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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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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 … Myanmar. Research limitations/implications – The results suggest that macroeconomic policies in Myanmar have been sustainable …
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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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 … Myanmar. Research limitations/implications – The results suggest that macroeconomic policies in Myanmar have been sustainable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742471
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Children of International Migrants in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines: A review of evidence and policies
Bryant, John - 2005
) children brought along by irregular migrants in Malaysia and Thailand. Based on the limited data available from published … international labour migrants from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand; (ii) children of Thai nationals in Japan; and (iii …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967113
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Alternative Education or Teaching Radicalism? New Literature on Islamic Education in Southeast Asia
Warnk, Holger - In: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 28 (2009) 4, pp. 111-132
monographs on South Thailand and Myanmar/ Burma, one is a collection of essays on Indonesia, Malaysia, South Thailand, Cambodia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008459053
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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
ILO pub. Working paper on a comparison of employment effects of direct foreign investment in Indonesia, Malaysia, the … Philippines, Singapore and Thailand - outlines investment by industry, country origin, etc., examines the industrialization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966609
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Health and Human Rights in Chin State, Western Burma: A Population-Based Assessment Using Multistaged Household Cluster Sampling
Sollom, Richard; Richard, Adam K - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Chin State of Burma (also known as Myanmar) is an isolated ethnic minority area with poor health outcomes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002284
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Trade and Investment in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Remaining Challenges and the Unfinished Policy Agenda
Menon, Jayant; Melendez, Anna Cassandra - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2011
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is one of the most successful stories of economic transition and integration among developing countries. Strong rates of economic growth since the early 1990s have been fueled by increased trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the subregion. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009142109