Spotlight Archives
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 125 - South Caucasus–People's Republic of China Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: Why It MattersFeb 2014H. Hovhanesian and H. Manasyan assess the PRC's FTA strategy, the potential for regional integration in the South Caucasus, and the likely impacts of an FTA on the economies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and the PRC. Read more.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 123 - Can Low Interest Rates be Harmful: An Assessment of the Bank Risk-Taking Channel in AsiaFeb 2014A. Ramayandi, U. Rawat, and H. C. Tang find the presence of the risk-taking channel based on a panel of publicly listed bank data in Asia and concludes that “too low” interest rates lead to an increase in bank risk-taking. Read more.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 122 - Terms of Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Development: A Case of Intra-Asian "Kicking Away the Ladder"?Feb 2014K. M. Wacker, P. Großkurth, and T. Lakemann show that FDI has generally beneficial effects on developing countries’ export prices, but has negative effects in the case of South Asia. Read more.
- Inclusive Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion: An AssessmentFeb 2014The study, “Inclusive Development in the GMS: An Assessment” —the most recent output of the Greater Mekong Subregion Development Analysis Network (GMS-DAN)— includes five GMS country chapters and a synthesis chapter, compiling data and information from the five country reports to produce an analysis of the GMS as a whole. Download report.
- ADB, KCMI, PIIE launch book on Asian capital market developmentJan 2014ADB's OREI Head Iwan Azis, together with KCMI President Hyoung-Tae Kim, on 21 January opened in Seoul the international conference featuring the joint publication, Asian Capital Market Development and Integration: Challenges and Opportunities. The book, also featuring PIIE's contributions, provides an in-depth analysis of the evolution of financial integration since the Asian crisis.
- Why hasn't Japan's massive government debt wreaked havoc (yet)?Jan 2014Japan's sovereign debt-to-GDP ratio is higher than any country in Europe and more than twice the OECD average. In a VoxEU blog, UPSE's Charles Yuji Horioka; and ADB's Takaaki Nomoto and Akiko Terada-Hagiwara explain why Japan’s massive government debt did not wreak havoc in the past. But government faces pressure to quickly reduce debt-to-GDP ratio. Read more. Download paper.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 121 - Capital Market Financing for SMEs: A Growing Need in Emerging AsiaJan 2014Shigehiro Shinozaki explores the potential of capital market financing for SMEs in emerging Asia by reviewing the challenges of existing SME capital markets and assessing demands based on the findings from intensive surveys. Read more.
- Regional Cooperation and Integration (RCI) Information Pack January 2014Jan 2014The issue carries a special feature on indications of Asia's weakness in economic activity for early 2014. It also covers news and events on RCI in Asia and the Pacific, including monetary, financial, and trade indicators. Read more.
- New ILO-ADB Report—ASEAN Community 2015: Managing Integration for Better Jobs and Shared Prosperity2014The Report highlights the challenges and opportunities that will accompany the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), including managing labor migration, boosting productivity and wages, and improving job quality. It offers policy recommendations for creating better jobs and ensuring that the benefits of the AEC are equitably shared among countries and sectors. Full report | Handouts
- The ASEAN Economic Community: A Work in Progress2013ASEAN aims to achieve an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by end-2105. The book examines the key challenges facing the realization of the AEC. A key message is that the target date should not be viewed as a hard deadline but rather a milestone, in a much longer journey. Download book.
