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The People’s Republic of China as an Engine of Growth for Developing Asia? Evidence from Vector Autoregression Models

Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

Developing Asia has traditionally relied on exports to the United States (US) and other industrialized countries for demand and growth. As a result, the collapse of exports to the US and other industrialized countries during the global financial and economic crisis has sharply curtailed gross...

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Saving, Investment, and Current Account Surplus in Developing Asia

Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Saving, Investment, and Current Account Surplus in Developing Asia Donghyun Park … and Kwanho Shin No. 158 | April 2009 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 158 Saving, Investment, and Current ….20 Saving Investment GDP Growth 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 20052000 | ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 158 Figure 1 …

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The Global Crisis and the Impact on Remittances to Developing Asia

Jha, Shikha; Sugiyarto, Guntur; Vargas-Silva, Carlos - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

Remittances to Asia plunged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but the drop was temporary as the flows were increasing once again after just 1 year. The current crisis, however, is fundamentally different in that even the countries that send remittances have been adversely affected. The...

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Developing Asia's Sovereign Wealth Funds and Outward Foreign Direct Investment

Park, Donghyun; Estrada, Gemma - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have emerged in developing Asia as a policy response to an unprecedented accumulation of foreign exchange (FX) reserves since 2000. At the same time, developing countries have become an increasingly important source of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The...

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Are Developing Asia’s Foreign Exchange Reserves Excessive? An Empirical Examination

Park, Donghyun; Estrada, Gemma - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

Developing Asian countries have accumulated foreign exchange reserves on an unprecedented scale in recent years. There is a growing consensus that Asia’s reserves now substantially exceed the levels required for precautionary purposes or for self-protection against currency crisis. The central...

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Housing Prices and the Role of Speculation: The Case of Seoul

Park, Donghyun; Xiao, Qin - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Housing Prices and the Role of Speculation: The Case of Seoul Donghyun Park and … Qin Xiao No. 146 | January 2009 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 146 Housing Prices and the Role of … policies of the Asian Development Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and …

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Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth in Developing Asia

Niimi, Yoko - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

This paper reviews the recent progress toward gender equality in developing Asia by examining a number of indicators proposed under the Millennium Development Goal 3 plus approach, focusing on gender inequalities in education and health outcomes (capability) and in labor market and political...

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US International Trade and the Global Economic Crisis

E. James, William - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

World trade volume is in retreat for the first time in more than two decades and the contraction is on a scale not seen since the global recession following the second oil shock of 1979–1980. The United States (US) is at the epicenter of the crisis and is a major source of external demand for...

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Trade Structure and the Transmission of Economic Distress in the High-Income OECD Countries to Developing Asia

Jongwanich, Juthathip; E. James, William; J. Minor, Peter; … - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Trade Structure and the Transmission of Economic Distress in the High … | May 2009 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 161 Trade Structure and the Transmission of Economic Distress in the … apparel quotas in 2005. | ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 161 II. Structure and Direction of Developing Asia …

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Determinants of Structural Changes of Food Exports from Developing Countries

Jongwanich, Juthathip; Magtibay-Ramos, Nedelyn - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2009

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Determinants of Structural Changes of Food Exports from Developing Countries … Juthathip Jongwanich and Nedelyn Magtibay-Ramos No. 166 | July 2009 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 166 … unique characteristics of their products and conveying | ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 166 information about …

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