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Economics and Statistics
Updated: 26 June 2008

Economic and statistical research contributes to knowledge generation in ADB to strengthen its institutional priorities and country operations. By augmenting the stock of knowledge of the DMCs and the region and disseminating it, ADB's capability to provide informed policy advice and undertake capacity building is enhanced.

	Asian Development Review, 25th Anniversary Edition (Vol. 25, Nos. 1, 2)
	Accounting for Inequality in India: Evidence from Household Expenditures
	Privatization Revisited: Lessons from Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries
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Food Prices and Inflation in Developing Asia: Is Poverty Reduction Coming to an End?

The report proposes appropriate policy responses to the challenge of food price inflation in order to avoid the reversal of the gains in poverty reduction in the region. This report was prepared by a team from the Economics and Research Department ERD and represents ERD staff views.


Asian Development Outlook 2008 The annual Asian Development Outlook provides a comprehensive economic analysis of 44 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific. This 20th anniversary edition examines trends and prospects in Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.	Poverty-Specific Purchasing Power Parities This study is a methodological research that presents a detailed account of the activities undertaken to estimate poverty purchasing power parities (PPP) using the recommended methodology of the Poverty Advisory Group of the World Bank, as well as alternative PPPs derived from poverty-specific price surveys.	Philippines: Critical Development Constraints This report, prepared by the Economics and Research Department, is the first report in the department's Country Diagnostics Studies. It identifies the critical constraints to growth and poverty reduction in the Philippines, and discusses policy options for addressing the constraints.

Economics and Statistics

Economics and Statistics Updated: 26 June 2008

Economics and Statistics
Updated: 26 June 2008