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data from 14 Asia and Pacific countries for 2007-2017. Using the generalized method of moments and vector error correction …
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There are multidimensional short- and long-term impacts of disasters (natural and man-made) on human well-being. Despite this, restitution strategies have predominantly relied on asset-based approaches to measure disaster losses and craft such strategies. There is a growing realization that for...
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effect in Asia on driving private investment in renewable energy, particularly from asset finance compared with other funding … government expenditure on research and development in stimulating private investment. The magnitudes of the effects in Asia are … in Asia compared with globally in affecting private investment in renewable energy across all funding sources, which may …
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inconclusive findings among researchers. This study examines the impact of greenfield investment, human capital, economic … heterogeneities. The statistical techniques differentiate between short- and long-term causality. We find that greenfield investment …
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, but all over Asia. The disaster also highlighted Japan's many other structural challenges besides reconstruction needs … with the strong growth track of emerging Asia and its rapidly growing middle class. It needs to promote greater economic … links with the rest of Asia, including moves toward an East Asian FTA and support for the TPP that could eventually develop …
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in Japan. We propose a transitory price mechanism that can restrain price volatility while providing investment …
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Building resilience to disasters continues to pose challenges for developing countries. Historically, small island developing states (SIDS) bordering the Pacific Ocean have suffered from multiple hazards, such as earthquakes, coastal erosion, floods, and cyclones. Population increase, uneven...
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) to be developed with a strong regional perspective. This paper describes a wide range of regional initiatives in Asia and …
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and patterns in developing governance and institutions in DRM in the Asia and the Pacific region. The paper then derives …
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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 …
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