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Developing country labor practices and the working conditions that result from them are both generally poor and increasingly drawing attention from governments, corporations, and the popular media. This review provides an introduction to some of the leading academic literature and ideas that are...
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Rebalancing growth toward domestic demand has emerged as a key postcrisis challenge for sustaining developing Asia … in the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Singapore. As expected, the nature of …
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issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East Asia and Southeast Asia where the demographic …'s Republic of China, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam; diagnoses the …
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The central objective of this paper is to empirically evaluate the degree of linkages among East Asian equity and bond markets. The primary contribution of our paper to the empirical literature is that we use a financial gravity model grounded in economic theory. Using data from the...
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indicator of export diversification based on value added in sectors contributing to exports. For most Asia and the Pacific …
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impact of RER misalignment on business cycles in Asia and the Pacific by employing a panel vector autoregression involving … overvaluation may lead to a reduction in CPI inflation and short-term interest rate. We also find that Asia and the Pacific is … highly heterogeneous wherein the output gaps of some economies, particularly those in Southeast Asia, are more susceptible to …
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spending efficiency in developing Asia. Using data envelopment analysis, we find that East Asia has the highest average output …-level efficiency analysis, we find that developing Asia falls short of optimal total health expenditures. Caucasus and Central Asia has … the highest average allocative efficiency score among the subregions. Overall, developing Asia has substantial room for …
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In this paper, we review the overall micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise landscape in Asia, including the …
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Asia is home to 60% of the world's population, 52% of global agricultural production, and 43% of agriculture …
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to monitor monthly business cycle fluctuations in Asia. The index summarizes a selection of updated monthly economic …
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