Economics Working Papers

The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback on ongoing and recently completed research and policy studies undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff, consultants, or resource persons. The series deals with key economic and development problems, particularly those facing the Asia and Pacific region; as well as conceptual, analytical, or methodological issues relating to project/program economic analysis, and statistical data and measurement. The series aims to enhance the knowledge on Asia’s development and policy challenges; strengthen analytical rigor and quality of ADB’s country partnership strategies, and its subregional and country operations; and improve the quality and availability of statistical data and development indicators for monitoring development effectiveness.

The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a quick-disseminating, informal publication whose titles could subsequently be revised for publication as articles in professional journals or chapters in books. The series is maintained by the Economics and Research Department.

Title Date
Food Prices and Population Health in Developing Countries: An Investigation of the Effects of the Food Crisis Using a Panel Analysis September 2013
Safety Nets and Food Programs in Asia: A Comparative Perspective September 2013
Bilateral Trade and Food Security September 2013
International Trade and Risk Sharing in the Global Rice Market: The Impact of Foreign and Domestic Supply Shocks September 2013
Schooling Supply and the Structure of Production: Evidence from US States 1950-1990 October 2013
Overcoming Critical Constraints to Sustaining Productivity Growth in Key Commodities of Asia and the Pacific September 2013
Examining the Determinants of Food Prices in Developing Asia September 2013
Poverty and Food Security in India September 2013
Rice Trade and Price Volatility: Implications on ASEAN and Global Food Security September 2013
The Transformation of Rice Value Chains in Bangladesh and India: Implications for Food Security September 2013
International Transmission of Food Prices and Volatilities: A Panel Analysis September 2013
The Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing Industry: Diversity and Challenges in Asia September 2013
Leveraging Service Sector Growth in the Philippines September 2013
Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Asia: Review and Outlook August 2013
Empirical Determinants and Patterns of Research and Development Investment in Asia August 2013
Globalization, Labor Market Regulation, and Firm Behavior August 2013
Housing and Housing Finance—A Review of the Links to Economic Development and Poverty Reduction August 2013
Climate-Related Disasters in Asia and the Pacific July 2013
Determinants of Urbanization July 2013
Determinants of Financial Stress in Emerging Market Economies July 2013