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Productivity and Economic Performance in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author : Tsu-Tan Fu
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781782542582
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Productivity and Economic Performance in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Tsu-Tan Fu and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2002-02-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '. . . this voluminous book is well put together and clearly worth a read.' - Renuka Mahadevan, ASEAN Bulletin Following on from their previous book Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region, the authors in this volume analyse the economic performance of many of the major economies in the Asia-Pacific region including Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China and Japan. They examine economic and productivity growth, competitiveness and efficiency developments in the region. An introductory essay by the editors surveys recent economic developments in the region whilst introducing and cohesively integrating the chapters that follow. The studies employ a variety of modern analytical constructs and empirical techniques of open economy growth accounting as well as the measurement of productivity change, technical change and economic efficiency. A number of the chapters examine the entire region while others focus exclusively on a nation or industry. Several chapters study the causes and consequences of the financial crises in the region in 1997 from a recent historical perspective.

Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author : Jeong-Dong Lee
Publisher : Physica
ISBN 13 : 9783790823196
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Productivity, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Jeong-Dong Lee and published by Physica. This book was released on 2009-08-29 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Productivity growth is a keyword for sustainable economic growth in a knowledge-based society. There has been significant methodological development in the literature on productivity and efficiency analysis, e.g. SFA (Stochastic Frontier Analysis) and DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis). All these methodological developments should be matched with applications in order to provide practical implications for private and public decision-makers. This volume provides a collection of up-to-date and new applications of productivity and efficiency analysis. In particular, the case studies cover various economic issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The authors analyze the performance of manufacturing firms, banks, venture capital, broadcasting firms, as well as the issues of efficiency in the education sector, regional development, and defense industry. These case studies will shed light on the potential contribution of productivity and efficiency analysis to the enhancement of economic performance.

Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author : Tsu-Tan Fu
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region written by Tsu-Tan Fu and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian and western economists apply a variety of empirical techniques to measure productivity growth, factor accumulation, and economic efficiency at both large and small scales in the region as a whole and in specific countries over the past three decades. Their techniques include traditional growth accounting, econometric frontier estimation, and data envelopment analysis. Among the issues they discuss are the influential role of trade in the region, macroeconomic management, income, capital, labor productivity, technology, and investment. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region

Author : James H. Gapinski
Publisher : MacMillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333794890
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (948 download)

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Book Synopsis Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region by : James H. Gapinski

Download or read book Economic Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region written by James H. Gapinski and published by MacMillan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to account for what James H. Gapinski calls the "miraculous" growth of Asian economies. He examines several major determinants of growth, including capital quantity (gross investment and physical depreciation), capital quality (embodied technical progress), labour quantity (employment), labour quality (education), international trade (exports and openness), and total factor productivity (growth not accounted for by capital and labour quantity). The book begins by providing an orientation to the region, discussing basic conditions and historical events. Part II gives the theory, facts, and explanation of growth, a main issue being productivity convergence. The author's analysis of growth determinants provides a natural framework from which to examine major issues that bear on Asian Pacific growth in the future, so the third part examines Hong Kong's growth under reversion to China and inquires into the growth consequences of the Asian currency crisis. Along the way, Gapinski examines implications for business and policy leaders of the current growth trends.

IT and Economic Development

Author : Kenneth L. Kraemer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book IT and Economic Development written by Kenneth L. Kraemer and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Global Productivity

Author : Alistair Dieppe
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464816093
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Global Productivity written by Alistair Dieppe and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic struck the global economy after a decade that featured a broad-based slowdown in productivity growth. Global Productivity: Trends, Drivers, and Policies presents the first comprehensive analysis of the evolution and drivers of productivity growth, examines the effects of COVID-19 on productivity, and discusses a wide range of policies needed to rekindle productivity growth. The book also provides a far-reaching data set of multiple measures of productivity for up to 164 advanced economies and emerging market and developing economies, and it introduces a new sectoral database of productivity. The World Bank has created an extraordinary book on productivity, covering a large group of countries and using a wide variety of data sources. There is an emphasis on emerging and developing economies, whereas the prior literature has concentrated on developed economies. The book seeks to understand growth patterns and quantify the role of (among other things) the reallocation of factors, technological change, and the impact of natural disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic. This book is must-reading for specialists in emerging economies but also provides deep insights for anyone interested in economic growth and productivity. Martin Neil Baily Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Chair, U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers This is an important book at a critical time. As the book notes, global productivity growth had already been slowing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and collapses with the pandemic. If we want an effective recovery, we have to understand what was driving these long-run trends. The book presents a novel global approach to examining the levels, growth rates, and drivers of productivity growth. For anyone wanting to understand or influence productivity growth, this is an essential read. Nicholas Bloom William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University The COVID-19 pandemic hit a global economy that was already struggling with an adverse pre-existing condition—slow productivity growth. This extraordinarily valuable and timely book brings considerable new evidence that shows the broad-based, long-standing nature of the slowdown. It is comprehensive, with an exceptional focus on emerging market and developing economies. Importantly, it shows how severe disasters (of which COVID-19 is just the latest) typically harm productivity. There are no silver bullets, but the book suggests sensible strategies to improve growth prospects. John Fernald Schroders Chaired Professor of European Competitiveness and Reform and Professor of Economics, INSEAD

Growth and Productivity in East Asia

Author : Takatoshi Ito
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226387070
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Growth and Productivity in East Asia written by Takatoshi Ito and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering the examples of Australia and the Pacific Rim, Growth and Productivity in East Asia offers a contemporary explanation for national productivity that measures contributions not only from capital and labor, but also from economic activities and relevant changes in policy, education, and technology. Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose have organized a group of collaborators from several Asian countries, the United States, and other parts of the globe who ably balance both macroeconomic and microeconomic study with theoretical and empirical approaches. Growth and Productivity in East Asia gives special attention to the causes for the unusual success of Australia, one of the few nations to maintain unprecedented economic growth despite the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the 2001 global downturn. A new database comprising eighty-four Japanese sectors reveals new findings for the last thirty years of sectoral productivity and growth in Japan. Studies focusing on Indonesia, Taiwan, and Korea also consider productivity and its relationship to research and development, foreign ownership, and policy reform in such industries as manufacturing, automobile production, and information technology.

Services and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific

Author : J.W. Harrington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317056949
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Services and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific by : J.W. Harrington

Download or read book Services and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific written by J.W. Harrington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the 1990s, industrialization was the dominant development paradigm for the Asia-Pacific region. Since then, advanced services (finance, business or 'producer services', information and creative services) have become deeply embedded in the processes of economic growth and change in the region. This rapid tertiary expansion is fundamentally restructuring national and regional economies and urban form in line with the introduction of advanced production systems, national modernization programmes and the globalization strategies of governments. Services are being actively deployed as instruments of metropolitan reconfiguration and land use change. This book explores various aspects of the relationship between service industries and economic development in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Australia and New Zealand. It provides new sector-oriented and regional and national perspectives on services and development.

East Asia Pacific at Work

Author : Truman G. Packard
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464800049
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book East Asia Pacific at Work written by Truman G. Packard and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unprecedented progress of East Asia Pacific is a triumph of working people. Countries that were low-income a generation ago successfully integrated into the global value chain, exploiting their labor-cost advantage. In 1990, the region held about a third of the world’s labor force. Leveraging this comparative advantage, the share of global GDP of emerging economies in East Asia Pacific grew from 7 percent in 1992 to 17 percent in 2011. Yet, the region now finds itself at a critical juncture. Work and its contribution to growth and well-being can no longer be taken for granted. The challenges range from high youth inactivity and rising inequality to binding skills shortages. A key underlying issue is economic informality, which constrains innovation and productivity, limits the tax base, and increases household vulnerability to shocks. Informality is both a consequence of stringent labor regulations and limited enforcement capacity. In several countries, de jure employment regulations are more stringent than in many parts of Europe. Even labor regulations set at reasonable levels but poorly implemented can aggravate the market failures they were designed to overcome. This report argues that the appropriate policy responses are to ensure macroeconomic stability, and in particular, a regulatory framework that encourages small- and medium-sized enterprises where most people in the region work. Mainly agrarian countries should focus on raising agricultural productivity. In urbanizing countries, good urban planning becomes critical. Pacific island countries will need to provide youth with human capital needed to succeed abroad as migrant workers. And, across the region, it is critical to ‘formalize’ more work, to increase the coverage of essential social protection, and to sustain productivity. To this end, policies should encourage mobility of labor and human capital, and not favor some forms of employment - for instance, full-time wage employment in manufacturing - over others, either implicitly or explicitly. Policies to increase growth and well-being from employment should instead reflect and support the dynamism and diversity of work forms across the region.

Asia-Pacific Economies

Author : Iyanatul Islam
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415107662
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Asia-Pacific Economies written by Iyanatul Islam and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is the centre of international economic dynamism moving towards the countries of the East and South East Asia? Are there common elements that explain this success? Divided into two parts, the authors consider the central debates concerning the developm

Promoting Innovative Development in the Asia-Pacific Region Through the Internet Economy

Author : Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (South Korea)
Publisher : 길잡이미디어
ISBN 13 : 8932201064
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Promoting Innovative Development in the Asia-Pacific Region Through the Internet Economy written by Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (South Korea) and published by 길잡이미디어. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT and Internet economy development has been one of the main interests of Asia-Pacific regional cooperation from the early stage of APEC and the Telecommunications and Information Working Group (TEL or TELWG) was established in 1990 to promote building the Asia-Pacific Information Society (APIS). The objective of this study is to highlight and analyze the economic benefits ICT development or the Internet economy will offer as a new source of economic growth, promoting innovative development in the Asia-Pacific region. This study begins by briefing the activities of APEC and the APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group and then overviews the current state of ICT development in the APEC member economies based on the ICT Development Index (IDI) published by ITU, analyzes the potential benefits of further ICT development in terms of economic growth, or in some sense, productivity growth, and finally presents implications and suggestions for ICT development or the Internet economy to facilitate economic growth of the Asia-Pacific region. Some of the findings and implications of this study are as follows. Despite the huge gaps among the APEC member economies, ICT as a whole has been developed significantly in the APEC region and the gaps have also been reduced in general during 2002-2012. The progress seems to be converging rather than diverging among the APEC member economies. However, there are still huge and enlarged gaps between these economies when it comes to ICT utilization. APEC therefore needs to make efforts to bridge the ICT development gaps existing among its member economies, especially regarding ICT utilization, in addition to continued efforts to further close the gaps in ICT infrastructure, which is regarded as a great achievement of the previous decade. ICT development is expected to bring about significant progress in the economic growth of each of the APEC member economies as well as APEC as a whole. APEC can share the experience of member economies with extraordinary progress in ICT development between 2002 and 2012, such as Viet Nam, Russia, Indonesia, China, Philippines, Peru, Malaysia, etc. APEC needs to identify and share their success factors and policy experiences. Executive Summary I. Introduction II. ICT Development and Cooperation in APEC 1. APEC Activities and ICT Cooperation 2. APEC TEL Focus and Targets III. IDI and ICT Development in APEC 1. ICT Development Index (IDI) 2. ICT Development in APEC IV. ICT Development and Economic Growth 1. Reference Studies and Motivation 2. Production Function Approach 3. Endogenous Growth Model Approach 4. ICT Development and Economic Growth in APEC V. Implications for APEC Cooperation References Appendix

Driven by Growth

Author : James William Morley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317472799
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Driven by Growth written by James William Morley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoroughly revised and updated edition of the highly regarded 1993 book "Driven by Growth", this work presents the political-economic evolution of the Asia-Pacific countries, with overviews of the impact of economic development on political change. This new edition now includes chapters on Burma and Vietnam. New authors have been added and all the original chapters have been revised.

Economic Development in Pacific Asia

Author : Hafiz A. Akhand
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415288682
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book Economic Development in Pacific Asia written by Hafiz A. Akhand and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an accessible and wide ranging assessment of the existing evidence and current arguments on East Asian economic development.

Economic Dynamism in the Asia-Pacific

Author : Grahame Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134691432
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Economic Dynamism in the Asia-Pacific written by Grahame Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is enormous interest in the dramatic economic growth the Asia-Pacific region has experienced, as well as its recent difficulties Burning contemporary issue: there is intense and often fierce debate amongst scholars trying to account for the region's economic success Takes a broad, interdisciplinary perspective covering economics, political economy and business in this dynamic region

Productivity Growth and Industrial Structure in the Pacific Region: Executive summary reports

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Productivity Growth and Industrial Structure in the Pacific Region: Executive summary reports written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Achieving Inclusive Growth in the Asia Pacific

Author : Adam Triggs
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760463825
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Achieving Inclusive Growth in the Asia Pacific written by Adam Triggs and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s developed economies are experiencing a sharp backlash against globalisation, and it appears to be contagious. Will Asia catch it next? Asia has seen spectacular growth in recent decades. It has benefited substantially from global trade, finance, openness and the rules-based international order. But much of the growth Asia has enjoyed has not been shared. It has not been inclusive growth. Inequality in Asia is among the highest in the world. The richest man in Vietnam now earns more in a single day than the poorest person does in a decade. Asia has far to go in making its societies more inclusive to women, ethnic minorities and the LGBT community. How can Asia reduce inequality? What are the forces that determine whether growth in the Asia Pacific is inclusive or not? And what can be done to make Asia’s growth more inclusive in the future? This book brings together the region’s leading thinkers to explore how to change Asia’s trajectory, before it is too late. The Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD) conference series has been at the forefront of analysing challenges facing the economies of East Asia and the Pacific since its first meeting in Tokyo in January 1968.

Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia

Author : J. Kidd
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230523560
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia written by J. Kidd and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-02-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a feeling that Asia is at a crossroad, and is facing a new crisis. The earlier crisis of 1997/98 showed that effective systems were missing. Afterwards governments, foreign investors and foreign managers initiated more holistic infrastructures, but corruption, poorly connecting systems, and a lack of transparent management have ensured that these are under performing. In this book well-informed authors offer insights on Asia's political, educational and physical infrastructures, and indicate the routes leading to better integrated futures.