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August 1999 | Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific

Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries 1999

Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries 1999 is the 30th in a series of annual statistical publications of ADB. It provides historical and current economic, financial, environment and social statistics on ADB's 39 developing member countries.
April 1999 | Asian Development Outlook

Asian Development Outlook 1999: Economic Openness - Growth and Recovery in Asia

What implications does the Asian financial crisis have for outward-oriented economic policies? Should countries still strive toward greater openness? What policies will economic recovery entail? Is a new international financial architecture needed? Answers to these and other timely issues can be found in the 1999 edition of the Asian Development Outlook, the Asian Development Bank's annual survey of economic development in its developing member countries in the Asian and Pacific region.
December 1998 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Tax Reforms in Viet Nam: A Selective Analysis

In this paper a framework of tax reform requirements for Viet Nam is developed based on theories of taxation, particularly Optimal Tax Theory, and international tax reform experience in market and transitional economies
Author(s): Mundle, Sudipto
December 1998 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Surges and Volatility of Private Capital Flows to Asian Developing Countries: Implications for Multilateral Development Banks

This paper outlines an expanded and more challenging role for multilateral development banks (MDBs) in the provision of longer term development finance.
Author(s): Rana, Pradumna B.
June 1998 | EDRC Occasional Papers

A New Approach to Setting the Future Transport Agenda

The Philippines Transport Strategy Study (PTSS) is an innovative approach to addressing this new complex of issues in a rigorous and practical way.
Author(s): Allport, Roger | Key, Geoff | Melhuish, Charles M.
June 1998 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Adjustment and Distribution: The Indian Experience

This paper attempts to assess the distributive impact of the economic adjustment program in India. It begins by discussing the analytical complexities of disentangling the impact of reforms from that of other autonomous developments in the economy.
Author(s): Mundle, Sudipto | Tulasidhar, V. B.
April 1998 | Asian Development Outlook

Asian Development Outlook 1998: Population and Human Resources

This issue of the Asian Development Outlook is the tenth in a series of annual economic reports on the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank.
October 1997 | EDRC Occasional Papers

The Rural-Urban Transition in Viet Nam: Some Selected Issues

The paper analyzes the process of urban-rural transition under way in Vietnam in the context of its transition to a market economy.
Author(s): Mundle, Sudipto | Van Arkadie, Brian
April 1997 | Asian Development Outlook

Asian Development Outlook 1996 and 1997: Regional Cooperation in Asia

This issue of the Asian Development Outlook is the eighth in a series of yearly economic reports on the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank.
October 1996 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Private Investment and Macroeconomic Environment in the South Pacific Island Countries: A Cross-Country Analysis

The paper undertakes an empirical investigation of a key macreconomic factors affecting private investment in the South pacific developing member countries (SPDMCs).
Author(s): Jayaraman, T.K.