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The developing economies of Asia are confronted by serious environmental problems that threaten to undermine future … across developing Asia will need to address towards 2030 : water management, air pollution, deforestation and land … environmental problems across Asia. This is a caution against over-optimism and blueprint or formulaic solutions. It is not, however …
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Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and … Southeast Asia where the population is aging. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in …
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Financial safety nets in Asia have come a long way since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98. Not wanting …
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with preventing productive human capital outflows ought to be considered seriously in Asia. …
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While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of...
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A key lesson of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis (GFC) was the importance of containing systemic financial risk and the need for a “macroprudential†approach to surveillance and regulation that can identify system-wide risks and take appropriate actions to maintain...
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This paper evaluates the extent of exchange rate coordination among Asian economies using a hypothetical Asian Currency Unit. Rising interdependence among Asian economies makes it vital for these economies to have a certain degree of exchange rate stability. However, the empirical evidence...
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regional institutions that Asia needs to establish to contribute to this evolving global economic architecture. …
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capital markets. The main policy implication is that governments in Asia should continue and/or strengthen pension reforms …
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The paper gives an assessment of the progress made in developing local debt markets in emerging Asia. Market … scale, efficiency, and access. With rapid economic growth in Asia, a key challenge is to generate financial assets that can …
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