Spotlight Archives
- New RCI Information Pack now availableMay 2013The monthly RCI Information Pack covers news and events on regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia and the Pacific. It also includes monetary, financial, and trade indicators that monitor links between the region's economies and major external partners. Data used are available for download.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 111 - Exporting and Innovation: Theory and Firm-Level Evidence from the People's Republic of ChinaApril 2013Using firm-level data from the People's Republic of China (PRC) and matching econometrics, the paper finds that exporters invest more in innovation than non-exporters. Still, exporting has a smaller impact on innovation among firms in the electronics sectors, located at coastal areas, and foreign-owned. Read more.
- Pacific Economic Monitor - March 2013Mar 2013This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses 2013 and 2014 GDP growth and inflation projections for ADB's Pacific developing member countries. The theme of the policy briefs included in this issue is energy in the Pacific. Read full report.
- Asia Bond Monitor March 201318 March 2013Strong demand for emerging East Asia’s local currency bonds continues but regulators must manage risks from high capital inflows according to the latest Asia Bond Monitor. Read press relase | Full report | Watch video
- Interview with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General5 Mar 2013Tuiloma Neroni Slade describes the challenges ahead for the Pacific Region and the importance of regional cooperation in facing these problems. Watch from the ADB Channel
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 108 - Cross-Regional Comparison of Trade Integration: The Case of ServicesMarch 2013Shintaro Hamanaka examines the level of services trade integration in Asia compared with Europe and North America. Read more.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 109 - Preferential and Non-Preferential Approaches to Trade Liberalization in East Asia: What Differences Do Utilization Rates and Reciprocity Make?March 2013Jayant Menon examines the welfare impacts of preferential liberalization using more realistic utilization rates, versus non-preferential approaches. Read more.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 110 - Can Global Value Chains Effectively Serve Regional Economic Development in Asia?March 2013Hans-Peter Brunner presents a new tool for policy makers to foster regional economic integration and pursue the overarching development objective of more inclusive growth across a region. Read more.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 105 - Critical Review of East Asia – South America TradeJanuary 2013S. Hamanaka and A. Tafgar examine whether trade between East Asia and South America is a general phenomenon, a country-specific, or a commodity-specific issue, and whether increased trade is due to diversification, price effects, and/or quantity effects. Read more.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 106 - The Threat of Financial Contagion to Emerging Asia's Local Bond Markets: Spillovers from Global CrisesJanuary 2013I. J. Azis, et al look at shock and volatility spillovers from mature bond markets into select Asian local currency bond markets and discuss implications for the monitoring and policy coordination. Read more.
