The Islamic finance industry has grown substantially in Asia over the last 2 decades. The Muslim populations in … different Asian countries, especially in Southeast Asia, are increasing. Rapid Muslim population growth and improving living …, investors from the Middle East and Asia are increasingly seeking to invest in products that are in line with their religious …

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 …

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 …

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 …

international trade and inequality; and third, the links between infrastructure and inequality. Both international trade and … infrastructure make it easier for people to exchange goods and services and to increase income by allowing specialization, economies … constitutes a challenge. However, the answer should not be to eschew opening up the economy or building infrastructure, but to do …

This paper examines the effect of institutions on macrofinancial resilience in Asia. Focusing on a panel of 12 Asian …