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Role of regional cooperation and integration in improving energy insecurity in South Asia

Sarker, Tapan; Hossain, Shanawez; Islam, K. M. Nazmul - 2020

Energy security affects national security as well as the availability, extraction, and utilization of natural resources like water, agriculture land, and mining resources. Therefore, energy security is a nation's ability to meet the energy needs of its inhabitants uninterruptedly at an...

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Prospects for monetary cooperation in East Asia

Pak, Yŏng-chŏl; Song, Chi-young - 2011

maintain a weakly managed floating regime. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been fostering the yuan as an international … (ASEAN); Hong Kong, China; the PRC; and Taipei, China. Japan has shown less interest in assuming a greater role in East Asia …

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Is there really a renminbi bloc in Asia?

Kawai, Masahiro; Pontines, Victor - 2014

This paper examines whether the renminbi (RMB) has supplanted the US dollar as the major anchor currency in the currency baskets of East Asian economies. First, we systematically demonstrate that existing techniques to address the problem of severe multicollinearity in estimations of the...

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How do FTAs affect exporting firms in Thailand?

Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Olfindo, Rosechin; Wisarn Pupphavesa; … - 2010

Thailand - an outward-oriented regional production hub - is one of East Asia's most active users of free trade … agreements (FTAs) as an instrument of commercial policy. By December 2009, Thailand had 11 concluded FTAs, and more were either … systematic study of the business impact of FTAs in Thailand. Key findings are as follows: (i) 24.9% of respondents used Thai FTAs …

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Asian FTAs : trends and challenges

Kawai, Masahiro; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2009

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA) activity. This has sparked concerns about the negative effects of Asian FTAs, including the "noodle bowl" problem. Amid slow progress in the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Doha...

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EU-Asia free trade areas? : economic and policy considerations

Plummer, Michael G. - 2010

In this paper, we analyzed key aspects of the changing economic relationship between the European Union (EU) and Asia, and explored the potential economic ramifications of deeper EU-Asian economic cooperation. We also investigated the possible costs to the EU of remaining "disengaged" from the...

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Imperatives of regional economic integration in Asia in the context of developmental asymmetries : some policy suggestions

Upendra Das, Ram - 2009

Regional economic integration agreements are considered to be important policy mechanisms to address regional developmental asymmetries. The Asian reality is characterized by developmental asymmetries across countries on the one hand and a lack of comprehensive pan-Asian formal regional economic...

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Global and regional shocks : challenges to Asian economies

Shin, Kwanho - 2008

Two major economic problems are currently shadowing Asian economies. On the one hand, the slowdown in the US economy, ignited by the subprime mortgage crisis, may not be confined to the US region and may affect Asian countries as well. On the other hand, the recent fuel and food price increases,...

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Restoring the Asian Silk Route : toward an integrated Asia

Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; De, Prabir - 2009

Until the 13th century, the ancient Silk Route of Asia was the world's most important cross-border artery, at a time when Asia was a major trade and economic center of the world. The "Silk Road" refers to an extensive pan-Asia interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent...

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Institutions for Asian integration : innovation and reform

Capannelli, Giovanni; Tan, See Seng - 2012

. Asia's institutions for regionalism need strengthening through reform and innovation such as better governance and …

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