While discussing the enhancement of the connectivity between Europe and Asia, this policy paper explores a new area of … cooperation, which is the use of European long-term investment funds in Asia's infrastructure. We argue that, if Asian countries … of long-term investment funds, such as pension and insurance funds. This will create a win-win situation for both Asia …

government to take property not owned by it for public use. In the long run, growth dividends from infrastructure development and … land-grab in many parts of Asia (India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines in particular) point to the need for a … sustainable policy - a framework that results in a positive sum game, benefiting the landowners without hurting the growth …

-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. Owing to their significance to national economies, it is important to find ways to provide SMEs with …

growth in Asia including i) lack of finance, ii) lack of comprehensive databases, iii) low level of R&D expenditures, and iv … Asia's economic success to have fully functioning support measures for SMEs. However, SMEs face challenges from limited …, which are some of the reasons behind the slow growth of SMEs. This paper focuses on four major reasons that slowed the SME …

The middle-income trap is a serious problem in developing Asia and Pacific economies. Middle-income trap is the … situation in which a country's growth slows after reaching middle-income levels and the transition to high-income levels becomes … to the development of middle-income countries. This paper by using data set consists of 12 Asia and Pacific middle …