Since 1950, the economies of East Asia grew rapidly but received little inter-national capital, while Latin America … flows. We develop a DSGE model of Asia, Latin America, and the Rest ofthe World that features an open-economy business cycle …

This paper investigates sources and determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing Asia using … FDI inflows to developing Asia in recent years, with Japan being the single largest investor. Intra-developing Asian flows … economies from the rest of the Asia and Pacific region, compared to those from nonregional OECD economies, with an emphasis on …

Asia and the Pacific, and particularly for emerging Asian economies, which are heavily dependent on imported energy and … resources. Acknowledging this fact, individual governments in Asia have recently been taking effective actions in the form of … capital, some of which are very specific to developing Asia. Different sector policies - such as in trade and environment …

This paper characterizes the capital flows in Asia before and after the Asian currency crisis of 1997. Differences in …

Europe and Asia followed very different paths to economic integration after 1945. By 2000, an economic union with free … integration agreements were absent from Asia, although countries in East and Southeast Asia were becoming linked in global value …-called WTO+ issues). The outcome will be greater economic integration in Europe and Asia of countries seeking to benefit from …

This paper examines the effect of institutions on macrofinancial resilience in Asia. Focusing on a panel of 12 Asian …

portfolio equity and debt investment flows are negatively related to total factor productivity (TFP) in developing Asia, thereby … direct investment, although we find that there is no direct allocation puzzle in developing Asia, financial development can …