Older People and COVID-19 in Indonesia
25 February 2021
The phone survey of older people and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Indonesia was conducted as a joint project by ERIA, Bappenas, and SurveyMETER. Its aim … Read More
Fuelling the Engines of Liberation with Cleaner Cooking Fuel
23 February 2021
Using the staggered roll-out of the Indonesian Conversion to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Programme, we show that a subsidy for the labour- and time-saving cooking … Read More
Birth Order, Sibling Sex Composition, and Quantity–Quality Trade-offs – Evidence from India
23 February 2021
We use two waves of data from the India Human Development Survey to investigate the effect of family size on (i) parental expenditures on children’s … Read More
Getting to Grade 10 in Viet Nam: Challenges from Deprivation, Discrimination, and a Booming Job Market
18 February 2021
Viet Nam has enjoyed more than a generation of rapid economic growth, led by labour-intensive exports. This form and pace of growth has increased schooling … Read More
The Link Between Global Value Chain Activity and Local Human Capital: Evidence from Indonesia’s Manufacturing Sector
18 February 2021
For developing countries, participation in global value chains (GVCs) provides an opportunity to expand domestic human capital. Since GVC firms require qualified workers to meet … Read More
Women’s Participation in the Digital Economy: Improving Access to Skills, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership Across ASEAN
08 February 2021
This policy brief provides evidence of the persistent digital gender divide across ASEAN and explains how it is of key importance to close this divide … Read More
Gender Digital Equality Across ASEAN
08 February 2021
This paper provides an overview of the participation of women in the digital economy across ASEAN. By using available data sources, it compares and analyses … Read More
Temburong Ecotown Development Phase 4
05 February 2021
Temburong district is famous for its rich nature and is has become more attractive because of easy access from Bandar Seri Begawan since completion of … Read More
Global Value Chain Participation and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labour in East Asia
14 February 2020
Global value chains (GVCs) may have distributional consequences for the relative demand for skilled labour. This study relates GVC participation to the share of skilled … Read More
Policies and Financing Strategies for Low-Carbon Energy Transition: Overcoming Barriers to Private Financial Institutions
14 February 2020
Placing Asian economies on a low-carbon path requires an unprecedented shift in private investment and new financing models. A growing community of investors is seeking … Read More
The Effects of the Temporary Protection on Firm Performances: Evidence from the Steel Industry in Viet Nam
13 February 2020
Trade protection may have significant impacts on sectors other than those targeted by protection policies, especially when the target sector produces goods that are essential … Read More
Learning-to-Export Effect as a Response to Export Opportunities: Micro-Evidence from Korean Manufacturing
11 February 2020
This paper aims to investigate whether empirical evidence supports the learning-to-export hypothesis, which has received little attention in the previous literature. By taking full advantage … Read More