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The Role of the Private Sector in Regional Economic Integration : a View from the Philippines

Rosellon, Maureen Ane D.; Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

The private sector is the driver of growth in most ASEAN economies. It is therefore expected to play a significant role in the process of economic integration in ASEAN. In the Philippines, the private sector has dominated the economy, contributing about 95 percent of GDP, but it has not lived up...

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The Impact of Private Sector Growth on Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Indonesia

Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

This paper assesses the effect of public and private sector growth on poverty in Indonesia. We use fixed capital formation growth as the proxy for the private sector and growth in government spending as the indicator of the public sector. We find that growth in both sectors significantly reduces...

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The Role of the State in Managing and Forestalling Systemic Financial Crises : Some Issues and Perspectives

Adams, Charles - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010

This paper reviews recent state interventions in financial crises and draws lessons for crisis management. A number of areas are identified where crisis management could be strengthened, including with regard to the tools and instruments used to involve the private sector in crisis resolution...

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Estimating the Probability of Trade Union Membership in India - Impact of Communist Parties, Personal Attributes and Industrial Characteristics

Pal, Rupayan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

of workers, and industrial characteristics on the individual decision to unionise for Indian non-agricultural regular … and unemployment rate also influence the individual decision to be unionist. The paper concludes also that workers gender …

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Export Competitiveness in the Indian auto-component industry : Does Low Wage Cost matter?

Saripalle, Madhuri - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

This paper analyzes the differences in the export behavior of domestic and multinational firms in the Indian auto component industry. Three types of firms are identified according to ownership : purely domestic and licensees, domestic joint ventures and joint ventures with majority stakes by the...

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Transportation Cost and Trade Competitiveness : Empirical Evidence from India

De, Prabir; Rout, Bhisma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

on trade competitiveness of India. …

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A Dynamic Shift-Share Analysis of the Electronics Export Market 1988-2001 : Can the NIEs Compete with China?

Wilson, Peter; Chern, Ting Su; Ping, Tu Su; Robinson, Edward - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

This paper uses dynamic shift-share analysis to examine the export performance of China in electronics compared to the … east Asian NIEs exporting to the USA, European Union and Japan between 1988 and 2001. Our findings suggest that China has …-drives, printers and PCs; but in the higher-end exports of printed circuit boards and semiconductors, China has not yet gained a …

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EXPORT PERFORMANCE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE GOODS : A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Xu, Xinpeng - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 1998

In this paper I examine whether stringent environmental standards reduce the international competitiveness of … claim that higher environmental standards reduce the international competitiveness of ESGs can not be justified in the light …

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Expanding RP-US Linkages in Business Process Outsourcing

Rodolfo, Ceferino S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector has experienced unprecedented global growth. This has greatly benefited the Philippines, where BPO has five main segments : call centers, medical transcription, animation, software development, and shared services. High population level, cultural...

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International Competitiveness ââ‚¬â€ Where Pakistan Stands?

Zia, Uzma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

The concept of competitiveness has been widely accepted and has become a part of discussion in world-wide forums. Today … global economy cannot be explained in the same manner as it was a few decades ago. Improved competitiveness of economies is a … of Pakistan in the International Competitiveness. As a survey paper, the concept, definition and the measurement of …

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