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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 ...
Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism: Baseline Study in Bangladesh
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-06-30)
The establishment of a Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism (TTFMM) is important for a country to take stock, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize recommendations for the implementation of trade facilitation measures. A baseline study ...
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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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Economic Potential of the Vientiane–Ha Noi Expressway Based on Experience of the Mekong Region
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2019-03-15)The Vientiane–Ha Noi Expressway (VHE) will connect the capitals of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and Viet Nam, which have established special relations in politics, security, and ideology. Vientiane, however, has closer economic relations ... -
Coal in India: Adjusting to transition
(Brookings India, 2019-03-15)Coal is the source of half of commercial primary energy in India. However, non-commercial biomass is still an important energy source, making up roughly one-quarter of total primary energy. The power sector uses the majority of India’s coal (Figure 1) ... -
Resource Sharing and Joint Development in the South China Sea: Exploring Avenues of Cooperation
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019-03-15)The Philippines and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Cooperation on Oil and Gas Development, demonstrating their willingness to explore joint development as a pathway to collaboration, notwithstanding their territorial disputes. ... -
Promoting Regional Tourism Cooperation under CAREC 2030: A Scoping Study
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-03-15)The essence of tourism is to create and deepen socio-economic and cultural ties across countries, improve connectivity, and foster better dialogue by bringing people and nations closer together. Thus, promoting cooperation in the tourism sector is one ... -
At the Signing of the Gwangju Job Project, a Korean Adoption of the Auto 5000 Model
(Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, 2019-03-11)The city of Gwangju and Hyundai Motors finally signed an agreement on January 31 on the much-anticipated Gwangju job project. Known as being motivated by the Auto 5000 model introduced at Volkswagen (VW) during 2001-2008, the project's objective is to ... -
Average Hotel Prices in Georgia and Hotel Price Index: February 2019
(Policy and Management Consulting Group, 2019-02-28)In February 2019, in Georgia the hotel price index decreased by 1.7% compared to January 2019. In Tbilisi, the hotel prices decreased by 1.9%. The decrease of hotel prices in Georgia, can be linked to decreased number of tourists trips. In February ... -
Cross-border Transport Facilitation in Inland ASEAN and the ASEAN Economic Community
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2019-02-28)The year 2015 was a great milestone for the ASEAN with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). There, too, was the release of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC), a set of strategic documents that details how to achieve overall ...