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Impacts of Sanitation on Child Mortality and School Enrollment: A Country-Level Analysis
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2021-07-30)
This study contributes to the limited empirical literature on sanitation by estimating the causal effect of sanitation on development outcomes using country-level data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and ...
Disaster Resilience in Asia: A Special Supplement of Asia’s Journey to Prosperity: Policy, Market, and Technology Over 50 Years
(Asian Development Bank, 2021-07-30)
The Asia and Pacific region has seen tremendous economic and social progress since the 1960s. Yet, the region remains vulnerable to disaster risk that threatens its hard-won gains. Over the years, developing Asia has endured a growing number of disasters ...
COVID-19 and Indian Agriculture: From Crisis to Opportunities
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2021-07-30)
This first issue brings together seemingly disparate issues in the agriculture sector to a coherent narrative by highlighting the role of the government in times of pandemic. It draws from the team's research during the April-June quarter to anchor the ...
Exploring Digital Economic Agreements to Promote Digital Connectivity in ASEAN
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2021-07-30)
This paper explores modules and articles on cooperation concerning the digital economy that are applicable for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries under certain circumstances. It investigates the progress of and obstacles to ASEAN’s ...
Unpacking China’s Merchandise Trade with ASEAN during the Global Pandemic
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2021-07-15)
The Covid-19 pandemic since early 2019 has drastically disrupted economic activities throughout the world. According to the World Trade Organization, global merchandise trade flows decreased by 5.3% in 2020.1 Against this backdrop, however, bilateral ...
The COVID-19 and Stock Return Volatility: Evidence from South Korea
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2021-06-30)
This study examines the impact of the number of coronavirus cases on regime-switching in stock return volatility. This study documents the empirical evidence that the COVID-19 cases had an asymmetric effect on the regime of stock return volatility. ...
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