This paper argues that the single most important factor that explains East Asia's development success was its fast … the "engine of growth." It is in the context of industrialization that openness played an important role in East Asia …'s success, i.e., the connection between "export-led growth" (the relaxation of the balance-of-payments constraint on foreign …

). This paper examines the competitive position of suppliers from developing Asia in the expanded EU clothing market relative … the EU clothing market since quotas were eliminated under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) in 2005. It also …The European Union (EU) became the largest single market for clothing imports in 2007, surpassing the United States (US …

Asian countries. Specifically, although we found that the exporting pattern in Asia and the degree of competitiveness of …

The provision of infrastructure and related services in developing Asia via publi-private partnership (PPP) increased …. Empirical results suggest that increasing the ratio of PPP investment to GDP improves access to and quality of infrastructure …

A recent Asian Development Bank publication estimates the large infrastructure financing requirement in Asia for the …. This paper analyzes a critical aspect of expanding private finance to infrastructure by examining the role of bank lending … project financing by banks to infrastructure PPP projects is still in its infancy in several Asian markets, and banks are …

. Governments need to support private investment and entrepreneurship by investing in human capital and infrastructure; developing … informed by rigorous evaluation; and social protection systems. The experience of developing Asia and others has shown that …

exports to the world and to developing Asia. We find that much of the apparent shift in export product shares was a result of … regions, Asia, in particular, will have to rely more upon domestic demand and will have a substantial role to play as growth …

Using panel data regressions, this paper analyzes the effect of imperfections in the formal export credit and insurance … market on trade growth in the regions of Africa and Asia. An exclusive comparison of trade performance of the two regions … with respect to export credit and insurance is novel in the literature. I employ Berne Union data on export credit …

This paper analyzes the effects of the current trade conflict on developing Asia using the Asian Development Bank …'s Republic of China (PRC) trade conflict would shave 1% off PRC GDP and 0.2% off US GDP. The rest of developing Asia could see …