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Niny Khor
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Assessing Mandated Credit Programs: Case Study of the Magna Carta in the Philippines
This paper examines the Magna Carta Law in the Philippines, which mandates banks to allocate 2% of their total loan portfolios to medium-sized firms and 8% to micro and small firms.
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安居
近年来，为满足住房需求，中华人民共和国（中国） 的住房供应量大幅攀升，但住房的可负担性问题却 日益突出。国务院下令，在"十二五"规划（2011 - 2015 年）期间，要新建保障房3,600 万套。 和其他国家相比，中国的住房拥有率非常高。到 2010 年，拥有自有住房已经十分普遍。在过去的 30 年里，城镇居民的居住面积增加了9 倍，农村 地区增加了4.5 倍。事实上，有2/3 的住房都建于 1990 年之后。中国GDP 的增长也主要得益于住房 市场的快速发展。 住房市场（租赁及销售）正迅速发展，尤其是在城 镇地区。在30 年的市场化改革过程中，中国的房 地产市场现已成为全球最大的房地产市场之一，其 模式也颇具地域性：租住房以及商品房在上海、北 京、广东等大城市非常普遍。 但是，截至2010 年，有超过35% 的住房未接通自 来水，还有28% 没有厕所；在部分省份，这一比 例甚至分别超过62% 和55%，而且该问题不仅限 于农村地区的自建住房。在北京和上海，2/3 的租 房者（绝大部分为外来务工人员、应届毕业生及低 收入家庭）的租住房中，也没有厕所或厨房。因此， 一项健全的保障房政策还应涵盖改建现有住房，并 增加高质量（拥有适当的卫生设施、供水以及基本 设施）廉租房的供给量。 -
Housing the People
This issue analyzes historical improvements in housing stock and the growth of housing market in the People's Republic of China. Statistics are based on Census 2010 and NBS Statistical Yearbooks.
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Enterprises in the Philippines: Dynamism and Constraints to Employment Growth
This paper analyzes factors that affect the growth of enterprises in the Philippines, as measured from the expansion of employment.
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The Rise of the Middle Class in the People's Republic of China
This paper discusses the rise of the middle class in the People's Republic of China and the drivers of this trend.
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Evolution of Income Mobility in the People's Republic of China: 1991-2002
This paper looks at changes in the patterns of income mobility in the People's Republic of China between the early 1990s and early 2000s, a period when income inequality was rapidly rising.
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Minimum Wages and Changing Wage Inequality in Indonesia
This paper investigates the extent to which minimum wage laws in Indonesia may have contributed to the decrease in wage inequality by looking at changes in individual wages, hours of work, and employment between 1993 and 2007.
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Exports and the Global Crisis: Still Alive, though Not Quite Kicking Yet
This paper provides detailed information on Asian manufacturing and exporting industries hardest hit in the recent global financial crisis. It uses various sources of data including Industrial Statistics and unemployment and exports data.
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Financial Sector Development, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction: A Literature Review
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of financial sector development, with a view to deepening understanding of the rationale of development assistance to the financial sector of developing countries.
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Measuring Income Mobility, Income Inequality, and Social Welfare for Households of the People's Republic of China
This paper explores several ways of measuring income mobility. It finds considerable income mobility in the People’s Republic of China, with income mobility lower among rural households than among urban households.
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Trade and Employment in Asia
In the context of global rebalancing, accompanied by inevitable changes in trade patterns between Asia and the rest of the world, the volume's chapters analyze the links between trade openness and trends in employment and its quality.