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Chirathivat, Suthiphand; Cheewatrakoolpong, Kornkarun - 2015

Thailand's increasing importance as a regional co-production base and as an intra-regional trade and border trade hub is due mainly to recent changes in its economic structure, namely, the lack of operational workers, rises in wages, and increases in outward foreign direct investment (FDI),...

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Investment finance and financial sector development

Ray, Shubhomoy - 2015

Investment in infrastructure for increasing trade and connectivity in South Asia and Southeast Asia has been impacted by a reduction in commercial bank participation in project financing, which has significantly increased the role of multilateral financial institutions and export credit...

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Infrastructure and urbanization in the People's Republic of China

Li, Zhigang - 2017

The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined relationship between investment, urbanization, and economic growth. In one mechanism, urbanization generates demand for infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth...

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The spillover effects of water supply infrastructure development: A theoretical model

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Setiawati, Santi; Siregar, Tifani Husna; … - 2023

One of the main challenges in low-income Asia and the Pacific countries is users' willingness to pay for water services. In contrast, investors and private operators in the water sector prefer a high rate of return. This has often led to the failure of public-private partnerships for water...

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Symmetric and asymmetric impact of public investment on private investment in South Africa : evidence from the ARDL and non-linear ARDL approaches

Maluleke, Glenda; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Nyasha, Sheilla - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-18

This study examines the impact of public investment on private investment in South Africa using the autoregressive distributed-lag (ARDL) and nonlinear ARDL bounds testing approach for the period from 1980 to 2018. The ARDL results show that public investment crowds in private investment in the...

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Inflation and infrastructure sector returns in emerging markets : panel ARDL approach

Magweva, Rabson; Sibanda, Mabutho - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17

This study evaluated the relationship between inflation and infrastructure sector stock returns in emerging markets in the long and short run. It employed a panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) model applying the mean group (MG), pooled mean group (PMG) and dynamic fixed effects (DFE)...

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Are structural policies in countries bordering mediterranean appropriate to economic convergence : Panel ARDL application

Bardi, Wajdi; Ayouni, Saif Eddine; Hamdaoui, Mekki - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20

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Understanding financial inclusion: What matters and how it matters

Park, Cyn-Young; Mercado, Rogelio - 2021

This paper introduces a new index of financial inclusion for 153 advanced, emerging, and developing economies using a comprehensive set of new indicators, grouped into four different dimensions: financial access, usage, financial development, and fintech infrastructure. The fintech...

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Poverty and green economy in South Africa : what is the nexus?

Adeleke, Omolade; Josue, Mbonigaba - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-13

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Natural disasters, public spending, and creative destruction: A case study of the Philippines

Jha, Shikha; Martinez, Arturo; Quising, Pilipinas; … - 2018

Typhoons, floods, and other weather-related shocks can inflict suffering on local populations and create life-threatening conditions for the poor. Yet, natural disasters also present a development opportunity to upgrade capital stock, adopt new technologies, enhance the risk-resiliency of...

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