trade within Asia while reducing trade outside. Adopting them would shift employment from energy and mining to manufacturing …

equitable society that provides opportunities for all. Developing Asia has trailed other parts of the world in equity …

-regions within Asia. Beyond a general trend towards manufactures, it reveals remarkable differences in specialisation profiles … manufactures, resource-intensive goods still play a larger role in intra-Asian trade than in trade outside Asia. This reflects both … differences in factor endowments inside Asia but also differences in access conditions (trade policy). Growth in intra- Asian …

of Asia and its relation to the global economy. Using the new dynamic global model, we present forecasts for Asian … growth, especially for lower-income Asia. A deeper and more inclusive Asian free trade area can achieve for its members large …

While developing Asia has recovered strongly from the global crisis, the region faces the medium- and long … Asia's growth. Our results also confirm the relevance of supply-side factors, in particular human capital and openness to … trade, for developing Asia's medium- and long-term growth. The overarching implication for policy makers is that supply …

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

Asia has run since the 1997–1998 Asian crisis. A country's current account surplus is, by definition, equal to its net …

This paper argues that developing Asia is overlooking an opportunity for increased growth and development through trade … in business services. Developing Asia would benefit from liberalizing services trade as it has benefited from … liberalizing goods trade. This argument rests on these key findings: business services are important for growth, developing Asia is …

In recent decades, absolute poverty incidence declined in most countries of Southeast Asia, even though in some of …