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Ex-ante Impact Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer Program on School Attendance and Poverty: The Case of the Philippines

Son, Hyun; Florentino, Jhiedon - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2008

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Ex-ante Impact Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer Program on School … views or policies of the Asian Development Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating … monitoring development effectiveness. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a quick-disseminating, informal publication …

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Have Antidumping Measures of EU and NAFTA Members against East Asian Countries Provoked Retaliatory Responses?

E. James, William - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2008

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Have Antidumping Measures of EU and NAFTA Members against East Asian Countries … Provoked Retaliatory Responses? William E. James No. 144 | December 2008 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 144 Have … chilling effect on trade (Prusa 992). | ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 144 countries with AD regimes (Bloningen …

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Integration of Consumer Price Indices and the International Comparison Program for the Asia and Pacific Region: How can They be Achieved?

Ward, Michael; Palanyandy, Chellam; Capilit, Eileen - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2008

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Integration of Consumer Price Indices and the International Comparison Program …. 143 | December 2008 ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 143 Integration of Consumer Price Indices and the … reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating …

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Environmental Kuznets Curves in the People’s Republic of China: Turning Points and Regional Differences

Jiang, Yi; Lin, Tun; Zhuang, Juzhong - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2008

ADB Economics Working Paper Series Environmental Kuznets Curves in the People’s Republic of China: Turning Points … Bank. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback on ongoing and …. The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a quick-disseminating, informal publication whose titles could subsequently be …

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Myanmar’s Trade and its Potential

Ferrarini, Benno - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013

The paper tabulates Myanmar’s merchandise trade as reported by its partner countries, thereby circumventing the data constraints stemming from Myanmar’s patchy trade records. It then estimates Myanmar’s export potential, based on the bilateral export patterns observed for six other...

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The Service Sector in India

Mukherjee, Arpita - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013

The service sector is the largest and fastest growing sector in India and has the highest labor productivity, but employment has not kept pace with the share of the sector in gross domestic product and has not produced the number or quality of jobs needed. There is no policy leading to inclusive...

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The Lao Economy: Capitalizing on Natural Resource Exports

Menon, Jayant; Warr, Peter - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013

Trade and investment reforms in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) since the mid-1980s have boosted natural resource-based exports, underpinning recent economic growth. A high proportion of the proceeds from these exports accrue directly to the government. Over the 8 years...

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Determinants of Urbanization

Hofmann, Anett; Wan, Guanghua - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013

In light of the United Nations' (UN) latest urbanization projections, par- ticularly with respect to India and the People's Republic of China, a good understanding is needed of what drives aggregate urbanization trends. Yet, previous literature has largely neglected the issue in favor of...

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On the Determinants of Scholastic Performance in Five Asian Countries

Deutsch, Joseph; Silber, Jacques - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013

This paper takes an efficiency analysis perspective to analyze, on the basis of the data of the 2009 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey, the determinants of scholastic performance in five Asian countries (Azerbaijan,...

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A Practical Approach to International Monetary System Reform: Building Settlement Infrastructure for Regional Currencies

Rhee, Changyong; Sumulong, Lea - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013

The squeeze in US dollar liquidity that emerged with the global financial crisis highlighted the risks associated with the current global financial system. Asia was adversely affected by the crisis not only because of its dependence on trade, but also because of its heavy reliance on the US...

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