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Political economy of East Asian regional integration and cooperation

Katada, Saori N. - 2009

In the last decade, East Asia has engaged in constructing numerous mechanisms to enhance regional cooperation in the areas of trade and finance. However, the region's economic architecture exhibits certain idiosyncrasies such as an eclectic institutional structure and a limited level of...

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Institutions for Asian integration : innovation and reform

Capannelli, Giovanni; Tan, See Seng - 2012

The formation of regional production networks in East Asia has occurred mainly through market forces, without much help from regional institutions in promoting the creation of a single Asian market. While this approach has served the region well in the past, the drastic changes experienced since...

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Foundations of collective action in Asia : theory and practice of regional cooperation

Acharya, Amitav - 2012

This paper argues that the collective action in Asia by its regional organizations has historically suffered from a "capability-legitimacy gap": a disjuncture between the capability (in terms of material resources) of major Asian powers to lead regional cooperation on the one hand and their...

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An impact evaluation of investment in infrastructure : the case of the railway connection in Uzbekistan

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Abidhadjaev, Umid - 2015

The objective of this paper is to examine the nature and magnitude of the effects of infrastructure provision on regional economic performance. The empirical evidence of our analysis is based on difference-in-difference estimation linking the changes in the growth rate of regional-level economic...

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Evaluating impacts of cross-border transport infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion : three approaches

Fujimura, Manabu - 2017

This paper presents three approaches to the evaluation of cross-border transport infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). First, it estimates benefit-cost ratios for selected segments of economic corridors. The results indicate differing degrees of economic viability among different...

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Renewable energy in Central Asian economies : role in reducing regional energy insecurity

Shadrina, Elena - 2019

Ideally, to reduce energy insecurity, a nation needs to deploy a range of renewable energy (RE) sources. For Central Asian economies, renewable sources appear to be a rational choice; yet, the deployment of renewables is limited and varies substantially by country. Conventional statistics for RE...

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The Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III : intentions, unintended consequences, and lessons for emerging markets

Acharya, Viral V. - 2012

This paper is an attempt to explain the changes to finance sector reforms under the Dodd-Frank Act in the United States and Basel III requirements globally; their unintended consequences; and lessons for currently fast-growing emerging markets concerning finance sector reforms, government...

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International outsourcing, environmental costs, and welfare

Choi, Jai-young; Yu, Eden Siu-hung - 2018

This paper explores the welfare consequences of international outsourcing in the presence of resulting environmental … a framework for analyzing the effects of international outsourcing on environment and, ultimately, social welfare in … implementation of strong regulations or the fostering international cooperation is desirable; that is, until the environmental costs …

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Impact of services trade liberalization on employment and people movement in South Asia

Chanda, Rupa - 2011

Services have been a key driver of overall economic growth in South Asia since the 1990s. This paper examines how the growth of services output, trade and investment have affected service sector employment in South Asia and the extent to which countries in this region are proactively undertaking...

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Policies and measures to mitigate the potential environmental impacts of cross-border infrastructure projects in Asia

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2011

While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of...

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