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    An introduction to greater Mekong subregional cooperation

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2011
    Mekong region, one of the most important economic and strategic gateways in the region, has become the focus of cooperation, integration, and development in the context of Southeast Asian and East Asian regionalism.
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    Cyclicality of fiscal behavior in developing oil-producing countries: an empirical review

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011
    Oil price volatility has increased in recent years, where these large, unpredictable swings have a major impact on fiscal balances in developing oil-producing economies. This paper examines the cyclicality of fiscal behaviour in 28 developing oil-producing countries (OPCs) during 1990–2009.
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    The geography of trade and the environment: the case of CO2 emissions

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011
    According to recent theoretical developments, there are three key channels through which trade affects the environment: the first is via its effect on the scale of economic activity, the second is via a composition effect and the third is via a technical effect. This paper argues that, in addition to these traditional factors, the geography of international trade flows does matter.
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    East Asian community building: challenges and future prospects

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2011
    The concept of East Asian community building is not a new idea, coming out of the blue. It is, actually, a development that is based on the previous initiative and the on-going regional cooperation frameworks, namely the East Asia Economic Group (EAEG), the ASEAN+3, and the East Asia Summit (EAS).
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    Is ASEAN relevant to the political need of its members?

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2011
    One may come up with a question why democratization is necessary for the survival of ASEAN. There are two main reasons for the democratization of ASEAN: geopolitics and regionalism. Based on the geopolitical factor, if ASEAN is not democratized, it could be economically absorbed by the wider East Asian regional grouping in which Japan and China are dominant.
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    Chinese harmonious world policy and its implication on South East Asia

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2011
    Like many other growing economic power in history, China has to adjust its foreign policy to global development and international trends but unlike those emerging powers with diplomatic competition resulting in war, China as a rising power tries with a new policy based upon “Harmonious World” conception to seek mutual benefits and carry out collective development while pursuing its
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    Political institutions and sovereign credit spreads

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011
    Sovereign spreads are influenced by a large number of factors. The current paper assesses the impact of political factors on sovereign spreads. The paper highlights that its approach is grounded in the political constraints and accountability of the government: it argues that sovereign risk depends on the political institutions that prevail in the country.
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    Integrated paradigm for sustainable development: a panel data study

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011
    In the developing world, there is a clear trade-off between economic growth and environmental security.
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    Brief 4: Impacts of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis on Women in Central Asia

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2010
    The negative trends of the global economic and financial crisis remained in Central Asia throughout 2010. This policy brief reviews the impacts of the crisis on women including rising unemployment, migration, wage discrimination and lack of basic social protection in the female-intensive garment industry. There are examples from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan.
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    Small Farmers in High Value Chains: Binding or Relaxing Constraints to Inclusive Growth?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2014
    Linking small farmers to modern markets, whether domestically or for export, increasingly entails participation in modern supply chains coordinated by contract farming. Concerns have been raised regarding the possible disadvantages from contract farming facing small farmers. Most empirical work points to a positive correlation between participation in contract farming and net farm income.

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