Documents et rapports
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East Asia's exposure to the Eurozone more than meets the eye? (anglais)
At first glance, most East Asian countries are only moderately sensitive to decreasing demand from the Eurozone. However, weak demand in Europe has a strong effect on Chinese exports, which depend on intermediate...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 79867 Date du document: 1 juillet 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hanusch,Marek
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Perspiration and inspiration : sources of economic growth in the East Asian countries over the four decades (anglais)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth per worker slowed in most countries in East Asia after the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. In some countries (China, Indonesia and the Philippines) improvements in productivity...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67904 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Vostroknutova,Ekaterina,Kim,Chul Ju
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The global economic crisis : a catalyst for regulatory reform in East Asia region (anglais)
While the agenda of policymaking during an economic downturn traditionally focuses on the need to support demand, past experience indicates that economic crises are an important catalyst for regulatory...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67902 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Li,Yue
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Building urban resilience in East Asia (anglais)
The risks of climate change and natural hazards complicate East Asia's quest for continuous rapid growth. The recent tragic earthquake in Japan with a magnitude 9.0, the most powerful in the country's...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67889 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jha,Abhas Kumar,Brecht,Henrike
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Demographic change and household savings in Japan and Korea: implications for china (anglais)
The world is in the midst of a major demographic transition. Demographic transition in a country generally starts with a declining total fertility rate leading to an aging society coupled with an increasing...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67881 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kim,Chul Ju
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Labor markets in East Asia during crisis : developments and policy implications? (anglais)
The global economic and financial crisis did not result in dramatic labor market adjustments in East Asia in terms of employment loss and open unemployment unlike the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis ten...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67879 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kim,Chul Ju
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The role of information and communications technology in mitigating the challenges of economic geography in the Pacific Islands (anglais)
The Pacific Islands include some of the smallest and most remote countries in the world. The population of these islands ranges from 12,000 in Tuvalu and 20,000 in Palau to 849,000 in Fiji and even the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67878 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Horscroft,Virginia Ann
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China's global and regional role surged since 1978 (anglais)
Over the last three decades, China's sustained rapid growth and outward-oriented economic policy have helped to transform the country, the region, and the world. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67887 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hansson,Ardo H.,Kuijs, Louis
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Asian housing markets : bubble trouble? (anglais)
Continued growth in Asia, combined with slow recovery and fiscal sustainability concerns in western economies and ample global liquidity has fuelled large capital inflows into region. This has lead to...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67883 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Shaukat Khan,Tehmina
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Rising to the rice challenge : a perspective from East Asia (anglais)
Higher and more volatile world grain prices are the new realities of today, and tomorrow. This note explores some of the steps East Asia needs to take to rise to the challenge this poses. Raising the level...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67899 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Christiaensen,Luc
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The Dutch disease : some lessons from Mongolia (anglais)
Mongolia is at the brink of a huge economic expansion as its vast mineral assets are exploited. Once production at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine begins, and as output from the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposits is...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67903 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Shaukat Khan,Tehmina,Van Den Brink,Rogier J. E.
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Facilitating Access to finance for small and medium enterprises in East Asia (anglais)
Inadequate access to finance is one of the key constraints to growth of small- and medium- enterprises (SMEs). Creditors report the absence of reliable information on SME performance and lack of collateral...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67880 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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China urbanization review : balancing urban transformation and spatial inclusion (anglais)
Roughly one out of every 10 people in the world today is a resident of a Chinese city. The United Nations projects that the number of Chinese urban dwellers will increase from over 622 million today to...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67884 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lall,Somik V.,Wang,Hyoung Gun
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Productivity and innovation in East Asia and Pacific : a stocktaking (anglais)
Faster growth in productivity will be the key driver of economic growth in East Asia, especially as demographics become less favorable. Innovation, that is the transmission, absorption and commercialization...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 67900 Date du document: 1 janvier 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Vostroknutova,Ekaterina
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Rising inequality with high growth and falling poverty (anglais)
Inequality is on the rise in several countries in East Asia, most notably in China. The good news is that poverty declined rapidly at the same time. The bad news is that rising inequality is contributing...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 64377 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sharma,Manohar,Inchauste, Gabriela,Feng,Juan