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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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This paper reviews recent state interventions in financial crises and draws lessons for crisis management. A number of areas are identified where crisis management could be strengthened, including with regard to the tools and instruments used to involve the private sector in crisis resolution...
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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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This paper discusses the role of state intervention for prevention, containment, and resolution of financial crises based mainly on the Korean experience during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Crises in emerging market and developing economies tend to be more complicated than those faced by...
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preventing and mitigating financial crises? This paper reviews and compares the experiences of Europe and Asia, which have taken … this background, the crisis is a wake-up call for further progress on monetary integration in Asia along the lines of the …
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It is widely believed that the practice of securitization is one of the causes that led to the 2007-08 financial crisis. In this paper, I show that securitized products such as collateralized debt obligations (CDO) are particularly vulnerable to systematic risk and tend to show higher tail risk....
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In this paper, we examine capital account openness and exchange rate flexibility in 11 Asian economies. Asia has made …
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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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Asia faces very large infrastructure funding demands, estimated at around US$750 billion per year for energy, transport …, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 2010-2020 (ADB/ADBI 2009). Asia has large savings, significant international reserves … topics: First, what are the lessons for Asia from the European Union's experience of developing and integrating financial …
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