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Joseph D. Alba, Wai-Mun Chia and Donghyun Park assess the welfare impact of external shocks under different monetary policy regimes in East and Southeast Asia.
Analyzes the critical development constraints facing the country, and proposes policy options to help overcome these constraints and set the country on a path of high and sustained inclusive economic growth in the medium term.
This paper summarizes long-run projections of markets under various scenarios, and evidence on trade policy changes to reduce domestic price volatility. It identifies more effective and efficient policy options than trade measures for food security in Asia.
Philippine Institute for Development Studies’ Jose Ramon Albert and ADB's Thiam Hee Ng propose a macroprudential perspective to assess the resilience of ASEAN banking systems and apply the methodology on the Philippines.
This study examines key issues in the further development of financial markets in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN+3 countries. The authors propose three bold proposals in support of regional corporate bond market development and financial deepening.
In this paper, Minsoo Lee analyzes the spatial determinants of new foreign and domestic enterprises in the export industry of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by applying new economic geography of agglomeration theory, tax competition theory by resource flow model, and comparative advantage analysis.
Author(s): Lee, Minsoo
Hanyang University's Hangyong Lee and Chief Economist Changyong Rhee document the lessons learned from the 1997 and 2008 crises in the Republic of Korea and identify policy issues that may have implications for Asia.
New micro evidence from a panel of international PISA tests spanning 2000-2009 suggests that school autonomy is conducive to student achievement in well-developed systems but detrimental in low-performing systems.
The ASEAN+3 Bond Market Guide is a comprehensive report on bond market in the ASEAN+3 region. The Guide is a product of the collaborative efforts of ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum (ABMF) members and is the first bond market guide endorsed by ASEAN+3.
ADB's Shintaro Hamanaka assesses the level of de facto and de jure trade integrations in Asia.
Author(s): Hamanaka, Shintaro