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April 2013 | Asian Development Outlook

Asian Development Outlook 2013: Asia's Energy Challenge

ADB's Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2013 estimates that regional economic growth in the Asia Pacific region will pick up to 6.6% in 2013 and reach 6.7% in 2014. This is a distinct improvement on 2012, when growth stood at just over 6%. Consumer prices are expected to rise by 4.0% in 2013 and 4.2% in 2014, up from 3.7% last year.
April 2013 |

Bhutan Living Standards Survey 2012

This report presents the analysis on the progress of Bhutan in improving their people’s lives in terms of health, education, employment, income and expenditure, housing, access to public facilities and services, social capital and also in terms of non-traditional measures, such as self-rated poverty and happiness.
March 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Technological Change, Skill Demand, and Wage Inequality in Indonesia

This paper examines the empirical implications of technological changes for skill demand and wage inequality in Indonesia.
Author(s): Lee, Jong-Wha | Wie, Dainn
March 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Complexity, Specialization, and Growth

The authors devise an endogenous growth model with human capital accumulation to assess the impact of production complexity on economic output and its rate of growth.
Author(s): Ferrarini, Benno | Scaramozzino, Pasquale
March 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical Evaluation

This paper uses state level data to examine the long-run relationships between federal transfers and fiscal deficits in Indian states.
Author(s): Scaramozzino, Pasquale | Bhatt, Antra
March 2013 | Asia Bond Monitor

Asia Bond Monitor - March 2013

This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local currency bond markets along with the outlook, risks, and policy options. It covers the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; and the Republic of Korea.
March 2013 | Regional Economic Integration Working Papers

Cross-Regional Comparison of Trade Integration: The Case of Services

This paper examines the level of services trade integration in Asia in comparison with Europe and North America.
Author(s): Hamanaka, Shintaro
March 2013 | Economics Working Papers

On the Determinants of Scholastic Performance in Five Asian Countries

This paper takes an efficiency analysis perspective to analyze, on the basis of the data of the 2009 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey, the determinants of scholastic performance in five Asian countries (Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Thailand).
Author(s): Deutsch, Joseph | Silber, Jacques
March 2013 | Economics Working Papers

A Practical Approach to International Monetary System Reform: Building Settlement Infrastructure for Regional Currencies

The global financial crisis has once again stimulated discussions to reform the international financial architecture. This paper proposes that establishment of regional settlement currencies can contribute positively to this reform agenda.
Author(s): Rhee, Changyong | Sumulong, Lea R.
March 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Cost Recoverable Tariffs to Increase Access to Basic Services among Poor Households

A contingent valuation survey from the Water Supply and Sanitation Project of the Asian Development Bank in Cebu, Philippines is used to show that tariff structures with a low one-time connection price and price differentiates based on wealth measures can result in a five-fold increase in the take-up of water services by poor households over the base tariff structure.
Author(s): Chun, Natalie