Finance
Theme curator: Yoshino, Naoyuki
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Financial authorities worldwide face these key challenges: maintaining financial stability; ensuring long-term finance for stable economic growth; promoting greater access to financial services for average households and small and medium-sized enterprises; and fostering a competitive but reliable financial industry. What are the latest ideas from Asia to achieve these goals?
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International Remittances and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Asian Developing Countries
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-07-01)
International remittances represent the second most important source of external funding for developing countries after foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper examines the impact of international remittances on poverty reduction using the panel ...
Alternatives to Bank Finance: Role of Carbon Tax and Hometown Investment Trust Funds in Developing Green Energy Projects in Asia
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-07-01)
The main obstacle to developing green energy projects is lack of access to finance. For larger energy projects (e.g., large hydropower projects), insurance and pensions are sustainable financing alternatives. Large energy projects are long-term investment ...
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Malaysia’s Oil and Gas Sector: Constant Expectations despite Diminishing Returns
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022-03-02)Since the oil and gas (O&G) sector’s take-off in the 1970s, this natural bounty has yielded myriad benefits to Malaysia. While not falling into the ‘resource curse’ of an unquestioned reliance on natural resources, the O&G sector is nonetheless a key ... -
Asian Development Bank Member Fact Sheet: Tuvalu Updated March 2022
(Asian Development Bank, 2022-03-01)Tuvalu is a small island developing state comprising nine atolls in the South Pacific. It is geographically isolated and highly vulnerable to climatic and economic shocks. With a small private sector and limited resources to support socioeconomic ... -
RSIS NTS Bulletin: February 2022
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)NTS Bulletin is a monthly periodical that discusses current issues concerning Climate change, Energy, food, water and Health security; Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. -
Understanding SME Trade Finance in ASEAN: An Overview
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-28)SMEs are the most important source of employment in all ASEAN countries, but a lack of access to external sources of finance may limit their expansion and growth. In particular, the existence of a trade finance gap can curtail their participation in ... -
How can the Philippines seize the opportunities in services trade under RCEP?
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-02-28)Despite being a wide-ranging trading arrangement (Ho 2020; Pearson 2020; Rivas 2020; Drysdale and Armstrong 2021), RCEP is considered a marginal regional trade agreement. This is because RCEP merely compiles the previous commitments of the Association ... -
Empowering women-led MSMEs to engage in cross-border e-commerce trade through RCEP
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2022-02-28)This Policy Note presents a gendered perspective on the impact of e-commerce adoption on the performance of women-led MSMEs (WoMSMEs) in Metro Manila and their propensity to engage in cross-border e-commerce trade once RCEP is in effect. The findings ... -
Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic for Developing a Resilient ASEAN
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)The vast differences in the level of economic and social development, political governance, and policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding, nearly all ASEAN member states share a common outlook towards growth strategies. They will all ... -
RSIS Beyond Relief! Singapore Humanitarian Network Issue 4
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2022-02-28)In our Feature Article, Lina Gong writes about the need to adapt humanitarian practices to new environments and constraints. The sector needs to reform, adapt and innovate to prepare for much more complex and uncertain futures. This issue’s On the ... -
Understanding Student Migration from Sri Lanka
(Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2022-02-28)This policy discussion brief is based on primary data from a rapid survey of student migrants and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), secondary data on available Sri Lankan student migration corridors and existing literature. The analysis adopts a descriptive ... -
IPS Monthly Bulletin February 2022
(Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2022-02-28)IPS Monthly Bulletins highlights: New Policy Discussion Brief on ‘Understanding Student Migration from Sri Lanka’ by Dr Bilesha Weeraratne, Harini Weerasekara, and Thilini Bandara provide an understanding of Sri Lankan origin students migrating for ...