This study examines gender inequality in labor markets in Asia and the Pacific, with a focus on the structural drivers … of women's labor force participation. Demographic survey data indicate that in Asia's lower-income countries, economic …

Poverty and income inequality remain a stubborn challenge in Asia and the Pacific despite the region's rapid economic … expansion in previous decades, which lifted millions out of poverty. Financial inclusion is often considered as a critical … between financial inclusion, poverty, and income inequality at the country level will help policymakers design and implement …

special reference to developing Asia. While the intrinsic value of good governance and institutions as ends of development in … examines where developing Asia stands in various widely used measures of governance/institutional quality relative to the rest …

Developing Asia's infrastructure gap results from both inadequate public resources and a lack of effective channel to … infrastructure gap. However, PPP projects are often at risk of becoming distressed or worst being terminated because of the long …

on the role of monetary and nonmonetary incentives used in selected case studies in developing Asia. It finds that such …

conclusion is that a number of countries in developing Asia have significantly improved their basic infrastructure endowments in …This paper presents the state of infrastructure in developing Asian countries. It applies two distinct approaches … (growth regressions and growth accounting) to analyze the link between infrastructure, growth, and productivity. The main …

financing for infrastructure projects. Our empirical results reconfirm the fact that banks remain the major source of finance … for infrastructure projects. The domestic bond market should be further developed to have depth and liquidity enough to …-term financing to private sector participation in infrastructure investments …

This paper analyzes the equity of opportunity in basic education and infrastructure services in seven developing … distribution of economic benefits. Opportunities to access basic education and infrastructure services in the seven countries vary … capita household expenditure. This suggests that household poverty plays a crucial role in determining equitable access to …

implications for Asia which, despite being the new engine of growth to the world economy, continues to be challenged by the … persistent gap between developments in its financial and real sectors. This paper examines how Asia's financial and economic …, and shallow regional financial markets. The situation compromises Asia's ability to respond to the financial needs of its …

This study examines the potential of remittances for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in Asian countries … poverty rate, but they tend to decrease the poverty gap and thereby ameliorate the depth of poverty. The estimates suggest … that a 10% increase in remittances decreases the poverty gap by about 0.7-1.4%. The paper also explores the robustness of …