Search Results - subject:"developing Asia"

Rising Inequality in Asia and Policy Implications

Zhuang, Juzhong; Kanbur, Ravi; Rhee, Changyong - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014

This paper looks at the recent trends of rising inequality in developing Asia, asks why inequality matters, examines …

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Fiscal Policy and Inclusive Growth in Advanced Countries: Their Experience and Implications for Asia

Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk; Park, Donghyun - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2014

inclusive growth than those in developing Asia. Therefore, as developing Asia explores the more active use of fiscal policy for … along with the need for developing Asia to maintain fiscal sustainability and economic growth. …

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Fiscal Resources for Inclusive Growth

Das-Gupta, Arindam - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2014

, seigniorage, and taxes. The framework is used to assess the fiscal resource bases of economies in developing Asia to the extent …

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Fiscal Policy and Equity in Advanced Economies: Lessons for Asia

Estrada, Gemma; Angresano, James; Lind, Jo Thori; … - Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University - 2014

Advanced economies have a longer history of leveraging fiscal policy to address inequality relative to developing Asia …. We examine the country experiences of the Nordic countries, France, Japan, and the US, to draw lessons for developing … Asia in its relatively new quest to use fiscal policy to promote inclusive growth. Those experiences suggest that fiscal …

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A regional perspective to achieve the future climate regime: a long-term analysis with the TIAM-FR model

Selosse, Sandrine; Maizi, Nadia - EcoMod Network - 2014

Global warming is in essence an economic and political problem. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contributing to global warming have the same damaging effect regardless of the country in which they originate. All regions of the world are affected regardless of whether and to what extent they...

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A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth

Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Jungsuk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

A growing concern on widening income gap between the rich and the poor, the policy mismatch in tackling the relative poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient growth. Developed countries have experienced the...

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Constraints, Determinants of SME Innovation, and the Role of Government Support

Oum, Sothea; Narjoko, Dionisius Ardiyanto; HARVIE, Charles - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2014

This paper provides an empirical analysis of potential constraints to SMEs upgrading their capability to innovate, and assesses the effectiveness of government support in overcoming these constraints. The justification for government support is that market failures can hinder SMEs’ access to...

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Explaining Foreign Holdings of Asia’s Debt Securities

Horioka, Charles Yuji; Hagiwara, Akiko Terada-; Nomoto, … - Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian … - 2014

securities, with emphasis on Japan and developing Asia. We find that foreign residents generally increased their holdings of …

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FDI inflows and trade imbalances: evidence from developing Asia

Tran, Thi Anh-Dao; Dinh, Thi Thanh Binh - In: European Journal of Comparative Economics 11 (2014) 1, pp. 147-169

The present paper examines the effects of FDI inflows on external imbalances in the developing and transition countries in Asia during the period 1991-2011. To this end, we extend the conventional trade balance model by reformulating the determinants of exports and imports. Our empirical...

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Income Distributions, Inequality, and Poverty in Asia, 1992â€“2010

Chotikapanich, Duangkamon; Griffiths, William E.; Rao, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014

Income distributions for developing countries in Asia are modeled using beta-2 distributions, which are estimated by a method of moments procedure applied to grouped data. Estimated parameters of these distributions are used to calculate measures of inequality, poverty, and pro-poor growth in...

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