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In this paper, we test the effect of weather shocks and floods on urban social disorder for a panel of large cities in developing countries. We focus on a particular mechanism, namely the displacement of population into (large) cities. We test this hypothesis using a novel dataset on...
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Using a case study approach, this research explores the various potential limiting factors of climate change adaptation, based on the experience of four low-lying islands in central Philippines. In the aftermath of the 2013 7.2-magnitude Bohol earthquake, the islands now become flooded even...
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This study examines the effects of capital account restrictions on capital flows in nine Asian economies over the period 1995-2005 using panel regressions with fixed effects. The results show that capital controls significantly affect capital flows when such flows are disaggregated by asset type...
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conclusion is that a number of countries in developing Asia have significantly improved their basic infrastructure endowments in …
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commonality through return and volatility. Cross-market liquidity commonality in Asia increased significantly during and after the …
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While developing Asia has recovered strongly from the global crisis, the region faces the medium- and long … Asia's growth. Our results also confirm the relevance of supply-side factors, in particular human capital and openness to … trade, for developing Asia's medium- and long-term growth. The overarching implication for policy makers is that supply …
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of developing Asia, compared to the world average. The findings from panel instrumental variable regression confirm … of developing Asia, where this effect appears to be strongest. By contrast, domestic trade potential represented by … country size is found to be less relevant a factor in explaining the rise in income of developing Asia. In light of a likely …
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In this paper, we analyze the determinants of the domestic saving rate in developing Asia during 1966-2007 and find … project future trends in domestic saving rates in developing Asia for 2011-2030 based on our estimation results, and find that … the aging of the population will be the main determinant of future trends in domestic saving rates in developing Asia …
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This study reviews and analyzes the changes in total factor productivity (TFP) growth in 12 Asian economies – the People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; India; Indonesia; the Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Pakistan; the Philippines; Singapore; Taipei, China; Thailand; and Viet Nam – for the...
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Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA … encourage a regionwide FTA. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia …
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