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January 2013 | Regional Economic Integration Working Papers

Hot Money Flows, Commodity Price Cycles, and Financial Repression in the US and the People’s Republic of China: The Consequences of Near Zero US Interest Rates

Under near zero U.S. interest rates, the international dollar standard malfunctions. Emerging markets with naturally higher interest rates are swamped with hot money inflows and begin inflating. This paper analyzes the other consequences of near zero US interest rates and finds solutions for this specific issue.
Author(s): McKinnon, Ronald | Liu, Zhao
January 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Financial Conditions Indexes for Asian Economies

This study constructs financial conditions indexes (FCIs) for five Asian economies, namely, Hong Kong, China; Japan; the Republic of Korea; Malaysia; and Singapore. FCIs summarize the current state of financial variables linked to real economic activity.
Author(s): Gochoco-Bautista, Maria Socorro | Debuque-Gonzales, Margarita
January 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Economic Impact of Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis on Developing Asia

This paper examines the impact of eurozone sovereign debt crisis on developing Asia through the trade and financial channels.
Author(s): Lee, Minsoo | Park, Donghyun | Abdon, Arnelyn May A. | Estrada, Gemma B.
January 2013 | Economics Working Papers

A ZEN Approach to Post-2015: Addressing the Range of Perspectives Across Asia and the Pacific

The paper aims to present the key challenges being faced by the Asia and Pacific region as a number of its developing economies graduate from a low-income status to middle-income status.
Author(s): Brooks, Douglas H. | Joshi, Kaushal | Rhee, Changyong | Wan, Guanghua | McArthur, John W.
January 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Overlooked Opportunity: Tradable Business Services, Developing Asia, and Growth

This paper argues that developing Asia is overlooking an opportunity for increased growth and development through trade in business services.
Author(s): Jensen, J. Bradford
January 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Cambodia: Rapid Growth with Weak Institutions

This paper examines Cambodia’s socioeconomic development since the early 1990s peace settlement, and highlights the importance of strengthening supply side capabilities, broadening the benefits of growth, and developing stronger institutions and property rights.
Author(s): Hill, Hal | Menon, Jayant
January 2013 | Economics Working Papers

The Lao Economy: Capitalizing on Natural Resource Exports

This paper examines how the Lao PDR’s export-led growth can be channeled into directions that deliver the greatest benefit to the Lao people.
Author(s): Menon, Jayant | Warr, Peter
January 2013 | Regional Economic Integration Working Papers

The Threat of Financial Contagion to Emerging Asia's Local Bond Markets: Spillovers from Global Crises

This study looks at significant shock and volatility spillovers from mature bond markets into select emerging Asian local currency bond markets.
Author(s): Azis, Iwan | Mitra, Sabyasachi | Baluga, Anthony | Dime, Roselle
December 2012 | Regional Economic Integration Working Papers

A New Regime of SME Finance in Emerging Asia: Empowering Growth-Oriented SMEs to Build Resilient National Economies

This paper discusses possible financing modalities for growth-oriented small and medium enterprises toward a resilient regional economy in Asia.
Author(s): Shinozaki, Shigehiro
December 2012 |

The Informal Sector and Informal Employment in Bangladesh

This report presents the results and a descriptive analysis of the informal sector and informal employment using the expanded Labor Force Survey and the Informal Sector Survey conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics in 2010.