"This book contributes an original theory to understanding human rights and international trade. It offers the 'governance space' framework for analysing the linkages and normative relationships between the multilateral trading system (MTS) and human rights regimes. Drawing upon key case...

Introduction: China and Japan in the global economy / Tomoo Kikuchi and Masaya Sakuragawa -- Will the 21st century be an Asian century? : a global perspective / Masahiro Kawai -- Geopolitics in East Asia / Huang Jing -- Regional integration : is Europe special / Sahoko Kaji -- The Chinese...

Cultural proximity increases bilateral trade flows through a trade-cost and a bilateral-affinity (preferences) channel. Conventional measures of cultural proximity, such as common language, common religion, etc., do not allow to separately quantify those channels empirically. We argue that...

This selected issue paper discusses the desirable institutional and macro-financial conditions and optimal path toward greater exchange rate flexibility in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. It also identifies the macro-financial risks that arise and mitigation measures supporting a smooth...