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The role of foreign banks in post-crisis Asia: the importance of method of entry
Montgomery, Heather - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
This study examines the role of foreign banks in post-crisis Asia, focusing particularly on the four countries most … the data. However, the percentage of assets controlled by foreign banks in Asia is still lower than that of other emerging …, and may be due to the fact that foreign bank entry in Asia is still a very recent phenomenon, and has occurred mostly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278284
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Climate Change, Trade, and Competitiveness: Climate Trade Performance of India, SAARC and Asia Pacific Region
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
identifies India’s performance in CFG trade with other Asian nations. Most of the countries in Asia are importers of climate … China, Hong Kong and Japan, and Asia Pacific region are major exporter of CFG during 2002-2008. Competitiveness of India …, Malaysia and Macao show good in 2008 for SPVS. Japan, Philippines, China, Hong Kong and South Korea have a comparative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113190
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Do Small Farmers Borrow Less when the Lending rate Increases? The Case of Rice Farming in the Philippines
Briones, Roehlano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
an econometric test of this conjecture using data from a survey of small rice farmers from the Philippines. Alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789639
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Urbanisation and Migration: An Analysis of Trends, Patterns and Policies in Asia
Kundu, Amitabh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
in Asia. Increased unaffordability of urban space and basic amenities, negative policy perspective towards migration and …The present paper overviews urbanisation and migration process in Asian countries at macro level since 1950s, including … various rural development pogrammes designed to discourage migration are responsible for this exclusionary urban growth and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559068
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Immigrant Concentration at School and Natives' Achievement : Does the Type of Migrants and Natives Matter?
Bossavie, Laurent - 2017
Using a rich dataset of primary school students in the Netherlands, this paper investigates the heterogeneous effects of immigrant concentration in the classroom on the academic achievement of natives. To identify the treatment effect, it takes advantage of some features of the Dutch primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950369
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Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends, factors, impacts
Martin, Philip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of international migration in the Asia-Pacific region and reviews … internal migration in China. After putting Asia-Pacific migration in a global context, it reviews trends in migration and the … impacts of migrants in the major migrantreceiving countries, patterns of migration and their development impacts in migrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559092
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Eurasian Integration and Its Institutions : Possible Contributions to Security in Eurasia
Vinokurov, Evgeny; Libman, Alexander - 2017
The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014118027
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European Union on the international stage
Sima, Isabela Cristina; Marin, Camelia; Parpandel, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The EU is facing crucial external challenges for its present and future stability, security and prosperity. The instability in the Middle East, terrorism, the global warming and environmental change issue, the world’s growing economic globalization and its outsiders, or the political and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619162
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The global labour standards controversy: critical issues for developing countries
Singh, Ajit; Zammit, Ann - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
Overview For some time now, the governments of a few advanced countries,as well as their unions and some parts of the business sector, have been pressing proposals to establish multilateral rules permitting punitive trade measures to be taken against countries deemed to be failing to uphold core...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259012
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Understanding the case of international labour standards – methodological insights into an ongoing debate
Schmidt, Oliver - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
"By globalization, national economies strengthen their ties towards each other; the same process causes growing interdependence" (Duwendag 2003, p. 119). Internationally agreed standards are regularly called for to guide and direct the process of globalisation. E. g. the German Vice-chancellor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621740