- Asian-Pacific countries must advocate education systems so vulnerable groups can participate in labour markets
- R. Maclean (ed); S. Jagannathan (ed); J. Sarvi (ed) / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- As countries in Asia and the Pacific recalibrate their growth models to consolidate their positions in the global economy, availability of a highly skilled and technically qualified human resource base will be a crucial determinant of...
- Stolen Apes - The illicit trade in Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos and Orangutans
- D. Stiles / GRID Arendal, 2013
- The illegal trade in wildlife makes up one part of the multi-billion dollar business that is environmental crime and is increasingly being perpetrated at the cost of the poor and vulnerable. To date, conservation efforts have failed t...
- Elephants in the Dust - The African Elephant Crisis
- GRID Arendal, 2013
- The African elephant is facing the greatest crisis in decades. Reports of mass elephant killings in the media illustrate the situation across many African elephant range States. Surges in poaching, the illegal ivory trade and accelera...
- Land grabs and fragile food systems: The role of globalization
- S. Murphy / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2013
- IATP have consistently argued that trade agreements need to respect and promote human rights, not drive a process of globalisation that privileges commercial interests and pushes public interests aside. This paper concludes that the g...
- Creating competitive services markets must be the guiding principle for Asian policymakers
- M. Noland; D. Park; G.B. Estrada / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The maturing of the manufacturing sector in many Asian countries, combined with the relative backwardness of its service sector, has made service sector development a top priority for developing Asia. This paper surveys and analyses t...
- Is Timor-Leste’s growth inclusive?
- C. Sugden / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The newly independent Timor-Leste has established itself as one of the fastest growing economies in Asia and the Pacific. This study examines the first decade of the restoration of independence to assess if Timor-Leste’s economi...
- Asia’s services sector is set to play a more successful role in the future – lessons from a continental experiment
- D. Park; K. Shin / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- This study argues that the underdeveloped service sector in Asia has the potential to become a new engine of economic growth for developing Asia, though the region has traditionally relied on export-oriented manufacturing to power its...
- An inclusive growth is being materialised in Asia and being dreamed in the Pacific
- C. Sugden / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The concept of inclusive economic growth (growth coupled with equality of opportunity) offers new directions in the pursuit of development. This study assesses the growth experience of 22 developing economies in Asia and the Pacific r...
- Raw Material Sourcing and Firm Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in South-West Bangladesh
- M Haider 2010
- This study considers Khulna, Jessore, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts as the south-west region of Bangladesh.The intra-region raw material sourcing is the dominating trend prevailing among the manufacturing firms of the south-west reg...
- The Lao economy: capitalizing on natural resource exports
- J. Menon; P. Warr / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- Trade and investment reforms in the Laos since the mid-1980s have boosted natural resource-based exports, underpinning recent economic growth. This paper examines how the Lao export-led growth can be channeled into directions that del...
- Creating competitive services markets must be the guiding principle for Asian policymakers
- M. Noland; D. Park; G.B. Estrada / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The maturing of the manufacturing sector in many Asian countries, combined with the relative backwardness of its service sector, has made service sector development a top priority for developing Asia. This paper surveys and analyses t...
- Is Timor-Leste’s growth inclusive?
- C. Sugden / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The newly independent Timor-Leste has established itself as one of the fastest growing economies in Asia and the Pacific. This study examines the first decade of the restoration of independence to assess if Timor-Leste’s economi...
- Asia’s services sector is set to play a more successful role in the future – lessons from a continental experiment
- D. Park; K. Shin / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- This study argues that the underdeveloped service sector in Asia has the potential to become a new engine of economic growth for developing Asia, though the region has traditionally relied on export-oriented manufacturing to power its...
- An inclusive growth is being materialised in Asia and being dreamed in the Pacific
- C. Sugden / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- The concept of inclusive economic growth (growth coupled with equality of opportunity) offers new directions in the pursuit of development. This study assesses the growth experience of 22 developing economies in Asia and the Pacific r...
- Raw Material Sourcing and Firm Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in South-West Bangladesh
- M Haider 2010
- This study considers Khulna, Jessore, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts as the south-west region of Bangladesh.The intra-region raw material sourcing is the dominating trend prevailing among the manufacturing firms of the south-west reg...
- The Lao economy: capitalizing on natural resource exports
- J. Menon; P. Warr / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- Trade and investment reforms in the Laos since the mid-1980s have boosted natural resource-based exports, underpinning recent economic growth. This paper examines how the Lao export-led growth can be channeled into directions that del...
- Cambodia will shortly depart the LDCs group, yet supply side challenges must be tackled
- H. Hill; J. Menon / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- The features of Cambodia’s development record are of particular importance .This paper examines Cambodia’s socioeconomic development since the early 1990s peace settlement. The paper notes that the country&rsqu...
- Time Series Behavior of Imports and Exports of Bangladesh: Evidence from Cointegration Analysis and Error Correction Model
- J Uddin 2009
- Bangladesh, a developing economy, contains trade deficit from her very inception. This paper makes an effort to understand the time series behavior of total export and total import of Bangladesh. Unit root tests recognize the existenc...
- Developing Asia benefited from liberalising goods trade, why no benefit from liberalising services trade?
- J.B. Jensen / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- Business services are key for growth. This paper argues that developing Asia is overlooking an opportunity for increased growth and development through trade in business services. The paper argues that developing Asia would...
- A ZEN approach to post-2015: addressing the range of perspectives across Asia and the Pacific
- D.H. Brooks; K. Joshi; J.W.M. Arthur / Asian Development Bank, 2013
- The Asia and the Pacific region is gaining increased influence in the world economy but is still grappling to overcome interrelated challenges of poverty and sustainable development. This paper discusses key challenges faced throughou...
- Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration, Waseda University (waseda-giari)
- Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration, based at Waseda University, is a research and educational centre, which studies issues of regional Asian integration and contributes academically and socially to Asian integration. It also focuses on training researchers and businesspersons who will support regional Asian integration. The Institute supports a cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinar...
- Asian Productivity Organization (APO)
- Regional intergovernmental organisation. Its mission is to contribute to the socioeconomic development of Asia and the Pacific through enhancing productivity. The APO is nonpolitical, nonprofit, and nondiscriminatory.
- Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG)
- PANG is a pacific regional network promoting economic justice in globalisation with specific attention to: accountability and transparency in economic and trade policy processes poverty eradication equitable development and sustainable livelihoods (opportunity, access, impact) food security and environmental sustainability...
- American association of wine economists (AAWE)
- A collection of wine economists
- African Econometric Society (AES)
- The African Econometric Society is an international society for the advancement of economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics. Members of the society are associated with academic instutions, and the private and public sectors who share the goal of advancing econometric research, especially but not limited to African themes.
- The Berkeley Electronic Press
- Berkeley press electronic journals
- The Terrestrial Carbon Group (n/a)
- The Terrestrial Carbon Group develops policy recommendations to unlock the potential of terrestrial carbon. It is an international group of specialists from science, economics, and public policy with expertise in land management, climate change, and markets. The objective of the group is for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change.
- Global Union Research Network (GURN)
- The GURN is a cooperation project of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) , the Global Union Federations (GUFs), the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) and the ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV). Currently, the ITUC, TUAC and ILO/ACTRAV form the steering committee of the GURN. The aim of...
- Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
- The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. Since 1981 the Institute has provided timely and objective analysis of, and concrete solutions to, a wide range of international economic problems. It is one of the very few economics think tanks that are widely regarded as &qu...
- International Trade Instrument
- Comprises: International Trade Briefing Papers: A single, bespoke briefing paper reporting on a specific subject to: Inform a strategic decision, support board or management discussions, catch up on an issue when a crisis breaks or update knowledge across the business. International Trade Monitoring: This is a subscription service that helps companies monitor their global t...
