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Critical evaluation of cross-border infrastructure projects in Asia
Fujimura, Manabu; Adhikari, Ramesh - 2010
This paper attempts to fill gaps faced by policymakers and practitioners in the evaluation of cross-border infrastructure projects. It first defines what constitutes cross-border infrastructure projects, and then outlines an analytical framework and criteria to evaluate them. The criteria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983461
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Asia-Latin America free trade agreements : an instrument for inter-regional liberalization and integration
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Ramizo, Dorothea; Burmeister, Luca - 2012
Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the … early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America FTAs have facilitated market-led integration … by liberalizing trade and behind the border regulatory barriers. Overall Asia-Latin America FTAs provide the foundations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621728
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Dealing with quantitative easing spillovers in East Asia : the role of institutions and macroprudential policy
Saiki, Ayako; Pornpinun Chantapacdepong; Volz, Ulrich - 2016
This paper explores the impact of advanced countries' quantitative easing on emerging market economies (EMEs) and how macroprudential policy and good governance play a role in preventing potential financial vulnerabilities. We used confidential locational bank statistics data from the Bank for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561633
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Regional integration in the Americas : state of play, lessons, and ways forward
Estevadeordal, Antoni; Shearer, Matthew; Suominen, Kati - 2011
Asia. It finds broad geographical coverage of RTAs in the Americas, and evidence that these agreements have broadened and … looking to ensure well-functioning RTAs. It suggests that RTAs can encourage broader liberalization in Asia, but some sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936384
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Why are Latin American crises deeper than those in Emerging Asia, including that of COVID-19?
García Herrero, Alicia - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged global economies with unparalleled negative shock. Asia and Latin America have … America and Asia, such as the Latin American balance-of-payment crisis in the 1980s and a number of Latin American banking … challenged with worse debt dynamics and more limited access to dollar liquidity. Asia, instead, seems to have developed a much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012490544
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Evaluating impacts of cross-border transport infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion : three approaches
Fujimura, Manabu - 2017
This paper presents three approaches to the evaluation of cross-border transport infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). First, it estimates benefit-cost ratios for selected segments of economic corridors. The results indicate differing degrees of economic viability among different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011707350
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Urbanization and rural development in the People's Republic of China
Chen, Zhao; Lu, Ming; Ni, Pengtu - 2016
This paper presents research findings on how urbanization enhances productivity and economic growth in both urban and rural sectors. Through agglomeration effects, employment opportunities and income levels can largely increase. In addition, the mechanisms of sharing, matching, and learning are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011553249
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Rural development in Bangladesh over four decades : findings from Mahabub Hossain Panel Data and the way forward
Malek, Mohammad Abdul; Kikkawa, Aiko; Azad, Abul Kalam; … - 2022
The Mahabub Hossain Panel Data (MHPD) was initiated in 1988 and maintained by and named after the late Dr. Mahabub Hossain, a well-known agricultural and development economist who led a number of reputed organizations in Bangladesh (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and BRAC) and in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013475389
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Navigating WASH challenges in rural areas : peer effects and infrastructure
Kapsalyamova, Zhanna; Karymshakov, Kamalbek; … - 2024
Despite the well-documented benefits of improved sanitation and washing facilities, a considerable number of people, even in middle-income countries, still lack access to modern sanitation and home-based bathing facilities. This paper leverages household budget survey data from two Central Asian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470756
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Impacts of free trade agreements on business activity in Asia : the case of Japan
Hirastuka, Daisuke; Sato, Hitoshi; Isono, Ikumo - 2009
Free trade agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia in recent years. As of December 2008, eight bilateral FTAs … pressing issue for Japanese firms because Japanese firms have expanded overseas, particularly into the rest of Asia, which has … contributed to the formation of production networks in East Asia. There have been numerous ex ante studies on the impacts of FTAs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901391