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21 May 2013
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Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate Trade in Agricultural and Food Products

This project study was initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as part of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy. Its objective is to identify areas for improvement in the administration and application of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulations, procedures, and standards in the CAREC region. It recommends a set of...
20 May 2013
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Flood Risk Management: A Strategic Approach

Why Asia and the Pacific Need Disaster Risk Financing Over recent decades the concept of flood risk management has been cultivated across the globe. Implementation however remains stubbornly difficult to achieve. In part this reflects the perception that a risk management paradigm is more complex than a more traditional standard-based approach as it involves "whole systems...
20 May 2013
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River Basin Planning Principles: Procedures and Approaches for Strategic Basin Planning

Growing competition for scarce water resources has driven major changes in the way river basin planning is undertaken. This has resulted in a shift away from ‘technical’ approaches designed to maximize water availability and led to more strategic approaches to basin planning. These approaches aim to optimize outcomes by reconciling the competing demands of different sectors of the economy,...
20 May 2013
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Basin Water Allocation Planning: Principles, Procedures and Approaches for Basin Allocation Planning

As water scarcity has increased globally, water allocation plans and agreements have taken on increasing significance in resolving international, regional and local conflicts over access to water. This book considers modern approaches to dealing with these issues at the basin scale, particularly through the allocation of water among administrative regions. This book is the result of a...
10 May 2013
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Food Policy Reforms: A Rapid Tour of Possibilities

South Asia Working Papers Reform of India's food policies is on the front burner. This paper takes a rapid tour of the reform possibilities in the areas of storage and logistics, procurement and distribution. The paper proposes a method for determining the needs for seasonal storage and discusses what ought to be...
9 May 2013
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Raising Awareness of Anticompetitive Behavior in the Financial Sector of the People's Republic of China

The Anti-Monopoly Law, in effect since August 2008, seeks to encourage competition, maintain market order, and facilitates the allocation of resources through open markets in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Studies on the impact of this law on the PRC’s financial industry have been limited in scope, hence, the research as published was conducted to fill the gap. This study...
8 May 2013
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Basic Statistics 2013

Basic Statistics Basic Statistics 2013 contains statistical indicators for 45 economies in the Asia and Pacific Region. The publication covers the indicators of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) such as the proportion of population living below $1.25 (PPP) a day, infant mortality rate, carbon dioxide emissions. It...
8 May 2013
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The Service Sector in Lower-Income Asian Economies

Economics Working Papers The Growth Potential of the Service Sector In the past 10 years, the service sector has been a significant contributor to overall economic growth in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Uzbekistan, and Viet Nam. Sector growth has been supported by strong industrial growth in...
7 May 2013
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Are Government-Linked Corporations Crowding out Private Investment in Malaysia?

Economics Working Papers Private investment in Malaysia has been sluggish since the Asian financial crisis. One explanation is that the growing presence of government-linked corporations (GLCs) has been crowding out private investment. For the first time, we provide empirical evidence on the relationship between GLC presence...
7 May 2013
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Corporate Investments in Asian Emerging Markets: Financial Conditions, Financial Development, and Financial Constraints

Economics Working Papers Motivated by the literature on the finance–growth nexus, this paper explores the mechanisms through which finance affects corporate investments and capital accumulation. We separate the effects of financial conditions from those of financial development. Based on a sample of firms from five Asian...