<p>This issue of the Development Papers contains the research output of a project on fiscal decentralization, resource mobilization and effective use of national resources for development, implemented by the ESCAP secretariat ...

<p>China&rsquo;s foreign trade regime can be broadly divided into two periods: the highly centralized foreign trade regime under the planned economy before 1978 and the increasingly liberalized foreign trade regime since ...

<p>Qinghai Province of P. R. China is a typical marginal upland agricultural area characterized by harsh climatic conditions, a poor natural resource base, fragile environment, backward economic development and low income ...

<p>To answer the growing regional concern for the market prospects of upland crop products (UCPs), the CGPRT Centre has been implementing a research project "Market Prospect of Upland Crop Products and Policy Analysis in ...

<p>Responding to the growing concern for the effects of trade liberalization on regional agriculture, the CGPRT Centre has implemented a three-year research project &ldquo;Effects of Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in ...

<p>Information and communications technology (ICT) has become a key enabler in the new digital economy and society, providing us with opportunities for transformation in a wide range of socioeconomic sectors. It has ...

<p>This paper considers the implications of using tax incentives for improving the tax base in developing countries, especially in the context of enforcement difficulties and international capital mobility. Noting that the ...

Global macroeconomic imbalances are among the key issues facing policymakers, especially in the US and China which are the two major affected / contributing parties. While there has been a great deal of discussion and ...

By Md. Tariqur Rahman and Muhammad Al Amin<p></p> This paper quantifies the economic impact of Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar (BCIM) economic cooperation and compares it with the alternative option of expanding South ...

China’s early industrialization created distortions. This paper identifies major distortions in the Chinese economy in the pre-reform era and brings agricultural distortions into perspective. Comparison is made of the ...