Two trends on yields have been observed for rice, wheat, and even edible oils in Asia. The deceleration of yield growth …

and developing economies (EMDEs) (including in Asia), the growth response to investment shocks is positive and much …

Infrastructure development in Southeast Asia has been financed mainly by public funds, which leave wide gaps in …

indicator of export diversification based on value added in sectors contributing to exports. For most Asia and the Pacific …

impact of RER misalignment on business cycles in Asia and the Pacific by employing a panel vector autoregression involving … overvaluation may lead to a reduction in CPI inflation and short-term interest rate. We also find that Asia and the Pacific is … highly heterogeneous wherein the output gaps of some economies, particularly those in Southeast Asia, are more susceptible to …

spending efficiency in developing Asia. Using data envelopment analysis, we find that East Asia has the highest average output …-level efficiency analysis, we find that developing Asia falls short of optimal total health expenditures. Caucasus and Central Asia has … the highest average allocative efficiency score among the subregions. Overall, developing Asia has substantial room for …