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The desirability of WTO membership for China depends on whether its economic successes have been the result of its … advanced member of WTO. If the experimentalist interpretation of China''s phenomenal growth is correct, then WTO membership is … a negative development because it could be a straitjacket for WTO-enforced institutional harmonisation that would …
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. We exploit the variation in exposure to competition from China, following its accession to the WTO in 2001, across …
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Although the mere observation of saving aggregates might have us believe differently, this article argues that Singapore's sustained high saving performance was far from extraordinary once the country's particular circumstances are econometrically controlled for. Singapore's saving performance...
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The global crisis of 2007-09 affected developing Asia largely through a decline in exports to the developed countries … long term, developing Asia's future is mixed. There is one group of countries with a highly diversified export basket …
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Developing Asia experienced a sharp surge in foreign currency reserves prior to the 2008-9 crisis. The global crisis …
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Developing Asia experienced a sharp surge in foreign currency reserves prior to the 2008-9 crisis. The global crisis …
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This paper examines the evolution of female labor market outcomes from 1987 to 2008 by assessing the role of changing labor demand requirements in four developing countries: Brazil, Mexico, India and Thailand. The results highlight the importance of structural change in reducing gender...
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We evaluate the effect of delivery mechanisms for training provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for both membership and training endogeneity. Training...
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We evaluate the effect of training, in both skill development and human capital, provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results suggest that, in general, training...
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The Asia and the Pacific region has the largest number of family farms in the world. It is home to 60 per cent of the … less than 2 hectares on average, family farmers in Asia and the Pacific produce 80 per cent of the total food needed to …-economic development and well-being of the entire population of Asia and the Pacific. As the reports for the Food and Agriculture …
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