productive human capital outflows ought to be considered seriously in Asia. …

investment in Asia and provides an overview of green financial governance initiatives across Asia. It also identifies market … innovations to increase green finance in Asia as well as barriers to green investments and financial policy and highlights …

Asia. It finds broad geographical coverage of RTAs in the Americas, and evidence that these agreements have broadened and … looking to ensure well-functioning RTAs. It suggests that RTAs can encourage broader liberalization in Asia, but some sectors …

capital markets. The main policy implication is that governments in Asia should continue and/or strengthen pension reforms …

study confirm the existence of the bank lending channel in Asia and emphasize the role of credit flows in transmitting … easing programs adopted during 2008–2014) on the Asian credit market. With a focus on cross-border bank lending, we employed … firm-level loan data with regard to the syndicated loan market and measured the international bank lending channel through …

no comparable political and legal integration. Nevertheless, Asia can draw useful lessons from European experiences in …

This paper investigates whether there is any consistency between banks’ financial strength ratings (bank rating) and … they assume and thereby have a low probability of experiencing financial distress. Bank ratings, a measure of a bank …’s intrinsic safety and soundness, should therefore be able to capture the bank’s ability to manage financial distress while …

active pursuit of private investment in infrastructure by most developing countries in Asia and a growing number of success … rather limited in the case of development of cross-border infrastructure in Asia. This study documents that Asian countries …, telecommunication, and water projects. In the context of Asia, too, energy sector projects still dominate the investment scenario. By …