effect of a particular feature of the institutional landscape, namely corruption, on entrepreneurship. It is expected that … corruption discourages entrepreneurship since it undermines fair competition. We employ two proxies for entrepreneurship that are … from the World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey. We find that better control of corruption promotes entrepreneurship. Our …

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 …