participation rate effect, but also a growth effect. Life-cycle savings, investment deepening, foreign capital flows, and schooling … have all been greatly affected by the demographic transition. The paper discusses just how much of these positive growth …

deterrents to national savings, population growth and foreign debt. (DÜI-Sen) …After reviewing recent trends in saving behaviour in several Asian countries, the author examines financial market …

financial sector, can help improve the national saving rate. Measures now being implemented by these countries to improve the …

Econometric study of the determinants of national saving and the role of financial intermediation in a sample of 14 … Asian developing countries. Linkages between financial conditions, saving rates, the average efficiency of investment and … the rate of economic growth. The findings of the study indicate that in terms of economic growth financial conditions are …

reserves (also by a number of Asian countries). This paper examines Asia’s current account surplus from the perspective of the … excess capacity, and the relative decline of profit rates have contributed to the fall of investment rates across Asia …, indicating a return to export-led growth. (Asian Dev Rev/GIGA) …