-oriented development are complementary-their joint effect on incomes, prices, and welfare is greater than the combined effect of the two …

development. Entrepreneurs contribute to innovation, and they are central to dynamic Schumpeterian competition and broader …

the development accounting literature by describing a non-parametric upper bound on the increase in output that can be … with the necessary data, compare our results with the standard development accounting approach, and provide an update on …

Developing Asia has undergone a dramatic shift over the past 5 decades from a region of mainly lowincome economies … toward one that is largely middle income. Compared with world aggregate data, developing Asia now has a much greater …

Asia's rapid population aging fortifies the case for strengthening human capital investments. Further, the experience …. Overall, our evidence points to a positive effect of human capital on growth, equity, and fiscal balance in Asia. …

In this paper, we propose a panel approach in the construction of the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration … Index (ARCII) to strengthen the index's ability to track the progress of economic integration in the region over time. Panel … principal components analysis. Findings suggest the pace of integration in Asia was broadly steady over the 11-year sample …

Asia and Pacific region between 1990 and 2019 based on three widely used green industry classifications, namely US BLS GGS … the low-carbon transition. To do so, we examine the green trade patterns of Asian Development Bank member economies in the …