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the delivery of services to the poor, i.e., improving efficiency, accountability, and transparency, and reducing bribery …
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Governance is one of the key factors that shape the economic performance of an economy in terms of economic and trade growth. However, accurately measuring the quality of governance is not an easy task. Research typically uses governance indicators from surveys, which may have biases and...
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Myanmar's recent socioeconomic and political reforms have signaled a readiness to reintegrate into the world economy …
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current policy discussion on governance is essentially faith-based. It calls into question the quality of the existing data … and the analytical basis of the policy orthodoxy. …
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infrastructure, and state accountability can affect development indicators differentially. We find a clear role for governance in … and legal infrastructure, and less evident for state accountability. However, we find that the benign relationship between … than other regions of the world (except sub-Saharan Africa), this suggests that improvements in governance along with the …
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Trade encourages economic expansion and improves welfare based on international division of labor. However, trade also has an environmental footprint, particularly in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other emissions. This paper examines the impact of environmental regulation in exporter and...
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-term climate adaptation strategies for MSMEs, offering insights for policy formulation aimed at enhancing economic resilience in …
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Foreign exchange (FX) trading volume is a key factor in exchange rate volatility. Given the important role of volatility in economic growth and stability, this paper investigates the dynamic nature of exchange trading volume on exchange rate volatility using hourly high-frequency data. The...
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This study empirically examines how the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted foreign direct investment (FDI), using the quarterly data on bilateral FDI flows from 173 home to 192 host countries from the first quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2021. We measure the severity of...
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This paper describes the severity of the declines of Asian exports during the recent global crisis and provides more detailed information on the hardest hit manufacturing and exporting industries. To do this, we use various sources of data, including Industrial Statistics of the United Nations...
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