Motivated by the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia over the last decade, this paper studies the … challenges faced by the Asian “noodle bowl”—overlapping, multiple trade rules, regulations, and standards in Asia—in the process … among Asian economies that have formed Asian supply chains, called Factory Asia. It then considers ways and means of …

those in Asia’s emerging economies. …

investments. In order to increase the labor productivity of the sector and realize its potential to contribute to inclusive growth … balanced growth in which the service and industry sectors support and reinforce each other. As services tend to be more labor …

Developing Asia has exhibited rapid growth while saddled with relatively backward financial systems. One might conclude … that the coexistence of sustained rapid growth and financial underdevelopment in developing Asia implies that an efficient … financial sector is not indispensable for economic development. A more considered view would be that developing Asia grew …

the area of development finance). Asia could contribute to this transformation by building effective institutions to …