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Modern transportation systems can link regions and improve the quality of life in Asia's megacities. This page tracks the latest ideas and trends in this fast-paced field.
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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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Tariff Policies and Wages in Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Viet Nam
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2020-03-30)This paper reviews the tariff policies and their impact on the wages of workers in manufacturing during the substantial trade liberalisation period in Viet Nam from 2011 to 2015, the four years following Viet Nam becoming a middle-income country. The ... -
Four Years of SDGs in Bangladesh: Measuring Progress and Charting the Path Forward
(Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2020-02-28)This publication takes stock of the progress made by Bangladesh in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during the first four-year cycle (2015–2019) of the 2030 Agenda. The volume is the product of a unique participatory exercise which ... -
India’s GVC integration: An analysis of upgrading efforts and facilitation of lead firms
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2020-02-28)India presents an unique example of manufacturing capability in most sectors, but low integration into GVCs. This paper examines the reasons for India’s low integration into GVCs, especially in the manufacturing sector. It argues that one of the reasons ... -
Production Dynamics in Multi-Product Firms’ Exporting
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2020-02-28)To create room for production capacity for exported products, new exporters may decrease either the production of exported products or of other products for the domestic market, or of both. Namely, when firms begin to export, they must reallocate their ... -
Learning to Export Effect as a Response to Export Opportunities: Micro Evidence from Korean Manufacturing
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2020-02-28)This paper aims to investigate whether empirical evidence supports the learning to export hypothesis, which has received little attention in the previous literature. By taking full advantage of plant product level data from the Republic of Korea during ... -
The Impact of the Green Energy Infrastructure On Firm Productivity: Evidence from the Three Gorges Project in the People's Republic of China
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2020-02-28)Despite the dominant role of hydropower in the global power generation mix and the popularity of studying the productivity impact of infrastructure investment, there is a lack of research regarding the impact of hydropower projects on firm productivity. ... -
Not Business as Usual: Mega-Trends and the Need for New City Building Approaches in the People’s Republic of China
(Asian Development Bank, 2020-02-28)This paper assesses the urban future of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), currently home to 59% of the national population, from the perspective of mega-trends that are dramatically affecting the country. These mega-trends include: (i) urban ... -
Four Years of SDGs in Bangladesh: Non-State Actors as Delivery Partners
(Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2020-02-28)The first ever intellectual contribution on sustainable development in Bangladesh through a non-government lens, this book is a unique analytical output that has been generated through a remarkable participatory process. The idea for this special ... -
The Effects of the Temporary Protection on Firm Performances: Evidence from the Steel Industry in Viet Nam
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2020-02-28)Trade protection may have significant impacts on sectors other than those targeted by protection policies, especially when the target sector produces goods that are essential inputs to downstream sectors. Using panel Vietnamese enterprise surveys from ... -
The Geopolitics of Digital Trade and Sustainable Development
(ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020-02-27)Over the past years and months, trade and sustainable development have become major arenas of geopolitical contestation between the great powers. This is not a new phenomenon. Throughout history, powerful states have used other areas as proxies in order ...