-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 …

We investigate how port privatization affects port charges, firm profits, and welfare. Our model consists of an … prices for port usage, although neither government has an incentive to privatize its port. The equilibrium governmental …'s government is more likely to privatize its port, although the larger country's government is more likely to nationalize its port …

production networks. In the 1970-80´s, South Asia stagnated due to its inward-oriented growth strategy and lack of infrastructure … connectivity-resulting in low trade integration and regional connectivity within the region and with Southeast and East Asia …. However, since 1991, South Asia, particularly India has adopted a Look East policy and opened its market raising huge …

Remittances to Asia plunged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but the drop was temporary as the flows were … will also last for a short time or developing Asia should prepare for a long period of remittance stagnation. This study …

infrastructure in East and South East Asia, few studies have dealt with the contribution of PPPs to infrastructure in the South Asian … looks at the role played by PPPs as important tools in enhancing infrastructure development in South Asia. This study points … out the constraints to private sector participation in South Asia and looks at the experience of India and a few other …

The present paper studies the variety gains of regional integration in Asia. Applying a heterogenous firm model we are … representative firms. We analyse the impacts of the ongoing trade liberalisation in South East Asia in three scenarios: CIFTA, ASEAN … representative firms. Similarly, due to the additional gains from variety growth, the welfare gains of trade integration in Asia are …

, Asia's expanded participation in G-summitry has attracted considerable attention. As original G7 member Japan is joined by …