decades. Using the typhoon landfalls and damage in Asia, we analyze the wind-damage relationship and find damages to gross …

In this paper we empirically explore the relationship between fiscal policy and economic growth in developing Asia. The …

financial stability in Asia. More specifically, different types of macroprudential policies are more effective against different …

We examine the determinants of financial development in Asia and the Pacific from 1995 to 2011. To do so, we apply the …

The European Union (EU) has traditionally been an important economic partner for Asia. In addition to absorbing a … significant share of the region's exports, the EU has been a major source of foreign direct investment and other capital flows … into the region. In light of such close economic linkages between the EU and Asia, the euro crisis will undoubtedly …

Trade and investment in services are difficult to measure, and the regulatory barriers that inhibit the free flow of … investment. Rather, free trade negotiations tend to focus on liberalizing merchandise trade. This paper examines what has been … the case of developing Asia, free trade agreements have largely excluded services or have only committed to "lock in …

change, such as demographic transition, can also impinge upon inequality. Structural change in developing Asia has been … economies entail valuable lessons for developing Asia. Extensive structural change is both a cause and consequence of the … exceptionally rapid economic growth, which enabled developing Asia to raise living standards and reduce poverty at a historically …