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The Asian Development Review is a professional journal for disseminating the results of economic and development research carried out by staff and resource persons of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Review stresses policy and operational relevance of development issues rather than the technical aspects of economics and other social sciences. Articles are refereed and intended for readership among economists and social scientists in government, private sector, academia, and international organizations.

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Vol. 26, No. 2 (2009) [ PDF: 1,842 kb | 166 pages ] (Latest Issue)

• Outward Foreign Direct Investment and the Financial Crisis in Developing East Asia
  [ PDF: 1,792kb | 17 pages ]
  Hal Hill and Juthathip Jongwanich

• New Multinationals from Emerging Asia: The Case of National Oil Companies
  [ PDF: 256kb | 31 pages ]
  Andrea Goldstein

• Developing Asia’s Sovereign Wealth Funds and Outward Foreign Direct Investment
  [ PDF: 353kb | 29 pages ]
  Donghyun Park and Gemma Estrada

• A Comparative Empirical Examination of Outward Foreign Direct Investment from Four Asian Economies: People’s Republic of China; Japan; Republic of Korea; and Taipei,China
  [ PDF: 135kb | 16 pages ]
  K. C. Fung, Alicia Garcia-Herrero, and Alan Siu

• Foreign Direct Investment by the Republic of Korea in the People’s Republic of China
  [ PDF: 1,013kb | 23 pages ]
  Mannsoo Shin, Hafiz Mirza, and Kyu-Nam Kim

• Outward Foreign Direct Investment from India
  [ PDF: 60kb | 29 pages ]
  Prema-chandra Athukorala

Vol. 26, No. 1 (2009) [ PDF: 1,636 kb | 225 pages ]

• Achieving Global Cooperation on Economic Recovery and Long-Term Sustainable Development
  [ PDF: 207kb | 17 pages ]
  Jeffrey D. Sachs

• Causes and Consequences of Global Imbalances: Perspective from Developing Asia
  [ PDF: 758kb | 47 pages ]
  Charles Adams and Donghyun Park

• Trade Structure and the Transmission of Economic Distress in the High-Income OECD Countries to Developing Asia
  [ PDF: 311kb | 55 pages ]
  Juthathip Jongwanich, William E. James, Peter J. Minor, and Alexander Greenbaum

• Asian Trade and Global Linkages
  [ PDF: 333kb | 26 pages ]
  Douglas H. Brooks and Changchun Hua

• Mother’s Education and Children’s Nutritional Status: New Evidence from Cambodia
  [ PDF: 332kb | 35 pages ]
  Jane E. Miller and Yana V. Rodgers

• Trademarks and Geographical Indications: Policy Issues and Options in Trade Negotiations and Implementation
  [ PDF: 402kb | 35 pages ]
  Thitapha Wattanapruttipaisan

• A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in the People’s Republic of China
  [ PDF: 671kb | 20 pages ]
  Fan Zhai, Tun Lin, and Enerelt Byambadorj

Vol. 25, No. 1 and 2 (2008) [ PDF: 3,563kb | 172 pages ]

• Inclusive Growth toward a Harmonious Society in the People's Republic of China: An Overview
  [ PDF: 145kb | 14 pages ]
  Justin Lin, Juzhong Zhuang, Min Tang, and Tun Lin
  
  
• Inequality in Developing Asia
  [ PDF: 123kb | 7 pages ]
  Ifzal Ali
  
  
• Inclusive Growth toward a Harmonious Society in the People's Republic of China: Policy Implications
  [ PDF: 335kb | 12 pages ]
  Juzhong Zhuang
  
  
• Achieving Equity and Efficiency Simultaneously in the Primary Distribution Stage in the People's Republic of China
  [ PDF: 327kb | 24 pages ]
  Justin Yifu Lin and Peilin Liu
  
  
• Reforming the Welfare System in the People's Republic of China — Learning from the Experience of East Asia
  [ PDF: 260kb | 23 pages ]
  Mai Lu and Mingliang Feng
  
  
• Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction in the People's Republic of China
  [ PDF: 193kb | 19 pages ]
  Min Tang
  
  
• Growth Pattern, Employment and Income Inequality—What the Experience of Republic of Korea and Taipei,China Reveals to the People's Republic of China
  [ PDF: 242kb | 19 pages ]
  Shi Li and Chuliang Luo
  
  
• Income Inequality in the People's Republic of China and its Decomposition: 1990–2004
  [ PDF: 295kb | 18 pages ]
  Tun Lin, Juzhong Zhuang, Damaris Yarcia, and Feng Lin
  
  
• Financial Structure, Development of Small and Medium Enterprises, and Income Distribution in the People's Republic of China
  [ PDF: 527kb | 28 pages ]
  Minquan Liu and Jiantuo Yu

Vol. 24, No. 2 (2007) [ PDF: 1,780kb | 128 pages ]

• Inequality and the Imperative for Inclusive Growth in Asia
  [ PDF: 110kb | 16 pages ]
  Ifzal Ali
  
  
• New Global Poverty Counts
  [ PDF: 164kb | 20 pages ]
  Nanak Kakwani
  
  
• Interrelationship between Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: The Asian Experience
  [ PDF: 307kb | 27 pages ]
  Hyun Son
  
  
• Priority Integration Sectors in ASEAN: Supply-Side Implications and Options
  [ PDF: 166kb | 26 pages ]
  Thitapha Wattanapruttipaisan
  
  
• Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Evidence From Kazakhstan
  [ PDF: 223kb | 26 pages ]
  Pradeep Agrawal

Vol. 24, No. 1 (2007) [ PDF: 6,034kb | 130 pages ]

• Measuring Sustainable Development: Theory and Application
  [ PDF: 60kb | 10 pages ]
  Partha Dasgupta
  
  
• Measuring Inclusive Growth
  [ PDF: 137kb | 21 pages ]
  Ifzal Ali / Hyun Hwa Son
  
  
• Measuring Government Inclusiveness: An Application to Health Policy
  [ PDF: 122kb | 17 pages ]
  Ajay Tandon
  
  
• Farm Household Production Theories: A Review of "Institutional" and "Behavioral" Responses
  [ PDF: 93kb | 20 pages ]
  Mariapia Mendola
  
  
• Institutions and Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Private Sector Development
  [ PDF: 246kb | 49 pages ]
  Rana Hasan / Devashish Mitra / Mehmet Ulubasoglu
  

Vol. 23, No. 2 (2006) [ PDF: 964 kb | 99 pages ] (Latest Issue)

• Planners versus Searchers in Foreign Aid
  [ PDF: 312kb | 35 pages ]
  William Easterly
  
  
• India: The Past and Its Future
  [ PDF: 170kb | 17 pages ]
  Raghuram G. Rajan
  
  
• Inclusiveness of Economic Growth in the People’s Republic of China: What Do Population Health Outcomes Tell Us?
  [ PDF: 354 kb | 17 pages ]
  Ajay Tandon, Juzhong Zhuang, and Somnath Chatterji
  
  
• Investment Climate, Productivity, and Regional Development in a Developing Country
  [ PDF: 305 kb | 20 pages ]
  Ernesto M. Pernia and J. M. Ian S. Salas

Vol. 23, No. 1 (2006) [ PDF: 1,774 kb | 129 pages ]

• Development Lessons for Asia from Non-Asian Countries [ PDF: 99.6kb | 15 pages ]
  Dani Rodrik
  
  
• Asia's Current Account Surplus: Savings Glut or Investment Drought? [ PDF: 246kb | 39 pages ]
  Jesus Felipe, Kristine Kintanar, and Joseph Anthony Lim
  
  
• Asia's Race to Capture Post-MFA Markets: A Snapshot of Labor Standards, Compliance, and Impacts on Competitiveness [ PDF: 286 kb | 32 pages ]
  Yana van der Meulen Rodgers and Günseli Berik
  
  
• Employment Generation for the Rural Poor in Asia: Perspectives, Patterns, and Policies [ PDF: 143 kb | 30 pages ]
  Roehlano M. Briones

Vol. 22, No. 2 (2005) [ PDF: 1,858 kb | 136 pages ]

• Foreign Exchange Reserves, Exchange Rate Regimes, and Monetary Policy: Issues in Asia [ PDF: 298kb | 34 pages ]
  Akiko Terada-Hagiwara
  
  
• Export or Domestic-led Growth in Asia? [ PDF: 332kb | 41 pages ]
  Jesus Felipe and Joseph Anthony Lim
  
  
• Growth and Trade Horizons for Asia: Long-term Forecasts for Regional Integration [ PDF: 379kb | 32 pages ]
  David Roland-Holst, Jean-Pierre Verbiest, and Fan Zhai
  
  
• Measuring Efficiency of Macro Systems: An Application to Millennium Development Goal Attainment [ PDF: 355kb | 18 pages ]
  Ajay Tandon

Vol. 22, No. 1 (2005) [ PDF: 1,094 kb | 124 pages ]
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• WTO: Toward the Hong Kong, China Ministerial and Beyond [ PDF: 100kb | 12 pages ]
  Carla A. Hills
  
  
• Poverty Reduction Strategies—Lessons from the Asian and Pacific Region on Inclusive Development [ PDF: 265kb | 33 pages ]
  Shiladitya Chatterjee
  
  
• Promotion of Trade and Investment between People's Republic of China and India: Toward a Regional Perspective [ PDF: 224kb | 26 pages ]
  Biswanath N. Bhattacharyay and Prabir De
  
  
• Quota-free Trade in Textiles and Clothing: Policy Issues and Options for ASEAN [ PDF: 220kb | 26 pages ]
  Thitapha Wattanapruttipaisan
  
  
• Total Factor Productivity Growth in the Philippines: 1960–2000 [ PDF: 200kb | 17 pages ]
  Caesar B. Cororaton

Vol. 21, No. 2 (2004) [ PDF: 1,008 kb | 99 pages ]
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• Development Strategies for Inclusive Growth in Developing Asia [ PDF: 272kb | 27 pages ]
  Justin Yifu Lin
  
  
• Trade and Workers: Evidence from the Philippines [ PDF: 246kb | 29 pages ]
  Rana Hasan and Lan Chen
  
  
• Rice Production, Land Use Dynamics, and Infrastructure Development in Viet Nam’s Mekong River Delta [ PDF: 226kb | 26 pages ]
  Christopher Edmonds
  
  
• Economic Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Indian States in the Pre-reform and Reform Periods [ PDF: 225kb | 21 pages ]
  N.R. Bhanumurthy and Arup Mitra

Vol. 21, No. 1 (2004) [ PDF: 1,760 kb | 117 pages ]

• Divergent Asian Views on Foreign Direct Investment and Its Governance [ PDF: 358kb | 36 pages ]
  Douglas H. Brooks and Hal Hill
  
  
• Liberalization and Foreign Direct Investment in Asian Transport Systems: The Case of Aviation [ PDF: 302kb | 29 pages ]
  Christopher Findlay and Andrea Goldstein
  
  
• Regional Integration and Benefits from Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN Economies: The Case of Viet Nam [ PDF: 438kb | 33 pages ]
  Hafiz Mirza and Axèle Giroud
  
  
• Aggregate Investment in People’s Republic of China: Some Empirical Evidence [ PDF: 362kb | 19 pages ]
  Xinhua He and Duo Qin

Vol. 20, No. 2 (2003) [ PDF: 1,610 kb | 124 pages ]

• Globalization, Technology, and Asian Development [ PDF: 189kb | 18 pages ]
  Joseph E. Stiglitz
  
  
• The Puzzle of Social Capital: A Critical Review [ PDF: 253kb | 21 pages ]
  M.G. Quibria
  
  
• From the Washington Consensus to the Post-Washington Consensus: Retrospect and Prospect [ PDF: 262kb | 26 pages ]
  Yujiro Hayami
  
  
• Four Proposals for Improved Financing of SME Development in ASEAN [ PDF: 370kb | 39 pages ]
  Thitapha Wattanapruttipaisan
  
  
• Economic Growth, Income Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in People’s Republic of China [ PDF: 311kb |20 pages ]
  Bo Q. Lin

Vol. 20, No. 1 (2003) [ PDF: 1,385kb | 123 pages ]

• Foreign Direct Investment: Trends, TRIMs, and WTO Negotiations [ PDF: 331kb |33 pages ]
  Douglas H. Brooks, Emma Xiaoqin Fan, and Lea R. Sumulong
  
  
• Technological Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment—A Survey [ PDF: 238kb |23 pages ]
  Emma Xiaoqin Fan
  
  
• The Role of Decentralization in Promoting Effective Schooling in Developing Asia [ PDF: 378kb |43 pages ]
  Jere R. Behrman, Anil B. Deolalikar, and Lee-Ying Soon
  
  
• Lessons of the Asian Financial Crisis: What Can an Early Warning System Model Tell Us? [ PDF: 219kb |16 pages ]
  Juzhong Zhuang and Malcolm Dowling

Vol. 19, No. 2 (2002) [ PDF: 1,465kb | 128 pages ]

Vol. 19, No. 1 (2002) [ PDF: 1,167kb | 147 pages ]

Vol. 18, No. 2 (2000) [ PDF: 1,805kb | 155 pages ]

Vol. 18, No. 1 (2000) [ PDF: 1,105kb | 127 pages ]

Vol. 17, No. 1 and 2 (1999) [ PDF: 1,640kb | 283 pages ]

• Investing in Child Nutrition in Asia [ PDF: 1,455kb | 32 pages ]
  John Mason, Joseph Hunt, David Parker, and Urban Jonsson
  
  
• Linking Community-based Programs and Service Delivery for Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition [ PDF: 201kb | 33 pages ]
  Kraisid Tontisirin and Stuart Gillespie
  
  
• Controlling Micronutrient Deficiencies in Asia [ PDF: 150kb | 30 pages ]
  John Mason, Venkatesh Mannar, and Nancy Mock
  
  
• Women's Status: Levels, Determinants, Consequences for Malnutrition, Interventions, and Policy [ PDF: 178kb | 36 pages ]
  Lawrence Haddad
  
  
• The Role of Caring Practices and Resources for Care in Child Survival, Growth, and Development: South and Southeast Asia [ PDF: 154kb | 36 pages ]
  Patrice Engle
  
  
• Linking Food and Nutrition Security: Past Lessons and Future Opportunities [ PDF: 311kb | 46 pages ]
  Howarth Bouis and Hoseph Hunt
  
  
• Nutrition Information Systems for Implementing Child Nutrition Programs [ PDF: 815kb | 32 pages ]
  Nancy Mock and John Mason
  
  
• Opportunities for Investments in Nutrition in Low-income Asia [ PDF: 353kb | 28 pages ]
  Susan Horton

Vol. 16, No. 1 (1998) [ PDF: 963kb | 187 pages ]

• The Costs of Environmental Regulation in Asia: Command and Control versus Market-based Instruments [ PDF: 146kb | 30 pages ]
  A. Markandya
  
  
• Health and Nutrition in Emerging Asia [ PDF: 781kb | 43 pages ]
  S.R. Osmani and A. Bhargava
  
  
• Women in Emerging Asia: Welfare, Employment, and Human Development [ PDF: 603kb | 54 pages ]
  Kalpana Bardhan and Stephan Klasen
  
  
• Incentive Mechanisms Surrounding International Financial Institutions [ PDF: 318kb | 23 pages ]
  Koichi Hamada
  
  
• Currency Crisis in Korea: How was It Aggravated? [ PDF: 205kb | 33 pages ]
  Daekeun Park and Changyong Rhee

Vol. 16, No. 2 (1998) [ PDF: 922kb | 178 pages ]

• Strengthening the International Financial Architecture [ PDF: 911kb | 17 pages ]
  T.N. Srinivasan
  
  
• Interpreting the Asian Financial Crisis: Open Issues in Theory and Policy [ PDF: 265kb | 46 pages ]
  Giancarlo Corsetti
  
  
• The Role of Institutions in Asian Development [ PDF: 152kb | 32 pages ]
  Ha-Joon Chang
  
  
• Foreign Trade and Investment Policies in Developing Asia [ PDF: 269kb | 39 pages ]
  Dean A. DeRosa
  
  
• Poverty in Emerging Asia: Progress, Setbacks, and Log-jams [ PDF: 215kb | 42 pages ]
  Arjan de Haan and Michael Lipton

Vol. 15, No. 1 (1997) [ PDF: 2,402kb | 154 pages ]

• Public Economics, Public Projects, and their Funding [ PDF: 157kb | 17 pages ]
  Jacques H. Dreze
  
  
• Income-environment Relationship: How Different is Asia? [ PDF: 615kb | 34 pages ]
  Nazrul Islam
  
  
• Asia's Demographic Transition [ PDF: 295kb | 36 pages ]
  John C. Caldwell and Bruce K. Caldwell
  
  
• Foreign Trade in the People's Republic of China: Past Performance and Future Challenges [ PDF: 1,362kb | 64 pages ]
  Haiying Zhao
  
  
• Prospects of Institutional and Policy Reform in India: Toward Model of the Development State? [ PDF: 235kb | 36 pages ]
  Joachim Ahrens

Vol. 15, No. 2 (1997) [ PDF: 2,128kb | 189 pages ]

• India-Reform on Hold [ PDF: 261kb | 42 pages ]
  Vijay Joshi and I.M.D. Little
  
  
• People's Republic of China: Economic Performance and Prospects [ PDF: 299kb | 43 pages ]
  Fan Gang, Dwight H. Perkins, and Lora Sabin
  
  
• Educational Development in Asia: Issues in Planning, Policy, and Finance [ PDF: 327kb | 45 pages ]
  Keith M. Lewin
  
  
• Competitiveness and Human Resource Development in Asia [ PDF: 223kb | 33 pages ]
  Anil Deolalikar, Rana Hasan, Haider Khan, and M.G. Quibria
  
  
• Ecology, Inequality, and Poverty: The Case of Bangladesh [ PDF: 120kb | 16 pages ]
  Haider Khan

Vol. 14, No. 1 (1996) [ PDF: 965kb | 107 pages ]

• Post Uruguay Round Issues for Asian Developing Countries [ PDF: 180kb | 28 pages ]
  T. N. Srinivasan
  
  
• Economic Integration, Cooperation, and the Asian Environment [ PDF: 122kb | 18 pages ]
  Kym Anderson and Douglas H. Brooks
  
  
• Managing Volatile Capital Inflows: The Experience of the 1990s [ PDF: 127kb | 18 pages ]
  Helmut Reisen
  
  
• Grameen Bank: Impact, Costs, and Program Sustainability [ PDF: 261kb | 21 pages ]
  Shahidur R. Khandker
  
  
• International Finance and Domestic Financial Market Development: The Case of Indonesia [ PDF: 138kb | 20 pages ]
  William E. James

Vol. 13, No. 2 (1995) [ PDF: 1,001 kb | 86 pages ]

• Gender Issues and Employment in Asia [ PDF: 180kb | 36 pages ]
  Jere R. Behrman and Zheng Zhang
  
  
• Special Employment Program and Poverty Alleviation [ PDF: 417kb | 18 pages ]
  Anil B. Deolalikal
  
  
• Structural Adjustment, Labor Market, and Employment [ PDF: 226kb | 18 pages]
  Azizur Rahman Khan
  
  
• Technology Choice, Employment, and Development [ PDF: 413kb | 24 pages ]
  Keijiro Otsuka
  
  
• Economic Growth, Relative Inequality, and Equity: The Case of India [ PDF: 226kb | 22 pages ]
  Buresh D. Tendulkar and L.R. Jain