Real and Financial Integration in Asia
23 August 2012
This book investigates the impact of both real and financial integration to growth and to welfare, and to enquire whether increases in either or both … Read More
Economic Consequences of Globalization
26 December 2012
Economists have long recognized the gains from international trade. The question is, does international trade – or more broadly, globalization – increase growth? Notwithstanding the … Read More
Energy Market Integration in East Asia
26 December 2013
East Asian nations through the dialogue between ASEAN and its partners have been promoting energy market integration (EMI) for a decade. The formation of the … Read More
Energy Market Integration in East Asia: Deepening Understanding and Moving Forward
30 November 2014
East Asian nations through the dialogue between ASEAN and its partners have been promoting energy market integration (EMI) for a decade. The formation … Read More
Strengthening Social Protection in East Asia
01 April 2015
This book focuses on relatively unexplored areas in pension and health care arrangements, including financing, in East Asia. The book aims to fill the literature … Read More
Rebalancing Economies in Financially Integrating East Asia
30 November 2015
Since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98 large current account surpluses have accumulated in the countries of Asia and the Pacific with corresponding deficits … Read More
Economic Integration in East Asia
04 December 2015
International production networks in manufacturing, particularly in machinery industries, have rapidly developed over the last two decades, resulting in dramatic increases in intra-regional and intra-industry … Read More
ASEAN and Regional Free Trade Agreements
11 December 2015
Efforts to use existing trade agreements to build a larger regional agreement face many challenges. This book considers this problem with reference to ASEAN’s current … Read More
Age Related Pension Expenditure and Fiscal Space: Modelling techniques and case studies from East Asia
30 November 2016
This book explores the linkages between age-related pension expenditures and the fiscal space needed to fund them, as well as to organize the mix of … Read More
Production Networks in Southeast Asia
23 February 2017
The book answers the recently topical questions of how China's processed trade affects the trade of Southeast Asia. What is Southeast Asia's role in Factory … Read More
The Indonesian Economy: Trade and Industrial Policies
09 August 2017
Against the backdrop of growing anti-globalisation sentiments and increasing fragmentation of the production process across countries, this book addresses how the Indonesian economy should respond … Read More
Social Protection Goals in East Asia: Strategies and Methods to Generate Fiscal Space
16 March 2018
The book examines the conceptual, economic, and fiscal impact(s) of the Social Protection Floor (SPF) initiative of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) and other policy … Read More
World Trade Evolution: Growth, Productivity and Employment
01 November 2018
The book provides theoretical and empirical evidence on how world trade evolves, how trade affects resource allocation, how trade competition affects productivity, how China shock … Read More
Emerging Global Trade Governance: Mega Free Trade Agreements and Implications for ASEAN
28 January 2019
Mega free trade agreements (FTAs) are being formed to fill the gap created by new developments in global governance and are reshaping the world economic … Read More
Developing the Digital Economy in ASEAN
30 April 2019
This book advances the international debate on the development of e-commerce with a focus on emerging ASEAN economies. It provides readers insights on Asia’s needs … Read More
East Asian Integration: Goods, Services and Investment
03 June 2019
The growth of world trade has been stagnant in recent times; trade liberalisation now has been challenged. The recent rise of anti-globalisation calls for a … Read More
Energy Sustainability and Development in ASEAN and East Asia
29 April 2020
The rapid and sustained economic growth of the past two decades has led to marked increases in energy demand in the region, and developing Asia … Read More
The Effects of Globalisation on Firm and Labour Performance
03 March 2021
This book examines driving factors and the effects of globalisation on economic development through firm and product-level data. The book is organised into four themes, … Read More
Financial Inclusion in Asia and Beyond Measurement, Development Gaps, and Economic Consequences
11 March 2021
The World Bank considers financial inclusion to be an enabler for at least 7 of the 17 United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). Financial inclusion, … Read More
Globalisation and its Economic Consequences Looking at APEC Economies
31 August 2021
Given the rising criticisms of and growing doubts about globalisation, this timely edited volume looks at globalisation and its economic impact on eight countries in … Read More
Intellectual Property Rights and ASEAN Development in the Digital Age
18 November 2021
The trade-investment-service-intellectual property (IP) nexus remains at the heart of economic development and the main features of which are global value chains (GVCs) and digitalisation. … Read More
COVID-19 in Indonesia: Impacts on the Economy and Ways to Recovery
28 March 2022
This book assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy, particularly on employment, education, poverty, trade, and macro economy. The book explains how fiscal … Read More
Robots and AI: A New Economic Era
15 June 2022
Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful forces that will likely have large impacts on the size, direction, and composition of international trade flows. This … Read More
Post-Pandemic Green Recovery in ASEAN
21 April 2023
ASEAN’s real gross domestic product (GDP) had declined sharply due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic downturns and the uncertainty about the future reduced the … Read More