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Guidelines for undertaking rapid biodiversity assessments in terrestrial and marine environments in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014This publication contains guidelines for undertaking rapid biodiversity assessments the Pacific island countries and territories of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.DocumentRegional economic integration, foreign direct investment and efficiency-seeking industrial restructuring in Asia: the case of India
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007Regional economic integration has been a most striking trend of the 1990s led by Single European Market by European Union in 1992 and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994. These RTAs pursued a deeper type of integration covering preferential free trading arrangements complemented by investment liberalisation across the region.DocumentWelfare gains from regional economic integration in Asia: ASEAN+3 or EAS
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007The experiences of Asian countries suggest that the region has substantial economic potentials and synergies between these countries and they can be better tapped with comprehensive economic cooperation. With this approach formation of an Asian Economic Community is not too far away from now. Next phase of liberalisation in Asia should focus on deep economic integration.DocumentIs corporate governance different for Islamic banks?: a comparative analysis between the Gulf cooperation council context and the Southeast Asia context
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012Islamic banks are particular financial institutions generating distinct corporate governance challenges. The present study examines corporate governance in Islamic banking firms in both Gulf cooperation Council countries and Southeast Asia countries. The investigation relies on a sample of 90 larges Islamic banks over the period 2000-2009.DocumentTowards an Asian “Bretton Woods” for restructuring of the regional financial architecture
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008Despite a plethora of programs for increased financial co-operation in Asia, there has been very little real progress in developing a regional architecture for financial co-operation in Asia.DocumentEast Asian infrastructure development in a comparative global perspective: an analysis of RIS infrastructure index
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008Development of infrastructure is one of the key priorities of East Asia Summit (EAS) countries. By constructing an Infrastructure Index for 104 countries comprising all the EAS members, this paper examines the levels of infrastructure attainment of EAS countries in a comparative global perspective over time and space.DocumentEconometric modeling of world oil supplies: terminal price and the time to depletion
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012The exhaustion of oil is an important shortcoming in a growing world economy where real output is expected to rise over the foreseeable future. This paper develops a novel approach by which to identify the price of oil at the time of depletion, the so-called "terminal price" of oil.DocumentPotential of Asian economic integration: a perspective from the strategy of Japanese enterprises
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008The progress of the cooperation and economic integration of the region has a big potentiality for further industrial and economic development of the whole Asian region in general. IT industries have big potentiality for the future economic development of each country in the region.DocumentEfficiency gains from liberalizing labor mobility
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013The relation between cross-country labour mobility and world GDP needs further study. This paper investigates the effect of a complete liberalisation of international labour mobility on the allocation of the world labour force, world GDP/income level, and its distribution across countries and regions.DocumentExchange rate regimes for post-conflict recovery
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013The economic agenda for post-conflict transition has been dominated by issues of aid effectiveness. This paper argues that the received literature has largely ignored the important issue of what constitutes an optimal exchange rate and monetary regime for post-conflict countries.Pages