The study examines the empirical evidence and options for decoupling Asia from the US and EU markets. First, it …

proponents of the decoupling hypothesis argue that emerging markets have made significant progress in reducing external … globalization, namely rising trade and financial integration, raises business cycle synchronisation. We find that decoupling is a …

The decoupling hypothesis is the idea that business cycles in emerging market economies have become more independent … from business cycles in advanced economies in recent years. Decoupling essentially amounts to a structural break in the … approaches point to the same conclusion: there has been no decoupling in recent years. In fact, the degree of business cycle …

average income across countries. Consequently, the paper recommends the need to build the resilience of vulnerable populations …

A recent set of case studies on resilience of ecocultures forms the basis for our review of and comment on the … resilience literature. We note the diversity of definitions of resilience and the confusion this creates in implementing … resilience studies. We develop a synthesis view that establishes a framework for defining resilience in an implementable way …