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Employment effects of foreign direct investments in ASEAN countries.
Y, Kuwahara; Harada, T; Y, Mizuno - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1979
Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - outlines investment by industry, country origin, etc., examines the industrialization and …ILO pub. Working paper on a comparison of employment effects of direct foreign investment in Indonesia, Malaysia, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966609
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Geographical Simulation Analysis for Logistics Enhancement in Asia
Tsubota, Kenmei; Kumagai, Satoru; Hayakawa, Kazunobu; … - EcoMod Network - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of trade cost reduction on the Asian economy by employing a sub-national level model based on New Economic Geography. Our model comprises seven sectors, including manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors, and 1,715 regions in 18...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010902751
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Location choice in low-income countries : evidence from Japanese investments in East Asia
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
Unlike most existing studies, this paper examines the location choices of MNEs in developing countries. Specifically, we investigate the location choices of Japanese MNEs among East Asian developing countries by estimating a four-stage nested logit model at the province level. Noteworthy results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351429
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Rural credit: a source of sustainable livelihood of rural India
Akoijam, Sunildro L.S. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) January, pp. 83-97
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issues and concerns of Indian rural credit, which is a powerful tool for enhancing production and productivity and for poverty alleviation. Further it highlights some of the strategies adopted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742460
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Are trade deficits sustainable? Evidence from the ASEAN-five
Tiwari, Aviral Kumar - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) January, pp. 68-82
-five economies, viz., Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand, in the presence of structural breaks. Design … relation between exports and imports for Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand; and finds sustainable long-run trade deficit only for … cointegration between exports and imports for Malaysia and the Philippines. This result suggests that macroeconomic policies have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742471
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Are trade deficits sustainable? Evidence from the ASEAN-five
Tiwari, Aviral Kumar - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) January, pp. 68-82
-five economies, viz., Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand, in the presence of structural breaks. Design … relation between exports and imports for Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand; and finds sustainable long-run trade deficit only for … cointegration between exports and imports for Malaysia and the Philippines. This result suggests that macroeconomic policies have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685865
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Rural credit: a source of sustainable livelihood of rural India
Akoijam, Sunildro L.S. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) January, pp. 83-97
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issues and concerns of Indian rural credit, which is a powerful tool for enhancing production and productivity and for poverty alleviation. Further it highlights some of the strategies adopted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685878
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Children of International Migrants in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines: A review of evidence and policies
Bryant, John - 2005
international labour migrants from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand; (ii) children of Thai nationals in Japan; and (iii …) children brought along by irregular migrants in Malaysia and Thailand. Based on the limited data available from published …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967113
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Broadening the Investor Base for Local Currency Bonds in the ASEAN+2 Countries
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
The Asian Development Bank has been working closely with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea—collectively known as ASEAN+3—to promote the development of local currency bond markets in the region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884947
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ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard: Country Reports and Assessments 2012-2013
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
Corporate governance principles provide guidance on how corporations should operate and can be useful to attract foreign investments. In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), countries use national methodologies to assess corporate governance performance of publicly listed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884949