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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

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 | 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 | 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.
December 2012 | e-Quarterly Research Bulletin

e-Quarterly Research Bulletin - Volume 3, Number 4

In this issue of e-Quarterly News Bulletin: Avoiding the Middle Income Trap: Policy Implications for the PRC; A Practical Approach to International Monetary System Reform: Building the Infrastructure for a Regional Settlement Currency; Financial Conditions Indexes for Asian Economies.
December 2012 | Economics Working Papers

Performance of the Service Sector in the Republic of Korea

This paper empirically analyzes the past performance of the Republic of Korea’s service sector in order to assess its prospects as an engine of growth.
Author(s): Park, Donghyun | Shin, Kwanho
December 2012 | Asian Development Review

Asian Development Review - Volume 29, Number 2

In this issue: How Effective are Capital Controls? Evidence from Malaysia; Effectiveness of Capital Controls: Evidence from Thailand; Are Capital Controls Effective? The Case of the Republic of Korea; Fine-Tuning an Open Capital Account in a Developing Country: The Indonesian Experience; Growth with Resilience in East Asia and the 2008-2009 Global Recession.
December 2012 | Economics Working Papers

Is Growth in Asia and the Pacific Inclusive?

Inclusive economic growth challenges governments to achieve a high, sustainable rate of economic growth and to share opportunity equitably across society. This study demonstrates a methodology for assessing the inclusiveness of economic growth.
Author(s): Sugden, Craig