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Title New dimensions of connectivity in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Christopher Findlay and Somkiat Tangkitvanich

Publication Info. Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2021.
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Description online resource (xxi, 276 pages) : illustrations
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Series PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)
PAFTAD (Pacific Trade and Development Conference Series)
Summary There is no bigger policy agenda in the East Asian region than connectivity. Costs of international connectivity are indeed falling, in the movement of goods, services, people and data, leading to a greater flows, and to the reorganisation of business and the emergence of new forms of international transactions. There are second-round effects on productivity and growth, and on equity and inclusiveness. Participating in trade across borders involves significant set-up costs and, if these costs are lowered due to falling full costs of connectivity, more firms will participate, which is a driver of productivity growth and innovation at the firm level. Connectivity investments are linked to poverty reduction, since they reduce the costs of participating in markets. This volume includes chapters on the consequences of changes in both physical and digital connectivity for trade, for the location of economic activity, for forms of doing business, the growth of e-commerce in particular, and for the delivery of new services, especially in the financial sector. A study of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is also included. These studies are preceded by an assessment of the connectivity performance in the Asia-Pacific region and followed by a discussion of impediments to investment in projects that contribute to productivity. The collection as a whole provides the basis for a series of recommendations for regional cooperation.
Contents 1. Infrastructure connectivity and regional integration in Asia and the Pacific: Evidence from a new index of economic integration -- 2. China's Belt and Road Initiative: Contributions to connectivity -- 3. The connectivity of the Greater Mekong Subregion: A view from the sky -- 4. The digital economy in Southeast Asia: Emerging policy priorities and opportunities for regional collaboration -- 5. Connecting locals to locals: Market discovery through e-commerce -- 6. Digital connectivity in China and Asia: The case of mobile payments -- 7. The investment agenda
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Subject Pacific Area -- Commerce.
International business enterprises -- Pacific Area.
Pacific Area -- Economic conditions.
Pacifique, Région du -- Commerce.
Entreprises multinationales -- Pacifique, Région du.
Pacifique, Région du -- Conditions économiques.
Economics.
International economics.
Development economics & emerging economies.
Political economy.
Commerce
Economic history
International business enterprises
Pacific Area
Indexed Term Connectivity
Asia Pacific
economics
Pacific Trade
development
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Added Author Australian National University Press, publisher.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
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Other Form: Print version:Print version: New dimensions of connectivity in the Asia-Pacific Canberra, ACT, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2021 9781760464745
ISBN 9781760464752 (electronic bk.)
1760464759 (electronic bk.)
9781760464745 (paperback)
Standard No. AUNED 000070133987

 
    
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