This paper studies the experience of regulatory reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Thailand and Malaysia. It … explores the trends of regulatory reforms relating to the creation of privatization, liberalization, and competition. The paper … Thailand and Malaysia. It argues that, while having active plans for regulatory reforms, the implementation of these reforms …

Infrastructure plays a key role in facilitating trade, especially since recent trade liberalization in Asia has … resulted in significant tariff reductions. This study quantifies the impacts of both hard and soft infrastructure on trade … improvements in transport infrastructure (i.e., the road density network, air transport, railways, ports, and logistics) have …

strengthening Asia's regional infrastructure. … infrastructure. The empirical results indicate that governance and institutions are crucial for regional infrastructure development …: every one point improvement in governance results in a 1 to 1.5 point rise in regional infrastructure. Countries (and …

exports now come from East Asia. Strong infrastructure underpinnings have often been cited as a major factor contributing to …. Overall quantity and quality of infrastructure services remain uneven both across, and within, countries in the Asian region …. Strong investment in infrastructure is needed to support continuing efforts to achieve overall growth as well as poverty …

Infrastructure services, from both hard and soft infrastructure, play a vital role in facilitating Asia's export …-led growth by keeping the prices of delivered goods in export markets competitive. Efficient infrastructure services lower … supply chains and distribution networks for producers. Asia's trade patterns are characterized by a high degree of …

impacts of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) corridors and the Trans-Caspian International … landlocked regions like Central Asia. Through scenario-based simulations, we find that economic impacts are not spatially limited …

This paper aims to identify the role of digitalization and infrastructure in two fast-growing Asian economies, namely … NARDL technique. The results show that internet and mobile density (a proxy for telecommunication infrastructure …, per capita electricity power consumption (a proxy for electricity infrastructure), research and development expenditure …

cooperation, which is the use of European long-term investment funds in Asia's infrastructure. We argue that, if Asian countries … generate higher returns from infrastructure investments in Asia, which will also be beneficial for European countries. This …While discussing the enhancement of the connectivity between Europe and Asia, this policy paper explores a new area of …

One of the main challenges in low-income Asia and the Pacific countries is users' willingness to pay for water services … effects of water supply infrastructure, including spillover effects or externalities, the impacts are significant. One of the … spillover effects of the development of water supply infrastructure could be the development of the region by inviting new …

trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the … under negotiation or in force. In this regard, Asia and the Pacific has developed a rapidly evolving regional economic … Economic Partnership (or ASEAN+6 RCEP), as well as the putative Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which …