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Unlocking inclusive growth : the nexus of digitalization, formalization, and global value chains

Upalat Korwatanasakul - 2024

This study explores the nexus of digitalization, formalization, and global value chain (GVC) participation, providing … digitalization on enterprise formalization and GVC participation have been inferred without sufficient empirical support, while few … studies have examined the reciprocal impact of formalization on GVC participation. Utilizing probit and tobit estimations with …

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Appropriate economic space for transnational infrastructural projects : gateways, multimodal corridors, and special economic zones

Rimmer, Peter James; Dick, Howard W. - 2010

This study addresses three questions that arise in Asia when formulating, financing, implementing, and maintaining transnational linkages versus purely domestic connections. Firstly, how is optimal economic space to be defined as a useful starting point? Secondly, how can relevant criteria be...

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Social factors affecting women's susceptibility to HIV in India

Lall, Priya - 2014

India is the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia. Previous research indicates that the majority of HIV-positive women in India were infected by their husbands, their only sexual partner, which makes them difficult identify as a high-risk population. This paper seeks to assess social...

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Housing policies for Asia : a theoretical analysis by use of a demand and supply model

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Helble, Matthias; Aizawa, Toshiaki - 2015

The main objective of this paper is to give an overview of the most commonly used housing policies and to illustrate their economic impact. To facilitate the analysis, we first introduce a simple two-period housing demand model for owner-occupied houses and rental houses. We then add a standard...

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Real estate valuation, current account, and credit growth patterns before and after the 2008 - 2009 crisis

Aizenman, Joshua; Jinjarak, Yothin - 2013

This paper explores the stability of the key conditioning variables accounting for real estate valuation before and after the crisis of 2008 - 2009, in a panel of 36 countries, for the period of 2005:I - 2012:IV, recognizing the incidence of global financial crisis. Our paper validates the...

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The housing market and housing policies in Japan

Kobayashi, Masahiro - 2016

Housing policies in Japan after World War II were focused on the quantitative supply of houses with a wide range of targeted groups and public rental houses. The Japan Housing Corporation (now the Urban Renaissance Agency) and the Government Housing Loan Corporation (now the Japan Housing...

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Housing policies in Singapore

Phang, Sock-yong; Helble, Matthias - 2016

Singapore has developed a unique housing system, with three-quarters of its housing stock built by the Housing & Development Board (HDB) and homeownership financed through Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings. As a result, the country's homeownership rate of 90% is one of the highest among...

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Housing markets and housing policies in India

Tiwari, Piyush; Rao, Jyoti - 2016

Issues of housing in India are synonymous with ignorance of housing in active government involvement at the policy and program formulation levels. They are also due to the problems that unplanned urbanization, income disparity, poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment brought. These issues...

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Housing policies in Hong Kong, China and the People's Republic of China

Li, Jing - 2016

This paper analyzes the housing markets and housing policies in Hong Kong, China and the People's Republic of China (PRC). Both markets face housing affordability problems due to limited land supply, for which the solutions vary considerably. Hong Kong, China has adopted a railway and property...

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Housing policies in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the United States : lessons learned

Hilber, Christian; Schöni, Olivier - 2016

We provide an analysis of the housing market and current housing policies in three developed countries: the United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and the United States (US). We focus on these three countries mainly due to the marked differences in their institutional settings. The UK is...

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