Kawai, Masahiro
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This paper explores the long-term challenges for trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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This paper summarizes and evaluates the progress of regional financial cooperation, particularly the ERPD, the CMI and its subsequent multilateralization (CMIM), and the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).
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This book addresses how a regional architecture in Asia can induce a supply of regional public goods that can complement and strengthen the distribution of global public goods in the global economic architecture.
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Kawai and Pontines find that the US dollar continues to be the dominant anchor currency in the region, while the RMB has taken on increasing importance in the currency baskets of many East Asian economies in recent years.
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Despite the rising importance of the RMB, it has not eclipsed the US dollar as the dominant anchor currency in East Asia.
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The paper argues that there is a mediating role for regional-level institutions of financial regulation between national regulators in Asia and global-level institutions such as the IMF.
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Identification of long-term issues of fiscal sustainability risk for emerging Asian economies and policy recommendations for reducing these risks to sustainability.
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Examination of the dimensions of 'Japanization'-including low trend growth, debt deleveraging, deflation, and massive increases in government debt - and an analysis of their possible causes.
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Review of the recent literature on systemic financial risk and a 'macroprudential' approach to surveillance and regulation including relevant lessons for central banks, especially those in Asia's emerging economies.
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Assessment of the scope of the challenges resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake and suggestions for a long-term strategy for overcoming them and putting the Japanese economy on a stable growth path.
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The book assesses the low-carbon and green policies and practices taken by developed Asian countries, identifies gaps, and examines new opportunities for low-carbon green growth.
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This issue tackles the behavior of investment and output dynamics in explaining growth cycles in India, the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises in Asia, and the rate of return to formal education in Thailand, among other topics.
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This book describes the challenges facing Asian economies in the post-global financial crisis environment and identifies structural issues and policies that can help guide Asian policymakers in the coming years.
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This book presents contributions by scholars from different countries and provide evaluations of the global and eurozone crises and of their relevance for East Asian integration.
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What are the economic, social and policy issues confronting the People's Republic of China as it moves towards a lower but more sustainable and inclusive growth path?
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This issue covers the trade implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Asian countries, global production sharing and wage premiums in Thai manufacturing, and the trade-off between development and security spending in Afghanistan.
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This issue includes an analysis of poverty in India, the effects of foreign investment in Viet Nam, and price differences and inequality in the housing market of the People's Republic of China, among others.
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This issue covers topics on state employment and human capital investments in Viet Nam, foreign firms and indigenous technology in the People's Republic of China, rural household assets and income shocks in Pakistan, among others.
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This revamped issue of the Asian Development Review covers the link between globalization and economic development, the relocation of low-skill manufacturing jobs, overseas direct investment flows, and economic policy reforms.
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This book presents analytical frameworks and policy prescriptions for emerging markets to help them balance financial development and broader financial inclusion with macroeconomic and financial stability.