India during the period 1980-2008. Drawing from the recent literature, a comprehensive measure of trade costs is derived … costs accounted for less than one third of the increase in trade between the PRC and India during the 1980s, lower costs …

Developing Asia has weathered the global economic crisis well and is experiencing a rapid, robust V-shaped recovery … the impact of fiscal stimulus on developing Asia's gross domestic product growth during the crisis. Our main finding is …

"Poverty and income inequality remain a stubborn challenge in Asia and the Pacific despite the region’s rapid economic … characteristics significantly affect financial inclusion in developing Asia. Furthermore, we find that financial inclusion …

Recent key challenges highlight the need to revisit Asia's financial development. These include the region's growth …

This paper provides an analysis of financial development and inclusion in developing Asia using data from a wide array … economies. Furthermore, in terms of financial inclusion, fewer than 27% of adults in developing Asia have an account in a formal …

success. We examine the performance of safety net programs in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in terms of …

outsourcing (IT-BPO) services industries. India and the Philippines in particular have offered educated human resources at low … all these factors locally, nationally, and internationally. This analysis of IT-BPO industry developments in Asia points …

contributed to Asia's sustained rapid growth, its effect on income inequality is uncertain. The central objective of our paper is … to empirically examine the effect of structural change on wage inequality in Asia, using industry-level data for three …

appropriate MSME policies in Asia and the Pacific. To identify factors affecting MSME development and promote evidence … Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor project. The estimation results suggest that sound MSME credit markets … play a critical role in ensuring a smooth business recovery from various crises and shocks affecting developing Asia and …

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