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Regional Trade Agreements and Enterprises in Southeast Asia
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2013
This paper undertakes a comparative and firm-level analysis of the impact of regional trade agreements (RTAs) in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It finds that firm-heterogeneity matters in RTA use. Acquiring knowledge about RTAs, building technological capabilities, and membership of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073688
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Seaborne Trade between South Asia and Southeast Asia
Wignall, David - 2014
This paper examines the seaports responsible for handling the majority of trade around the Bay of Bengal and identifies the projects that will enable trade and contribute to improving maritime infrastructure. It reviews the nature, potential evolution, and primary types of maritime trade around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039700
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Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in Three Southeast Asian Countries Using Ordinal Variables
Berenger, Valérie - 2017
The primary objective of this paper is to highlight the contribution of the recent methodological refinements of poverty measures based on counting approaches using ordinal variables to the understanding of the evolution of poverty in Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Using the general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966421
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Mobile-Assisted Language Teaching : A Systematic Review with Implications for Southeast Asia
Maliphol, Sira - 2022
Like the rest of the world, COVID-19 created a sudden move to online modes of learning in Southeast Asia that …—the workers in the educational service sector—affected by technological change? Education systems in Southeast Asia can benefit … consider the implications for educational contexts in Southeast Asia. The different strategies that are employed with ICT and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014077698
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Myanmar: The key link between South Asia and Southeast Asia
Florento, Hector; Corpuz, Maria Isabela - 2014
Southeast Asia on the other. It also discusses the importance of new deep-sea ports in creating alternative shipping routes … these gaps can be addressed will depend on the costs and benefits. South Asia-Southeast Asia connectivity can only be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011311002
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Trade in Health Products : Reducing Trade Barriers for Better Health
Helble, Matthias - 2017
Trade in health products has been flourishing in recent years as the demand for better health has been growing throughout the world. At the same time, trade in health products is hampered by substantive trade barriers. In this paper, we present evidence that countries around the world still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958269
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Exploring Access and Equity in Malaysia’s Private Higher Education
Tham, Siew-Yean - 2011
Private higher education institutions (PrHEIs) are utilized to complement public provision due to financial constraints faced in public provision. However, increasing private provision has raised interesting questions as to who gets educated in these PrHEIs. Is increasing private supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183214
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What is the role of social pensions in Asia?
Barrientos, Armando - 2012
Rapid population ageing and economic transformation in Asia raise the policy challenge of ensuring income security in … schemes in Asia, informed by insights from theory and international experience. The paper identifies alternative forms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397227
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Growth of Asian pension assets: Implications for financial and capital markets
Hu, Yuwei - 2012
capital markets. The main policy implication is that governments in Asia should continue and/or strengthen pension reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397236
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Asia-Latin America free trade agreements: An instrument for inter-regional liberalization and integration
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Ramizo, Dorothea; Burmeister, Luca - 2012
Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the … early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America FTAs have facilitated market-led integration … by liberalizing trade and behind the border regulatory barriers. Overall Asia-Latin America FTAs provide the foundations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397259