manufacturing in Asia. Our contribution to the emerging literature is twofold. First, we propose a conceptual framework of … servicification. And second, we offer some preliminary evidence of this phenomenon for Asia and measurement proposals to disentangle …

. Furthermore, we find evidence of a major reallocation of labor from agriculture directly to services, bypassing the manufacturing … growth in developing Asia. In services, high-skilled workers have mainly driven labor productivity, indicating that …

industrialization of the PRC economy. We use time-varying spectral methods to decompose the links between seven advanced Asian economies …

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has been undergoing marvelous industrialization and manufacturing development in …

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 …

The agriculture sector in Asia and the Pacific region contributes massively to climate change, as the region has the … largest share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. The region is the largest producer of rice, a major source … use for irrigation) emissions from agriculture. Besides this, a substantial increase in livestock production for meat and …

subregions. Estimations reveal that West Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia have agriculture … the inefficiencies of economic units. Using 2010-2016 panel data on agriculture production and five inputs-land, labor …, capital, fertilizer, and energy-this paper estimates the agriculture production efficiencies of the countries under five Asian …

formally as a lender of last resort in a financial crisis. Europe's experiences should not dissuade Asia from seeking …As Asia considers greater harmonization and integration of its financial systems, it would be well-advised to consider … the experience of Europe, particularly the eurozone. There are many lessons to be drawn from Europe about how to implement …

firewalls in Europe, from bilateral to multilateral financial assistance and from temporary rescue funds to the permanent … lessons for other RFAs, especially for the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralization (CMIM) in East and Southeast Asia. The …

While discussing the enhancement of the connectivity between Europe and Asia, this policy paper explores a new area of … leaders, for example in the Asia-Europe Meeting, might devise appropriate methods that would allow European long … cooperation, which is the use of European long-term investment funds in Asia's infrastructure. We argue that, if Asian countries …