This study considers how education and globalization affect income inequality in Asia, with unbalanced panel data. The … indicates that a higher level of education achieved by the population aged 15 and over has improved income distribution in Asia … levels of globalization are correlated with higher levels of income inequality, while freedom, either political or economic …

policy issues faced by the policymakers in Asia. Recent studies show that East Asia is quite integrated in trade. Financial … deepening trade integration in East Asia indicates that the impact of slowdown in the US economy is not likely to be large …

This paper examines the evolving dynamics between economic globalization and Asian regional interdependence, and asks … between helping themselves and helping the global economy. Asia is striving for modes of regional cooperation that are, on … integration and openness. The main policy findings are that Asia's future standing in an increasingly multi-centered world economy …

globalization, and, while Asia and Europe will lead the process, it will be open to any willing partners. …Europe and Asia followed very different paths to economic integration after 1945. By 2000, an economic union with free … integration agreements were absent from Asia, although countries in East and Southeast Asia were becoming linked in global value …

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 …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA …. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia to be followed by connections …

poverty reduction - in Asia. In exploring this relationship, this study goes beyond defining poverty by the income or … evidence that manufacturing growth has had a bearing on the inclusiveness of growth, especially in Southeast Asia in recent …

I analyze the risks in the banking systems in East Asia using the standard supervisory framework, which assesses … tests indicate that the largest banking systems in East Asia have a total of almost US$1.2 trillion in Tier 1 capital and a …

With the global economy still in recession, two important questions arise for Asia: how soon will the recession end … Asia in order to shed light on these issues. Several important stylized facts emerge from this study: (i) recessions … norm, suggesting that the current recession could have been even costlier and more drawn out had Asia's banks not entered …