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This edition discusses current economic, environmental, and development issues in Asia such as poverty, migration, and financial…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Sawada, Yasuyuki, Yoshino, Naoyuki

Bangladesh

20 Mar 2020

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

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ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Devadason, Evelyn S.

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

ERIA

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia

Hayakawa, Kazunobu|Laksanapanyakul, Nuttawut|Matsuura, Toshiyuki

Low returns to high school and vocational college are important factors to explain the low returns to education for manufacturing…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Cheng, Hong|Li, Hongbin|Li, Tang|Wang, Zeyu

Better environmental, social and governance performance is associated with lower default risk, and therefore lower funding costs.

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Nemoto, Naoko|Liu, Lian

This brief analyzes the potential economic impact of the new coronavirus outbreak on developing Asian economies across various scenarios…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Abiad, Abdul|Arao, Rosa Mia|Dagli, Suzette|Ferrarini, Benno|Noy, Ilan|Osewe, Patrick L.|Pagaduan, Jesson|Park, Donghyun|Platitas, Reizle

Bangladesh

06 Mar 2020

The Thai Government is placing high hopes on its flagship project – the Eastern Economic Corridor special development zone, or EEC – as…

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ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Phuangketkeow, Sihasak

Progressive integration of clearly defined environmental, social, and governance factors through regulatory measures offers economic…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Schumacher, Kim|Chenet, Hugues|Volz, Ulrich

Japan

03 Mar 2020

Infrastructural and economic factors are the most important requirements to develop the current green bond market in Viet Nam.

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Tu, Chuc Anh|Sarker, Tapan|Rasoulinezhad, Ehsan

Vietnam

02 Mar 2020

Global value chains (GVCs) may have distributional consequences for the relative demand for skilled labour. This study relates GVC…