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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This paper develops a computable spatial equilibrium model of Central Asia and uses it to analyze the possible effects …

inflows. But country developments are at least as important in determining those flows, especially for Asia. They also find …

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 …

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 …