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Financial education in Asia : assessment and recommendations

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Morgan, Peter J.; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2015

This paper assesses the case for promoting financial education in Asia. It argues that the benefits of investing in financial education can be substantial. Data are limited, but indicate low financial literacy scores for selected Asian countries. As economies develop, access to financial...

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ASEAN education cooperation : an assessment of the education divide and measuring the potential impact of its elimination

Basu Das, Sanchita; Narayanan, Badri - 2022

Quality education is a key determinant for ASEAN's aspiration to be a single market and production base and to attract foreign investment. However, the region is characterized by an education divide in terms of quality and output, and this is likely to increase in the post-COVID-19 period. A...

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Illusion of gender parity in education : intrahousehold resource allocation in Bangladesh

Xu, Sijia; Shonchoy, Abu; Fujii, Tomoki - 2019

One of the targets of the Millennium Development Goals−gender parity in all levels of education−is widely considered to have been attained. However, measuring gender parity only through school enrollment is misleading, as girls may lag behind boys in other educational measures. We...

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The impact of improved transport connectivity on income, education, and health : the case of the roll-on/roll-off system in the Philippines

Francisco, Kris A.; Helble, Matthias - 2017

This paper studies the impacts of providing an efficient and affordable transport system within a country through the experience of the Philippines. In 2003 the roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) policy was implemented to provide an integrated mode of inter-island transfer. We offer three analyses that...

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Compulsory kindergarten education and early-teenage literacy in the Philippines

Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Francisco, Kris A. - 2023

We assessed the impact of compulsory kindergarten education on early-teenage basic and functional literacy skills achievement using a large-scale natural experiment in the Philippines. In 2012, the Philippine government mandated compulsory kindergarten attendance for children aged five years or...

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Building education resilience through parenting style and out-of-school learning : field experimental evidence from rural Bangladesh

Hassan, Md. Hashibul; Islam, Asad; Kayes, Imrul; Wang, … - 2024

Parents can play a crucial role in children's learning, particularly when children are out of school or during times of school closures. In this study, we evaluate the impacts of two distance educational interventions, which directly involved parents and were delivered via basic mobile phones,...

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Thailand's economic integration with neighboring countries and possible connectivity with South Asia

Suthiphand Chirathivat; Kornkarun Cheewatrakoolpong - 2015

Thailand's increasing importance as a regional co-production base and as an intra-regional trade and border trade hub … Thailand's intra-regional trade, physical connectivity, trade facilitation, energy cooperation, and infrastructure funding as … there are projects planned in these areas that could impact Thailand and its links to Southeast Asia and beyond to South …

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Dynamic effect of a change in the exchange rate system : from a fixed regime to a basket-peg or a floating regime

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Kaji, Sahoko; Asonuma, Tamon - 2015

Thailand and find that a small open country would be better off shifting to a basket peg or to a floating regime than …

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Thailand's growth rebalancing

Jitsuchon, Somchai; Chalongphob Sussangkarn - 2009

This paper reviews Thailand's structural changes, the 1997 crisis experience, and recovery and lessons from the crisis … recovery from the 1997 crisis left Thailand more dependent than ever on exports as the main engine of growth, with the ratio of … learned from the 1997 crisis led to a more risk-averse financial system, and this helped Thailand avoid the direct impacts of …

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The costs of achieving the millennium development goals through adopting organic agriculture

Markandya, Anil; Setboonsarng, Sununtar; Hui, Qiao Yu; … - 2010

case studies: Wanzai, PRC; Wuyuan, PRC; Kandy, Sri Lanka; and Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The results show considerable …

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