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the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture … to "end hunger" and "achieve food security and improved nutrition," while promoting "sustainable agriculture." Lifting …
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It has taken two crises - the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 and the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 - for the international community to seriously focus on the reform of the international financial architecture for crisis prevention, management and resolution. Facing the global...
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development banks in the area of development finance). Asia could contribute to this transformation by building effective …
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is becoming - one long-term response to the crisis by Asia's emerging economies. In the long run, sustainable economic … commercial and industrial enterprises in developing Asian states, particularly in Asia's more advanced developing economies. …
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This study evaluates infrastructure investment and finance in Asia from a global perspective. It provides an overview … on infrastructure needs and the various sources of private finance, globally and within Asia, and creates a "bigger … domestic product. The picture is expectedly not uniform across Asia, but some interesting features emerge from global …
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new regional institutions that Asia needs to establish to contribute to this evolving global economic architecture. …
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Basel III capital adequacy rules are likely to have limited impacts on economic growth in Asia, but other financial …
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In order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Asian countries are trying to realize the potential of energy innovation. However, several structural issues might deter the expected impact of energy innovation on GHG emissions. Given the...
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effect in Asia on driving private investment in renewable energy, particularly from asset finance compared with other funding … sources. The impact of FITs in Asia is also greater than that of the global sample. The impact of FITs is amplified in the … presence of lower regulatory quality, which may be related to ease of market entry. We also find an important role in Asia for …
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