Infrastructure
Theme curator: Yoshino, Naoyuki
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Many Asian countries need massive infrastructure investments right now. However, the full economic impact of highways, railways, bridges and ports was often not well computed resulting in waste, inefficiencies and sometimes undervaluation. This ADBI animeme shows how smarter project assessments could guaranty higher-quality and environmentally-suitable infrastructure for the region.
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Impact of Infrastructure Investment on Tax: Estimating Spillover Effects of the Kyushu High-Speed Rail Line in Japan on Regional Tax Revenue
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2016-05-15)
This paper analyzes the impact of infrastructure investment on tax revenues and on the economy of the region. In 1991, the Kyushu high-speed rail line was constructed and was completed in 2003. In 2004, the rail line started operating from Kagoshima ...
Timor-Leste 2016 TATOLI! Public Opinion Poll
(The Asia Foundation, 2017-06-07)
Timor-Leste under the VIth Constitutional Government has made great progress in the collection and utilization of evidence in policy making. Initiatives such as the newly established Unit for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation within the Office of ...
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Philippines
(The Asia Foundation, 2017-07-06)The Asia Foundation’s programs in the Philippines promote better governance to support economic growth, strengthen the rule of law, and foster peace and development in Mindanao. Building on its wide network of partners, the Foundation is helping ... -
Does Corruption Affect Access to Bank Credit for Micro and Small Businesses? Evidence from European MSMEs
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-07-01)In this paper, we aim to assess how a specific socio-institutional environment, identified according to the level of corruption, may affect the access to credit for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Using a sample of 68,115 observations ... -
Hometown investment trust funds, with revenues from taxes on pollutants, could provide much-needed finance for green energy projects.
(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 ... -
The Impacts of Roll-On/Roll-Off Transport System in the Philippines
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2017-06-30)It is well recognized in the literature that a country’s transport system plays a central role in its development. In this paper, we show the economic impacts of improvements in the transport system by studying experience of the Philippines with the ... -
ASEAN-India Renewable Energy Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges for the Region and the Philippines
(Foreign Service Institute, 2017-06-30)ASEAN-India relations reached a level of strategic partnership in 2012 given that both parties have shared numerous convergent interests encompassing their political, economic, and security objectives. ASEAN and India are also dealing with energy ... -
Reflecting on ASEAN’s Contributions to the Region and the World
(Foreign Service Institute, 2017-06-30)ASEAN has come a long way since the five foreign ministers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand came together in Bangkok in August 1967 to establish an organization that would promote economic and social cooperation. Since ... -
Trans-Pacific Partnership Rules for Digital Trade in Asia
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-06-30)Digital trade is upending the way consumers and companies do business. Digital trade and e-commerce have become major drivers of economic development by enhancing productivity and lowering costs of trade in goods. But government policies have been slow ... -
Digital Trade in Europe and Central Asia
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-06-30)The Internet greatly increases firms’ potential to produce new goods and service for new markets. The Internet is also having a dramatic impact on services, especially in the retail, trade and finance sectors, by enabling firms to digitize their products ... -
Determinants and Impacts of Financial Literacy in Cambodia and Viet Nam
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-06-30)Financial literacy is gaining increasing importance as a policy objective in many countries. However, internationally comparable information on financial literacy is still scarce. The OECD/INFE survey of adult financial literacy is a standardized survey ... -
Transforming Towards a High-Income People's Republic of China: Challenges and Recommendations
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-06-30)The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has experienced stellar economic performance over the last 3 decades. Gross domestic product growth has averaged 10% per year. Per capita income has increased by a factor of 13. Life expectancy at birth increased ...