Investments in agricultural research and extension have consistently demonstrated high rates of return in Asia and the …

This paper examines the gender diversity in corporate boardrooms in Asia and the Pacific and how the diversity affects … corporate performance. We find that boardroom gender diversity is low in Asia with 7.5% female representation on average in 2012 …

in arresting continuing environmental degradation in the Asia and Pacific region. Quoting examples, the paper asserts …

). This paper examines the competitive position of suppliers from developing Asia in the expanded EU clothing market relative …

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are emerging as developing Asia's main policy tool for handling the region's excess …-risk, high-return investments, and are subject to a wide range of downside risks. The underlying nature of Asia's reserves, which … implication is that the transformation of Asia into a major exporter of capital raises the possibility that capital outflows can …

frequent, longer lasting, and more severe in Asia than in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries … financial crises or recessions in Asia. In view of the current global crisis and severe financial downturns, Asian economies are …

. An overwhelming response across Asia as international oil prices spiked in 2008 was to shield domestic consumers more …. Additionally, in combination with lower growth rates, higher spending to rev up demand across Asia is also worsening the fiscal …

capita even under our "low growth" scenario, poverty in developing Asia continues to decline in 2009 and 2010. What gets …