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Here's how to pay for all that new infrastructure. Governments and developers worldwide are looking for better ways to build and renovate highways, railways, bridges and dams.
This major new book from ADBIPress provides real answers on how to attract private financing. Latest evidence on the full impacts of infrastructure on economic and social indicators, especially spillover effects, and innovative ideas for new financing are comprehensively presented by experts.
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Financing Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific: Capturing Impacts and New Sources
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018-03-30)
This major book from ADBI Press aims to provide the latest scientific evidence on infrastructure investment, including new ideas as to how to finance infrastructure. The editors believe the 500-page book will make an important contribution to help Asia ...
Introducing the Tax-Kicker Bond: Budget-Neutral Financing of Private Infrastructure by Back-End Participation in Future Tax Revenue Growth
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-08-30)
This brief shows the spillover effect of how infrastructure can create jobs, industries, and regional wealth. Revenue from property rates, income and business taxes, as well as sales or value-added tax increases along the periphery and adjacent areas ...
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The Rise of the People's Republic of China and Its Competition Effects on Innovation in Japan
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-03-30)This paper empirically examines the “defensive innovation” hypothesis that firms with higher exposure to low-wage economy import competition intensively undertake more innovative activity by using a high quality Japanese firm-level panel dataset over ... -
Gender and Corporate Success: An Empirical Analysis of Gender-Based Corporate Performance on a Sample of Asian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-03-30)Within a patriarchal society, women are placed in a precarious societal positioning that leads to a prevalence of gender inequality in education, financial literacy, and access to finance. In the context of Asia, where small and medium-sized enterprises ... -
Determinants and Impacts of Financial Literacy in the Lao PDR
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-03-15)Financial literacy is gaining increasing importance as a policy objective in many countries. However, internationally comparable information on financial literacy is still scarce. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development International ... -
The Role of Credit Guarantee Schemes in the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises with an Emphasis on Knowledge-Based Enterprises
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-03-15)Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their growth stage reach the point where, on the one hand, personal resources do not meet their needs, and, on the other, they do not have enough collateral to attract external finance. Access to finance can ... -
Quality Infrastructure Investment: Ways to Increase the Rate of Return for Infrastructure Investments
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-03-15)Private–public partnerships in infrastructure have been advocated for many years. Investors currently receive a low rate of return on infrastructure investment. This is because the main sources of revenue from infrastructure investment are user charges. ... -
From Sister to Global Cities: The economics of New Zealand’s Sister Cities
(New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, 2019-03-15)NZIER has been commissioned by Sister Cities New Zealand to investigate Sister City relationships. In 2003, we wrote a report about the economic benefits of Sister Cities and their potential for supporting regional economic development. The report ... -
PIDS: Development and Research News: January-March 2019
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2019-03-15)Development Research News is a quarterly publication of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). It highlights the findings and recommendations of PIDS research projects and important policy issues discussed during PIDS seminars. PIDS ... -
Taxation in financial services under TRAIN
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2019-03-15)In 2017, Republic Act 10963 or the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act was signed into law. It has since been subjected to blame for the steep rise in inflation and slight slowdown in economic growth. This Policy Note revisits the ... -
ICT regulation and regulatory authority
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2019-03-15)This Policy Note revisits the country’s ICT regulation, particularly the laws, rules, and regulations governing the ICT sector. Given the intricacies of the recent convergence of the technologies, especially under the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it ... -
Nonperforming Loans in Asia: Determinants and Macrofinancial Linkages
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-03-15)The recent rise of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in some Asian economies calls for close analysis of the determinants, the potential macrofinancial feedback effects, and the implications for financial stability in the region. Using a dynamic panel model, ...