structures can effectively facilitate voice in fragile states. Cambodia's unusual social protection trajectory offers some …

This paper aims to depict the post-Second World War poverty and inequality trends in Asia, its sub-regions, and … inequality in Asia. Analytical results confirm significant reductions in poverty across the board due to fast growth, although … the benign effect of growth on poverty was offset by worsening distribution in many economies. Looking ahead, Asia is …

macroeconomic outcomes on poverty rates. With regard to policy, the study examines the changes that took place in 1997-98, and then … acceleration of output growth and employment creation, and contributed to reducing poverty rates. …

-door policy of successive communism/socialism regimes. Since 1993 Cambodia has embraced a market economy heavily dependent on …

markets. Using data on the population of all firms in Cambodia we investigate the pattern of firm clustering and explore the …

One feature of exporting firms in Cambodia is that they are not of domestic origin but are foreign firms that export … from the moment they are established in Cambodia. In this paper we examine the extent to which the presence of foreign …

countries. Rwanda and Cambodia display different patterns of national ownership and different ways of accommodating the ideal of …

This paper analyses the dramatic spread of education and healthcare in Asia and also the large variations in that …

Using a comparative frame that draws on the variation of developmental trajectories in Asia from Northeast Asia to … China to Southeast Asia and to India, this paper explores the changing role of the state in these countries and the … possibilities for state action in Asia have been shaped by geo-political context and colonial heritage. We analyse the ways in which …

jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Latin America, and sub …