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September 2013

Deepening Economic Cooperation between India and Sri Lanka

This book analyzes the performance and impact of the India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement over the past decade and suggests the way forward.
September 2013

Asia-Pacific Aspirations: Perspectives for a Post-2015 Development Agenda

This report assesses progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Asia and the Pacific, and identifies actions, challenges, and priorities beyond the MDGs 2015 target year.
September 2013

Second High-Level Workshop on Inland Waterway Transport: Workshop Proceedings

This document summarizes the proceedings of the 2nd High-Level Workshop on Inland Waterway Transport, held in Manila, Philippines from 15 to 16 July 2013.
September 2013

Guidebook on Public–Private Partnership in Pharmacy

This guidebook aims to assist implementers in developing public–private partnerships in pharmacy projects.
September 2013

Aid for Trade: An Investment-Benefit Road Map from South Asia

How to build bridges to export markets so that people in the economic periphery have a better opportunity to take poverty off their own maps.
September 2013

Thinking about Water Differently: Managing the Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Water must be recognized as an economic as well as a social good, as water security is crucial to the future of people, communities and nations across Asia and the Pacific region.
September 2013

Managing Regional Public Goods for Health: Community-Based Dengue Vector Control

This report documents a promising, feasible, low-cost measure for controlling Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the primary household-associated dengue vector.
September 2013

Overcoming Critical Constraints to Sustaining Productivity Growth in Key Commodities of Asia and the Pacific

This paper studies trends in rice, wheat, and edible oil production, analyzing total factor productivity to identify possible sources of growth that can help narrow the gap between the low production and high demand of these commodities.
September 2013

Examining the Determinants of Food Prices in Developing Asia

An analysis of the sources of food price fluctuations in 11 developing Asian countries shows that short-run movements are largely accounted for by the country’s own dynamics.
September 2013

Asian Development Review: Volume 30, Number 2

In this issue: Demographic Dividends Revisited, Princelings and Paupers? State Employment and the Distribution of Human Capital Investments Among Households in Viet Nam, Foreign Firms and Indigenous Technology Development in the People’s Republic of China, Dynamics of Household Assets and Income Shocks in the Long-run Process of Economic Development: The Case of Rural Pakistan, Inequality of Human Opportunities in Developing Asia, Political Connection and Firm Value.