three low-income members - Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar. These countries are net exporters of rice, similar to their more … competitiveness for poverty reduction and boosted shared prosperity, while achieving other development outcomes such as better … nutrition, climate-smart agriculture, and job creation. Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar are the 'target countries' of this report …

social capital measures to assess the impact of a pilot program that was randomly rolled out in rural villages in Cambodia …

Cambodia's economy continues to show signs of robust growth, underpinned by solid export performance and strong …

, of apparel employment in developing countries. This paper focuses on how the forces of globalization, specifically the … household and labor force surveys from Cambodia and Sri Lanka to estimate both apparel wage premiums relative to other … traditional trade theory (e.g., the Heckscher-Ohlin and Stolper-Samuelson theorems) to analyze the effect of globalization on …

) set out ambitious goals for reducing poverty and sustainably industrializing so that the country can achieve middle … significantly reducing poverty …

infrastructure improvements on Belt and Road Initiative and non-Belt and Road Initiative countries' trade flows, growth, and poverty … and Road Initiative area captures 82 percent of the gain, with the largest percent gains in East Asia. Second, globally …, the Belt and Road Initiative could contribute to lifting 8.7 million people from extreme poverty and 34 million from …

An export-oriented development strategy fostered the Asia Pacific region's economic success, making it the fastest … demand from China boosted intraregional trade in Asia. Although China's Asian trading partners benefit from increasing …

In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated a research toidentify barriers to service …