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May 2012 | Basic Statistics

Basic Statistics 2012

Basic Statistics is an annual publication issued by the Economics Research Department which provides updated statistical indicators for 45 member economies of the Asian Development Bank in the Asia and the Pacific Region.
April 2012 |

Food Security and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: Key Challenges and Policy Issues

This paper discusses the drivers behind food insecurity in Asia and points to ways to mitigate it.
April 2012 | Asia Bond Monitor

Asia Bond Monitor - April 2012

This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options.
April 2012 | Asian Development Outlook

Asian Development Outlook 2012: Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia

The annual Asian Development Outlook (ADO) provides a comprehensive analysis of economic performance for the past year and offers forecasts for the next 2 years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up developing Asia.
April 2012 |

Papua New Guinea: Critical Development Constraints

The report discusses the challenges that Papua New Guinea faces toward a broad-based and inclusive economic growth and propose policy options to overcome these challenges.
March 2012 | e-Quarterly Research Bulletin

e-Quarterly Research Bulletin - Volume 2, Number 2

In this issue of e-Quarterly News Bulletin: The Working Poor; New Economic Geography and Tax Competition in the PRC: A Firm-Level Data Analysis with Policy Implications; Q&A: CFL Adoption and Energy Usage in Pakistan; Going Regional: How to Deepen ASEAN's Financial Markets; and Confronting Rising Inequality in Asia
March 2012 | Economics Working Papers

Tracking the Middle-Income Trap: What is It, Who is in It, and Why? (Part 1)

This paper proposes a working definition of the middle-income trap, and based on it, identifies the countries that in 2010 were trapped.
Author(s): Felipe, Jesus
March 2012 | Regional Economic Integration Working Papers

Strengthening the Financial System and Mobilizing Savings to Support More Balanced Growth in ASEAN+3

ADB's A. Noy Siackhachanh reviews the progress and proposes additional measures under the Asian Bond Market Initiative to help address the region’s savings-investment imbalances.
Author(s): Siackhachanh, Avonechith
February 2012 |

Diagnosing the Indonesian Economy: Toward Inclusive and Green Growth

Analyzes the critical development constraints facing the country, and proposes policy options to help overcome these constraints and set the country on a path of high and sustained inclusive economic growth in the medium term.
February 2012 | Economics Working Papers

Reexamining Policies for Food Security

This paper summarizes long-run projections of markets under various scenarios, and evidence on trade policy changes to reduce domestic price volatility. It identifies more effective and efficient policy options than trade measures for food security in Asia.
Author(s): Anderson, Kym | Jha, Shikha | Nelgen, Signe | Strutt, Anna