Webinar on Poverty, Financial and Digital Inclusion in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
When: 25 September 2020, 6:00pm India time (GMT+5.5)Sponsor: Jindal Centre for the Global South, Haryana, India
Webinar: Will Global Value Chains Survive Covid-19?
When: 25 September 2020, 4:00-5:30pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8)Sponsor: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Institute for Emerging Market Studies
Estimating the Effects of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements in a General Equilibrium Framework with Global Value Chains
Co-Author: Ken ItakuraIn recent years we have witnessed increasing prominence of trade in intermediate goods and services. The fragmentation of global value chains (GVCs) has been motivated by sourcing intermediate inputs from more cost-efficient pro...
Abenomics: A Retrospective
With the August 28 announcement by Prime Minister Abe of his intention to step down from his position within weeks, his record in a number of areas will inevitably face scrutiny and evaluation. Here, I lay out, in brief, my views on his government&rs...
East Asia's Fiscal Response to Crisis, Then & Now
When the last global crisis hit in 2008-09, the major economies of East Asia, but for one, had ample fiscal space to respond, and took advantage of that. This time around, the positioning is more mixed and the threat potentially much greater.In Asia,...
