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December 1993 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Fiscal Deficits and Current Account Imbalances of the South Pacific Countries: A Case Study of Vanuatu

The paper seeks to find out the underlying causes and forces behind the fiscal deficits and domestic resources gaps for determining the resultant current account balances in the external accounts.
Author(s): Jayaraman, T.K.
December 1993 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Reforms in the Transitional Economies of Asia

This paper compares the economic performance of the Transitional Economies of Asia (TEAs) and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU) in the post-reform period and accounts for the differences in economic performance.
Author(s): Rana, Pradumna B.
December 1993 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Environmental Challenges in the People's Republic of China and Scope for Bank Assistance

The paper emphasizes the need for the Bank to support the efforts of the Governement and to ensure that rapid economic growth will be ecologically sustainable.
Author(s): Shrestha, Omkar L. | Capannelli, Elisabetta
December 1993 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Sustainable Development, Environment and Poverty Nexus

This paper discusses the three major development problems the Asian-Pacific region is currently experiencing.
Author(s): Jalal, Kazi F.
November 1993 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Rural Institutional Finance in Bangladesh and Nepal: Review and Agenda for Reforms

This study covers Bangladesh and Nepal, two low-income DMCs with heavy dependence on the rural economy but inadequate development of a financial system for the rural sector.
Author(s): Garcia, Marcelia C. | Chowdhury, Abul H.
January 1993 | EDRC Occasional Papers

The Eastern Islands of Indonesia: An Overview of Development Needs and Potential

This report presents a brief economic profile of the "Eastern Indonesian region" and discusses some of the more important development issues confronting the region.
Author(s): Parkinson, Brien K.
November 1992 | EDRC Occasional Papers

Poverty in the People's Republic of China: Recent Developments and Scope for Bank Assistance

This paper identifies several issues in addressing poverty in PRC. Keeping these issues in view, as well as some operational constraints in PRC, scope for channeling Bank assistance for poverty alleviation has been outlined.
Author(s): Moinuddin, Khaja