Demographic Change and Fiscal Sustainability in Asia

03 March 2016

Abstract Changes in the population age structure can have a significant effect on fiscal sustainability since they can affect both government revenue and expenditure. For … Read More

ASEAN, Free Trade, Routledge

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

SMEs, East Asia, Routledge

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

Finance, East Asia, Macroeconomy, Routledge

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

Energy, Oil, East Asia, Routledge

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

Evolution of Machinery Production Networks: Linkage of North America with East Asia

23 November 2013

Abstract This paper investigates the developing pattern of machinery trade and the extent and depth of production networks in North America from the perspective of … Read More

Macroeconomy, Social Protection

Index-Based Risk Financing and Development of Natural Disaster Insurance in Developing Asian Countries

01 August 2013

This paper explores innovations in index-based risk transfer products (IBRTPs) as a means to address important insurance market imperfections that have precluded the … Read More

Summary of ERIA Research Projects 2011 - 2012

01 July 2012

The Summary of ERIA Research Projects 2011-2012 provides an overview of both new and ongoing projects that ERIA researchers are currently working on as of … Read More

Human Capital, Labour and Migration

The Relationship between Structural Change and Inequality: A Conceptual Overview with Special Reference to Developing Asia

01 July 2012

Structural change has a far-reaching impact on inequality. It exposes the population to challenges and opportunities. Foreign trade and technological progress have been … Read More

Why Does Population Aging Matter So Much for Asia? Population Aging, Economic Security and Economic Growth in Asia

01 August 2011

Abstract Asia as a whole is experiencing a rapid demographic transition toward older population structures. Within this broader region-wide trend, there is considerable heterogeneity, with … Read More