Broadly speaking, developing Asia and Latin America are at similar income and development levels. Relative to the … experience with inclusive fiscal policy can offer valuable lessons for developing Asia in its new-found quest to leverage public … general implications for Asia, of particular interest is its generally successful experience with conditional cash transfer …

This paper empirically examines the relative importance of different sources of inflation in developing Asia. In … shocks to domestic prices. Our central empirical result is that contrary to popular misconception, Asia's inflation is … policy will remain a powerful tool in the fight against inflation in Asia. Another significant finding is that the pass …

consequent international tax competition for capital. The potential loss of revenues is encouraging developing Asia's governments …

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are emerging as developing Asia's main policy tool for handling the region's excess …-risk, high-return investments, and are subject to a wide range of downside risks. The underlying nature of Asia's reserves, which … implication is that the transformation of Asia into a major exporter of capital raises the possibility that capital outflows can …

developing Asia. More specifically, we examine the root causes of the large and persistent current account surpluses that have … of welfare and economic growth. Based on our analysis, we recommend a number of concrete policy directions to help Asia …

Asia has run since the 1997-1998 Asian crisis. A country's current account surplus is, by definition, equal to its net …

developing Asia's exports and growth. As a result, developing Asian countries are increasingly looking to the People's Republic … trade with the PRC can become an engine of growth for developing Asia. To do so, we examine the structure of PRC's trade … with developing Asia, in particular the relative shares of parts and components versus final goods in its imports from the …

Developing Asia has traditionally relied on exports to the United States (US) and other industrialized countries for …