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Digital trade facilitation: Paperless trade in regional trade agreements
Duval, Yann; Mengjing, Kong - 2017
Digital trade facilitation refers to the application of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) to simplify and automate international trade procedures. It is rapidly becoming essential to maintaining trade competitiveness and enabling effective participation in cross-border...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852977
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Audiovisual Services in Korea : Market Development and Policies
Song, Yeongkwan - 2020
This paper reviews economic development and the regulatory environment of audiovisual services in the Republic of Korea … (hereafter, Korea). The paper specifically examines motion pictures and broadcasting, and discusses what drives or hinders the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857279
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Financial inclusion, regulation, and literacy in Uzbekistan
Ahunov, Muzaffar - 2018
The level of financial inclusion in Uzbekistan remains low: the majority of households and firms, rather than using formal finance, save and borrow informally, and few use digital finance products. Both indicate the high cost of finance as the top reason for not using it. Secondly, households,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944242
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Service sector productivity and economic growth in Asia
Lee, Jong-Wha; McKibbin, Warwick J. - 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/10011310986
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Why do SMEs not borrow more from banks? Evidence from the People's Republic of China and Southeast Asia
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Jinjarak, Yothin - 2015
This study examines the relationship between firm characteristics and borrowing from commercial banks by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and five Southeast Asian economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam). Analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011311009
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The middle-income transition around the globe: Characteristics of graduation and slowdown
Vandenberg, Paul; Poot, Lilibeth; Miyamoto, Jeffrey - 2015
The paper investigates the situation of middle-income economies around the world. Since 1965, only 18 economies with a population of more than 3 million and not dependent on oil exports have made the transition to being high income. Many more have not been able to move beyond the middle-income...
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The Republic of Korea's economic growth and catch-up: Implications for the People's Republic of China
Lee, Jong-Wha - 2016
This study investigates the economic growth and catch-up of the Republic of Korea over the past half-century. The gap … of output per worker between the Republic of Korea and United States has decreased rapidly, as the Republic of Korea … conditional convergence theory. Cross-country regression further suggests that the Republic of Korea's catch-up to the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653773
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Manufacturing as the key engine of economic growth for middle-income economies
Su, Dan; Yao, Yang - 2016
This paper revisits the role of the manufacturing sector during the middle-income stage. By exploiting a large dataset that covers internationally comparable sectoral information, we prove that the manufacturing sector is imbued with three important characteristics. First, for middle-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653775
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Urbanization and rural development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao; Lu, Ming; Ni, Pengtu - 2016
This paper presents research findings on how urbanization enhances productivity and economic growth in both urban and rural sectors. Through agglomeration effects, employment opportunities and income levels can largely increase. In addition, the mechanisms of sharing, matching, and learning are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653798
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Openness and urbanization: The case of the People's Republic of China
Lo, Chu-Ping - 2016
Urbanization usually occurs with structural transformation driven by a "push" from agricultural productivity growth and a "pull" from industrial productivity growth, and usually the former exceeds the latter. This paper presents a simple model to illustrate how the open policy in the People's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688620