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Industrialization and global value chain participation : an examination of constraints faced by the private sector in Nepal

Basnett, Yurendra; Pandey, Posh Raj - 2014

economies have been less successful. In this paper we examine the constraints faced by Nepal, a land-locked least developed …, Nepal is dependent on regional neighbors for access to global markets. Shallow regional integration, the prevalence of non …-tariff barriers, and inefficient transit trade further disadvantage Nepal. …

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Impact evaluation of support to collective action for agricultural value chain development in Nepal

Raitzer, David A.; Batmunkh, Odbayar - 2022

smallholder farmers to commercialize in Nepal. These programs help farmers to access information on new technologies, overcome …

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Impact of tourism on regional economic growth : a global value chain perspective

Liu, Anyu - 2022

In the globalization era, many products in the tourism industry are imported from other economies; whereas other products may be exported as intermediates to other economies. Researchers have assessed the economic impact of tourism for more than 40 years, but have shed little light on the...

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Tourism inflow interlinkages with merchandise exports : an augmented gravity analysis for the Pacific

Gupta, Pralok; Basu Das, Sanchita; Sharma, Saarthak; … - 2024

Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) depend heavily on international tourism, which can promote merchandise exports by reducing trade costs. This paper empirically analyzes tourist inflows as a determinant of merchandise exports for Pacific DMCs by deploying a gravity model technique....

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Female labor force participation in Asia : Indonesia country study

Schaner, Simone; Das, Smita - 2016

This paper uses over 20 years of data from Indonesia's labor force survey to study trends in female labor force participation (FLFP). We find that younger women in urban areas have increased their labor force participation in recent years, largely through wage employment, while younger women in...

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Thomas, Vinod; Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Perez, Rosa T. - 2013

Natural disasters are on the rise worldwide. There are more and more intense natural disasters - which are defined to cause at least 100 deaths or to affect the basic survival needs of at least 1,000 people - resulting from floods and storms as well as droughts and heat waves. The Asia and the...

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Development imperatives for the Asian century

Petri, Peter A.; Thomas, Vinod - 2013

Evidence-based economic policies - pragmatic policies that work - played a major role in Asia's success in raising its living standards in the last half century. However, growth prospects are now threatened by rising income inequality and environmental degradation if Asia continues on its...

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Intellectual property rights, quality of institutions, and foreign direct investment into developing Asia

Lee, Minsoo; Park, Donghyun - 2013

Developing Asian countries are strengthening their intellectual property rights (IPR) regime as they themselves become producers of intellectual property. At the same time, developing Asia has attracted large amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and this trend is expected to continue in...

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Asian capital market integration : theory and evidence

Park, Cyn-Young - 2013

Financial integration is a multidimensional process through which allocation of financial assets becomes increasingly borderless. This paper assesses the progress achieved thus far in capital market integration in Asia, and compares regional capital market integration with global financial...

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Effects of quantitative easing on Asia : capital flows and financial markets

Cho, Dongchul; Rhee, Changyong - 2013

This paper studies the effects of the United States' (US) quantitative easing on Asia by examining capital flows and financial markets. After the global financial crisis, Asian economies with more open and developed capital markets experienced greater swings in capital inflows. In particular,...

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