The Borrowing Puzzle: Why Do Filipino Domestic Workers in Hong Kong, China Borrow Rather than Dissave? Wooyoung Lim and Sujata Visaria∗ Despite their predictable and regular incomes, Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong, China commonly…
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Does the All-China Federation of Industry and
Does the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Align Private Firms with the Goals of the People’s Republic of China’s Belt and Road Initiative? Jeffrey B. Nugent and Jiaxuan Lu∗ This paper demonstrates that the…
Evaluating Strategies to Reduce Arsenic
Evaluating Strategies to Reduce Arsenic Poisoning in South Asia: A View from the Social Sciences Matthew Krupoff, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, and Alexander van Geen∗ The World Health Organization has labeled the problem of arsenic contamination…
ADB COVID-19 Policy Database: A Guide
ADB COVID-19 Policy Database: A Guide Jesus Felipe and Scott Fullwiler∗ The ADB COVID-19 Policy Database displays the measures taken and monetary amounts announced or estimated by the 68 members of the Asian Development Bank,…
Understanding Households’ Choice of Cooking
Understanding Households’ Choice of Cooking Fuels: Evidence from Urban Households in Pakistan Dil Bahadur Rahut, Akhter Ali, Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb, and Jeetendra Prakash Aryal∗ Households in developing countries predominantly rely on solid fuel for cooking,…
The Effects of Formalization on Small and
The Effects of Formalization on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Tax Payments: Panel Evidence from Viet Nam Amadou Boly∗ Do firms pay more taxes after formalization? The answer to this question is nontrivial. Tax noncompliance can…
Green Trade Patterns and the Transboundary
Green Trade Patterns and the Transboundary Transmission of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sung Jin Kang∗ By classifying international green and non-green trade for the period 1980–2015, this study investigates trends in green trade, exports, and imports…
Financial Spillovers in Asian Emerging
Financial Spillovers in Asian Emerging Economies Shin-ichi Fukuda and Mariko Tanaka∗ This paper explores financial spillovers between emerging Asia and advanced economies using principal component analysis to extract common shocks in Asia. We first investigate…
Household Debt and Delinquency
Household Debt and Delinquency over the Life Cycle Sommarat Chantarat, Atchana Lamsam, Krislert Samphantharak, and Bhumjai Tangsawasdirat∗ This paper uses loan-level data from Thailand’s National Credit Bureau to study household debt over the life cycle…
Seasonal Poverty and Seasonal
Seasonal Poverty and Seasonal Migration in Asia Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak and Maira Emy Reimão∗ Four in five poor people in the Asia and Pacific region live in rural areas. Crop cycles in agrarian areas create…