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barriers in Eurasia, East Asia and the Pacific, and the European Union. Using the most recent data from sources including the … diversification toward the East Asia and the Pacific and the European Union regions. It also highlights the potential benefits of … Asia and the Pacific region (especially China) appears to be more protectionist than the European Union, suggesting a …
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Transport connectivity is essential to sustain inclusive growth in developing countries, where many rural populations and businesses are still considered to be unconnected to the domestic, regional, or global market. The Rural Access Index is among the most important global indicators for...
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An export-oriented development strategy fostered the Asia Paci?c region?s economic success, making it the fastest … demand from China boosted intraregional trade in Asia. Although China?s Asian trading partners bene?t from increasing exports …
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extended period, developing Asia has on average been particularly successful in diversifying its exports, particularly in … is, through entry into completely new products. In addition, developing Asia has on average benefited significantly from …
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As evidence from rigorous impact evaluations grows in development, there have been more calls to complement impact evaluation analysis with cost analysis, so that policy makers can make investment decisions based on costs as well as impacts. This paper discusses important considerations for...
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This paper documents the major trends in financial development in Asia since the early 1990s and the spillovers to … firms. It compares Asia with advanced and emerging countries and uses both aggregate and disaggregate indicators. Financial … systems in Asia remain less developed than in advanced countries but more developed than in Eastern Europe and Latin America …
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This paper develops a computable spatial equilibrium model of Central Asia and uses it to analyze the possible effects …
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inflows. But country developments are at least as important in determining those flows, especially for Asia. They also find …
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The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of quot;missing girlsquot; in much of East and South Asia has …, where child sex ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the mid-1990s and normalized thereafter. Using census data, we …, the quot;missing girlsquot; phenomenon could be addressed in Asia …
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The rise of Asia is something of a myth. During 1990-2005 China accounted for 28 percent of global growth, measured at … Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). India accounted for 9 percent. The rest of developing Asia, with nearly a billion people …
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