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The recent decade has seen a marked shift in policy instruments motivated by non-trade objectives, such as health and safety, national security,…

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ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Devadason, Evelyn S.

Asia and the Pacific

18 Mar 2020

Solar irrigation provides an opportunity to irrigate a larger amount of land due to reliability, affordability, and accessibility.

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Hossain, Monzur|Karim, Azreen

Bangladesh

18 Mar 2020

Singapore, with its trusted data and analytics hub ambitions, may have lessons to learn from the slew of recent moves by the US. Federal agencies made…

Asia and the Pacific

17 Mar 2020

Higher financial literacy is positively associated with a higher likelihood of using fintech services but negatively correlated with holdings of crypto…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Yoshino, Naoyuki|Morgan, Peter J.|Long, Trinh Q.

Japan

17 Mar 2020

As reflected in the Philippine Development Plan 2017–2022 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, poverty reduction is at the heart of…

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Albert, Jose Ramon G.|Vizmanos, Jana Flor V.

Asia and the Pacific

16 Mar 2020

The Philippines is slowly ageing. In a little over a decade, the country’s elderly will comprise at least 7 percent of the total population. This…

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Abrigo, Michael R.M.|Racelis, Rachel H.|Salas, J.M. Ian|Herrin, Alejandro N.|Ortiz, Danica A.P.|Tam, Zhandra C.

Asia and the Pacific

16 Mar 2020

The latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts highlights the large degree of uncertainty over the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak on the New…

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New Zealand Institute of Economic Research

Research, New Zealand Institute of Economic

Asia and the Pacific

16 Mar 2020

Current account surplus shocks emanating from the People's Republic of China, Japan, and Germany have strong positive effects on regional growth…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Beirne, John|Renzhi, Nuobu|Volz, Ulrich

This paper examines the association between bond market development and profit and cost efficiency of commercial banks, based on bank-level data from…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Park, Donghyun|Tian, Shu|Wu, Qiongbing

Other

16 Mar 2020

This paper examines the firm-level nexus between exporting and importing by using firm-level data from Thai customs. We differentiate firms’ imports…

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Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu|Laksanapanyakul, Nuttawut|Matsuura, Toshiyuki

Asia and the Pacific

15 Mar 2020

It is said that oil was the primary fuel of the 20th century economy, while creativity is the fuel of the 21st century1. The creative economy is…

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Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Lanka, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri

Asia and the Pacific

15 Mar 2020

The project aims to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the government's irrigation program with focus on the technical, physical, and…

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Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Jr., Roger A. Luyun|Elazegui, Dulce D.

Asia and the Pacific

15 Mar 2020