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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
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 | Asian Economic Integration Monitor

Asian Economic Integration Monitor - March 2013

Regional integration progressed as the 2008/09 global financial and eurozone debt crises brought greater cooperation to Asia. Yet, deepening collaboration and coordination will likely be more challenging.
March 2013 | Asian Development Review

Asian Development Review: Volume 30 Number 1

In this first issue of a revamped ADR, a wide range of topics related to economic and social development in the Asia and the Pacific region are discussed, including the link between globalization and economic development, the relocation of low-skill manufacturing jobs, the flow of overseas direct investments, experiences with economic policy reforms, and the advance of the People’s Republic of China's renminbi as an international currency.
February 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Capital Controls: A Pragmatic Proposal

To complement the IMF’s new framework and make it easier to operationalize, this paper proposes a pragmatic approach to the use of capital controls which leverages the G20 indicative guidelines in measuring excessive imbalances in order to simplify the IMF’s guidelines on the use of capital controls.
Author(s): Gochoco-Bautista, Maria Socorro | Rhee, Changyong
February 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Operationalizing Experience: Donor Approaches to Service Delivery in Fragile States

This study explores the different approaches to service delivery in fragile states by surveying donors' own evaluations of their existing fragile states policies.
Author(s): DiCaprio, Alisa
February 2013 | Economics Working Papers

How Foreign Direct Investment Promotes Development: The Case of the People’s Republic of China’s Inward and Outward FDI

This paper gives a brief introduction to the PRC’s inward and outward FDI, including their determinants, motives, main characteristics, and impact on the PRC and host countries.
Author(s): Li, Zhongmin
February 2013 | Economics Working Papers

Firm Investment, Liquidity, and Bank Health: A Panel Study of Asian Firms in the 2000s

This study examines the effects of a deterioration in bank health on the cash flow sensitivity of investment and cash holdings of firms.
Author(s): Ogawa, Kazuo
January 2013 |

Cost-Benefit Analysis for Development: A Practical Guide

This practical guide is a supplement to the Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Projects. It provides an overview of recent methodological developments in cost-benefit analysis as well as suggested improvements in the economic analysis of projects in selected sectors through case studies.