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An impact evaluation of investment in infrastructure: The case of the railway connection in Uzbekistan
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Abidhadjaev, Umid - 2015
The objective of this paper is to examine the nature and magnitude of the effects of infrastructure provision on regional economic performance. The empirical evidence of our analysis is based on difference-in-difference estimation linking the changes in the growth rate of regional-level economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526670
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The "highway effect" on public finance: Case of the STAR highway in the Philippines
Yoshino, Naoyuki; Pontines, Victor - 2015
In this study, we examine the impact of the STAR highway located in Batangas province, Philippines, on the public finance of the cities and municipalities through which it directly passes. Specifically, we exploit a unique, disaggregated dataset on tax (property and business taxes) as well as...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540321
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965580
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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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Rural growth, food security, and poverty alleviation in developing Asian countries
Balisacan, Arsenio M. - 1996
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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