This paper explores the impacts of more rapid growth in labor productivity in the service sector in Asia based on an … economies, and consumption and investment dynamics. We find that faster productivity growth in the service sector in Asia …

subregions. Estimations reveal that West Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia have agriculture … frameworks, an annual emission of 384.5 megatons of CO2eq GHG could have been reduced in Asia while keeping the production at the … current level. The potential reduction of emissions equals 16.8% of Asia's total emissions originating from agricultural …

the late 1990s. The paper concludes that for ASEAN middle-income countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and …

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 …

The developing economies of Asia are confronted by serious environmental problems that threaten to undermine future … across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030: water management, air pollution, deforestation and land degradation … presented to illustrate the complexity and significance of Asia's environmental challenges, and also their nature as wicked …

currency and foreign currency liquidity in the corporate sector, as foreign banks withdrew investments from Asia. Furthermore …, Asia needs large quantities of capital (US$750 billion per year for 2010-2020) to develop infrastructure connectivity … Asia include the size of an economy, the stage of economic development, the openness of an economy, the size of the banking …

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 … international gains will depend on Asia's willingness to make serious advances in regional collective action and global leadership …