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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Definitions; Abbreviations; Highlights; 1 REGIONAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES; Economic Outlook and Risks; Development Challenges: Vulnerabilities to Economic, Environmental, and Social Shocks; Regional Integration as Development Strategy; References; Boxes; 1.1: Trade Volume Outlook for Developing Asia; 1.2: Assessing the Impact of the Asia-Pacific Regional Cooperation and Integration Index on Economic Growth and Poverty; 2 TRADE AND THE GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN; Recent Trends in Asia's Trade; Asia's Intraregional Trade
  • Progress of Global and Regional Value ChainsUpdates on Regional Trade Policy; Trade Remedies; References; Annexes; Boxes; 2.1: Gravity Model Estimation of Bilateral Exports; 2.2: Analysis of Bilateral Value Chains of Selected Asian Economies, European Union, Latin America, and North America; 2.3: Impact of the Global Value Chain on Productivity Growth; 2.4: Impact of Antidumping Duties on Global Value Chain Exports; 3 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; Trends and Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Asia; Outward Foreign Direct Investment; References; Annex; Boxes
  • 3.1: Greenfield Foreign Dir ect Investment and Job Creation-Emerging Trends3.2: The Internationalization of Services; 4 FINANCIAL INTEGRATION; Asia's Cross-Border Financial Assets and Liabilities; Inward Portfolio Investment; Outward Portfolio Investment; Inter- and Intra-Subregional Portfolio Investment; Bank Holdings; Analysis Using Price Indicators; Financial Spillovers; References; Boxes; 4.1: Progress in Integrating ASEAN+3 Payment and Settlement Systems for Local Currency Transactions; 4.2: Fostering Financial Stability through Regulatory Technology; 5 MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE; Migration
  • RemittancesInternational Tourism Receipts and the Movement of Tourists; References; Boxes; 5.1: Demographic Changes and Migration; 5.2: Promoting ASEAN as a Single Tourism Destination-the Unified Visa Policy Scheme; 6 SUBREGIONAL COOPERATION INITIATIVES; Central and West Asia: Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program; Southeast Asia: Greater Mekong Subregion Program; East Asia: Support for RCI Initiatives under CAREC and GMS Subregional Programs and Knowledge-Sharing Activities; South Asia: South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation
  • The Pacific: Building Regional Disast er Resilience through Contingent FinancingImproving the Provision of Public Goods through Regional Cooperation; References; 7 TOWARD OPTIMAL PROVISION OF REGIONAL PUBLIC GOODS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC; Introduction; Concepts, Typologies, and Issues in Efficient Provision; Regional Public Goods in Asia; Measurement Issues and Case Studies on Provision Mechanisms; Conclusions and Policy Considerations; Background Papers; References; Annex; Boxes; 7.1: Game Theoretic Approach in Public Goods Provision: The Linear Public Goods Game