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Impact of bank credit on exports to Association of South East Asian Nations c...
Abstract Using 2012 and 2016 input–output tables, the paper aims to assess the dispersion effects of bank credit on value added created by exporting activities of 17 sectors... -
Industrialization and deindustrialization in Indonesia
Abstract This paper argues that rising food staple prices can pose a significant barrier to the growth of labour‐intensive manufacturing by raising real wage rates. This is... -
Policy Transfer and Instrument Constituency: Explaining the Adoption of Condi...
Abstract Transnational policy transfer is a well‐documented phenomenon with studies from across many disciplines. However, the literature tends to over‐theorize but... -
The evolution of health policy in China and internal migrants: Continuity, ch...
Abstract Rural–urban migration is a defining feature of socio‐economic change in contemporary China. It is estimated that internal migrants in China account for 20% of its... -
Thinking about engaging North Korea: A study on the framing of the U.S. human...
Abstract North Korea said in January 2019 that it was exploring ways to engage the human rights issue. This was a much welcomed announcement because the issue must be addressed... -
2019 Papua New Guinea economic survey
Abstract Although official statistics show that an economic recovery is underway in Papua New Guinea, the country's new Prime Minister has stated that the economy is “bleeding... -
The scheduling power of the EU Council Presidency
ABSTRACTDoes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union have the ability to direct the political attention of this body by emphasizing and de-emphasizing policy issues... -
Corruption and the business environment in Vietnam: Implications from an empi...
Abstract This paper examines the effect of corruption on the business environment in Vietnam. Our survey of firms conducted in Vietnam suggests that corruption is perceived as... -
How women have fared in the labour market with China's rise as a global econo...
Abstract Under a centrally planned system, China made significant achievements in gender equality. Half a century later, China has joined the ranks of upper‐middle‐income... -
Regionalism and Changing Regional Order in the Pacific Islands
Abstract Institutional developments in Pacific Islands regionalism have been dramatic in recent years. These include the changing role of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, a... -
Benefits of crop diversification in Fiji's sugarcane farming
Abstract The sugar industry has shaped the development of Fiji's economy for over a century; but, for the past 15 years, sugarcane production has been declining. A study was... -
Federalism or devolution of power? Sri Lanka's perspectives
Abstract The concepts of decentralization and devolution are not new phenomena to Sri Lanka. Since Independence (1948), the processes of decentralization and devolution have... -
Digital content promotion in Japan and South Korea: Government strategies for...
Abstract Already leading the world in the development of consumer electronics, South Korea and Japan have been leading innovators in the creation of digital content economies.... -
Returns to education in India: Capturing the heterogeneity
Abstract The aim of this article is to estimate the marginal rates of return to various levels of education in India, across the entire wage distribution. For this purpose, unit... -
Dependency on Australian aid and the introduction of inclusive education init...
Abstract This study examines dependency on Australian aid in the introduction of inclusive education initiatives in the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati through data analysis... -
An application of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale to assess food s...
Abstract The state of food (in)security in rural communities of different ecological zones of the Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal, is assessed using a Household Food Insecurity Access... -
China's hegemonic intentions and trajectory: Will it opt for benevolent, coer...
Abstract China's unprecedented economic growth led some scholars to conclude that it will replace the United States as the future global hegemon. However, China's intentions in... -
While the diplomatic fruit is ripe: An international commission on the Korean...
Abstract The Korean Peninsula is home to intermittent conflict and is an ongoing critical flashpoint. It is an entrenched, long‐standing international problem—exactly what... -
Regional inequality in urban China, allowing for spatial cost of living diffe...
Abstract Studies of inequality in China typically ignore cost of living differences between areas. Under the Balassa–Samuelson effect, nontradeables cost more in richer areas,... -
A New Regional Cold War? American and Chinese Posturing in the Pacific
Abstract It is often argued that the United States and Chinese engagement in the Pacific manifests a clash of foreign policies that mimics the cold war confrontation of the...
