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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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Market access and firm performance: Evidence based on GIS analysis of road network and manufacturing-plant-level data from India
Sharma, Somnath; Kant, Shashi; Mishra, Ranjeeta; … - 2022
This paper investigates whether better access to markets through an improved road network plays a role in improving the profitability of firms in India. We construct a district-level market access index using Indian road network shapefiles, district boundaries, and nightlight raster images and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014303065
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Fiscal policy coordination in Asia: East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund
Zainal Abidin, Mahani - 2010
East Asian countries were seriously affected by the 2008 global crisis through a steep fall in exports. This experience exposed the vulnerability of the East Asian growth model and emphasized the importance of generating regional growth by expanding domestic demand and enlarging intra-regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286149
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Fiscal Policy Coordination in Asia : East Asian Infrastructure Investment Fund
Abidin, Mahani Zainal - 2010
East Asian countries were seriously affected by the 2008 global crisis through a steep fall in exports. This experience exposed the vulnerability of the East Asian growth model and emphasized the importance of generating regional growth by expanding domestic demand and enlarging intra-regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192737
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An Empirical Evidence and Proposal on the Spillover Effects of Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure in India
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Siregar, Tifani; Agarwal, Deepanshu; … - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of information and communication technology (ICT) not only for the economy but also for human well-being. However, the investment gap in ICT infrastructure has been growing and is expected to reach more than $30 billion by 2040. We argue that one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014077691
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Rural growth, food security, and poverty alleviation in developing Asian countries
Balisacan, Arsenio M. - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000976720
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807468
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Service Sector Productivity and Economic Growth in Asia
Lee, Jong-Wha - 2014
This paper explores the impacts of more rapid growth in labor productivity in the service sector in Asia based on an empirical general equilibrium model. The model allows for input-output linkages and capital movements across industries and economies, and consumption and investment dynamics. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050277
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Is there economic convergence in Asia?
Canlas, Dante B. - 2020
This paper opens up a study of economic convergence in Asia. This convergence refers to the ability of developing … developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank. The study supports conditional convergence but not absolute … convergence. That is the lagging economies can catch up with the leading economies provided the former can adopt advanced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233447
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Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on Small and Medium Enterprises in the People's Republic of China
Liu, Xiangfeng - 2010
This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of the impacts of the global financial crisis on the People's Republic of China's (PRC's) small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It also provides relevant policy suggestions at the end. First, this paper reviews the impacts of the 1997 Asian financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142000