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May 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Corporate Investments in Asian Emerging Markets: Financial Conditions, Financial Development, and Financial Constraints

This paper explores the mechanisms through which finance affects corporate investments and capital accumulation. A key feature of this study is the separation of the effects of financial conditions from those of financial development.
Author(s): Wang, Jian-Xin | Gochoco-Bautista, Maria Socorro | Sotocinal, Noli
May 2013 |

Impact of Global Crisis on Migrant Workers and Families: Gender Perspective

This publication examines the impact of the crisis among migrant workers and their families - with a gender perspective - to provide useful information for better evidence-based policy making.
March 2013 | e-Quarterly Research Bulletin

e-Quarterly Research Bulletin - Volume 4, Number 1

In this issue of e-Quarterly Research Bulletin: Innovations and Shortfalls in Fragile State Interventions; A ZEN Approach to Post-2015 Addressing the Range of Perspectives across Asia and the Pacific; Setting Cost Recoverable Tariffs for Expanding Water Services to Poor Households.
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

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 | 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 | 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