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September 2013

Rice Trade and Price Volatility: Implications on ASEAN and Global Food Security

This paper examines trends in rice price and trade, and discusses measures to reduce extreme volatility while building confidence in international trade.
September 2013

Poverty and Food Security in India

This paper examines how India’s Public Distribution System and Mid Day Meal Scheme have contributed to the welfare of poor households.
September 2013

International Transmission of Food Prices and Volatilities: A Panel Analysis

This paper studies the factors behind domestic food price inflation and volatility during 2000–2011.
September 2013

The Transformation of Rice Value Chains in Bangladesh and India: Implications for Food Security

This paper discusses the transformation of rice value chains in Bangladesh and India, its effects on small-scale farmers, midstream actors, workers, and consumers. It also notes the contributions of the private sector and the government in this transformation.
September 2013

The Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing Industry: Diversity and Challenges in Asia

This paper points to the importance of the digital revolution and knowledge economy transformation, and examines why some Asian countries have been more successful than others in developing information technology-business process outsourcing services industries.
September 2013

Leveraging Service Sector Growth in the Philippines

This paper examines opportunities and challenges to expand the scale and scope of information technology-business process outsourcing and tourism, and the prospects for Filipino technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial talent, so that they will remain in the Philippines and work here rather than go abroad.
August 2013

Affordable Pay-As-You-Go Solar Power for India's Energy-Poor Homes

ADB's $2 million equity investment in Simpa Networks aims to provide rural households in India with affordable energy using pay-as-you-go solar home systems.
August 2013

Annual Report on the Implementation of the Public Communications Policy in 2012

This report covers the implementation of the Public Communications Policy (PCP) from January to December 2012.
August 2013

Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Asia: Review and Outlook

This paper deals with the role of agriculture in the future economic development of Asia. It argues that agricultural transformation remains highly relevant for the economic transformation of developing Asian economies over the next few decades.
August 2013

Empirical Determinants and Patterns of Research and Development Investment in Asia

This paper examines the financial determinants of research and development (R&D) investment in Asia sampling listed nonfinancial firms in eight economies in region for the period 2002-2011 and find greater reliance of firms on internal financing, dominance of debt as a source of external funds, and more stable funding of R&D by firms with higher domestic ownership concentration and those with majority foreign ownership.