Full Report - Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia - escap

BOXES
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A. Forward-looking macroeconomic policies ............................................................................................... 4
B. Mainstreaming social and environmental pillars for inclusive and sustainable development ........ 5
C. Asian financial crisis despite macroeconomic stability ..................................................................... 8
D. Stimulus packages and social protection .............................................................................................. 9
1.1. How has policy uncertainty in the euro zone and United States affected Asia and
the Pacific?.................................................................................................................................................... 18
1.2. Recent minimum wage policies boosting inclusive growth ............................................................. 24
1.3. The impact of a rebalancing China on Asia-Pacific economies .................................................. 37
1.4. “New normal” of lower growth being witnessed in Asia-Pacific .................................................. 45
1.5. Lowering trade costs to spur South-South integration ..................................................................... 48
1.6. Synergizing action on economic, social and environmental fronts to address critical risks ............ 63
2.1. Resource allocation for social equality and inclusiveness: the experience with
gender-responsive budgeting .................................................................................................................. 80
2.2. Recognizing economic contributions of migrant workers to host countries .............................. 90
2.3. Youth unemployment in the Pacific island developing countries .................................................. 101
2.4. South Asia: demographic dividend or deficit? .................................................................................... 117
2.5. Is human capital converging within ASEAN? ...................................................................................... 130
3.1. Rewriting the macroeconomists’ playbook in the wake of the crisis ......................................... 141
3.2. Weak empirical evidence supporting conventional macroeconomic policies ............................. 142
3.3. Designing fiscal policy for growth and development ........................................................................ 144
3.4. Central banks as agents of development ............................................................................................. 150
3.5. Unorthodox policies and structural change in Asia and the Pacific: the experience of
Singapore and the Republic of Korea ............................................................................................... 151
4.1. Programmes to foster employment ......................................................................................................... 179
4.2. The WHO Health Financing Strategy for the Asia-Pacific region ............................................... 183
4.3. Selected best practices and good examples on education policy .............................................. 186
4.4. Energy policy in Nepal ................................................................................................................................ 190
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