Spotlight Archives
- Pacific Economic Monitor July 2012July 2012This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses mid-year updates to 2012 and 2013 GDP growth and inflation projections for ADB's Pacific developing member countries. Read more.
- Live Online Discussion: Will Asia continue to integrate its economies?July 2012Office of Regional Economic Integration Head Iwan J. Azis and Principal Economist Lei Lei Song—two of ADB’s leading experts on integration and cooperation—responded to questions in a live online chat 23 July. Read transcript.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 100: Narrowing the Development Divide in ASEAN: The Role of PolicyJuly 2012J. Menon argues that there is a pressing need to increase the pace and breadth of policy reforms in order to address the huge gaps that remain between ASEAN-6 and Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam. Read more.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 99: The Impact of ACFTA on People’s Republic of China-ASEAN Trade: Estimates Based on an Extended Gravity Model for Component TradeJuly 2012Y. Sheng, H.C. Tang, and X. Xu use an extended gravity model to shed light on the impact of a free trade area agreement between ASEAN and the People's Republic of China on members‘ trade flows and trade patterns. Read More.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 98: ASEAN-China FTA and the Competitiveness of Local Industries: A Case Study of Major Industries in the Lao PDRJuly 2012L. Leebouapao, S. Insisienmay, and V. Nolintha assess the effect of the ASEAN–China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) on wood processing, cement, and motorcycle assembly in the Lao PDR. The paper finds that the ACFTA will have sizable but varying degrees of impact on the three industries. Read more.
- ADB Policy Brief, No.1: Why do intra-regional debt investments remain low in Asia?June 2012OREI Policy Brief finds “home bias” among Asian debt investors has deepened after the global crisis. It shows that cross-border debt investments are influenced by returns, financial openness, expected currency appreciation and liquidity. More liquid markets, harmonized rules and reduced cross-border barriers can channel the region’s savings toward long-term productive uses. Read more.
- Can renminbi appreciation resolve global imbalances?June 2012In AIEN's Trade Spotlight blog, H.C. Tang revisits arguments to refute the claim on faster appreciation of the renminbi being touted as the panacea for resolving global imbalances. Such calls have softened after the recent decline in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) current account surplus and the world’s preoccupation over the eurozone debt crisis. Read full story. | View other blogs on AIEN Trade Spotlight.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 97: Determinants of Local Currency Bonds and Foreign Holdings—Implications for Bond Market Development in the People's Republic of ChinaMay 2012In this paper, K.H. Bae identifies the determinants of cross-country differences in bond market development and draws policy implications that are pertinent to the PRC bond market. Read more. View other working papers.
- Asia Bond Monitor - April 201226 April 2012Emerging East Asia's local currency bond markets expanded 7.0% to $5.7 trillion in 2011, driven by double-digit growth in the region's corporate bond markets, according to the latest edition of the ADB's Asia Bond Monitor. Download report.
- Dealing with the “Noodle Bowl” of Asia’s Free Trade Agreements24 April 2012Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan Wignaraja discuss the impact of Asia’s "noodle bowl"of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) on businesses based on firm-level surveys in seven countries. Read more.
