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Transactions : A New Look at Service Sector Foreign Direct Investment in Asia
Kirkegaard, Jacob F. - 2013
This paper presents new micro-level data consisting of individual greenfield investment projects and mergers and acquisitions as a source for detailed analysis of service sector cross-border investment flows among the Asian Development Bank (ADB) regional members. The new transactional foreign...
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Developing the Service Sector as Engine of Growth for Asia : An Overview
Noland, Marcus - 2013
service sector, has made service sector development a top priority for developing Asia. Our central objective is to broadly …
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The Service Sector in Asia : Is It an Engine of Growth?
Park, Donghyun - 2013
The underdeveloped service sector in Asia has the potential to become a new engine of economic growth for developing … Asia, which has traditionally relied on export-oriented manufacturing to power its growth. The central objective of this … role of the service sector as an engine of growth in Asia. However, some Asian countries where the service sector is …
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The Service Sector in Lower-Income Asian Economies
Estrada, Gemma Bolotaulo; Acharya, Yubraj; Batten, Aaron; … - 2013
In the past 10 years, the service sector has been a significant contributor to overall economic growth in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam. Sector growth has been supported by strong industrial growth in some while in others the critical factors have been...
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Female Labor Force Participation in Asia : Indonesia Country Study
Schaner, Simone - 2016
This paper uses over 20 years of data from Indonesia's labor force survey to study trends in female labor force participation (FLFP). We find that younger women in urban areas have increased their labor force participation in recent years, largely through wage employment, while younger women in...
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Gender and the Total Work of Older Workers in Asia
Donehower, Gretchen - 2023
In Asia, aging countries with slow population growth worry about a lack of workers in the futureand see older people …
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Effects of Trade and Services Liberalization on Wage Inequality in India
Mehta, Aashish - 2011
We examine the effects of trade and services liberalization on wage inequality in India. We find that labor reallocations and wage shifts attributable to liberalization account for at most 29% of the increase in inequality between 1993 and 2004, and that effects of services reforms are many...
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Performance of the Service Sector in the Republic of Korea : An Empirical Investigation
Park, Donghyun - 2013
There is a widespread perception that the Republic of Korea's service sector lags behind its dynamic world-class manufacturing sector. We empirically analyze the past performance of the Republic of Korea's service sector in order to assess its prospects as an engine of growth. Our analysis...
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Leveraging Service Sector Growth in the Philippines
Mitra, Raja Mikael - 2013
The Philippines is often referred to as a country from which export of services rather than manufactured goods is the principal engine for economic growth, as the share of the service sector in gross domestic product has exceeded that of the industry sector since the mid-1980s. Three major...
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A Turning Point for the Service Sector in Thailand
Koonnathamdee, Pracha - 2013
Although Thailand's service sector accounts for almost half of the national income and has a major stake in national employment, its contribution to the growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) fluctuates. Moreover, the share of the service sector in GDP is decreasing while many developed...
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