Regional Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia

Part I. Introduction

1. Introduction to Regional Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Peter Nijkamp

Part II. Poverty

2. Spatial Disparities and Poverty: The Case of Three Provinces in the Philippines
Ronald U. Mendoza, Rosechin Olfindo, Camille Regina Maala

3. Decomposing Poverty Change in India: Within-and Between-Group Effects Across Regions, 2004–2005 and 2009–2010
Srijit Mishra

4. Pathways Out of Rural Poverty and the Role of Agriculture in Four Rice Ecosystems in the Rural Philippines
Nobuhiko Fuwa, Esther B. Marciano

Part III. Energy and Climate Change

5. Reducing Petroleum Subsidy in Indonesia: An Interregional General Equilibrium Analysis
Arief A. Yusuf, Arianto A. Patunru, Budy P. Resosudarmo

6. An Evaluation of Energy-Environment-Economic Efficiency for Asian Countries: A Proposal for a Time-Series Target-Oriented DFM Model in Data Envelopment Analysis
Soushi Suzuki, Peter Nijkamp

7. Climate Change and Threats to Sustainability in South East Asia: Dynamic Modelling Approach for Malaysia
Gamini Herath, Akram Hasanov

Part IV. Money and Macroeconomics

8. Learning About the Role of Market Micro-Structure from High-Frequency Data on Asian Banks
Biplob Chowdhury, Mardi Dungey, Nagaratnam Jeyasreedharan, Mohammad Abu Sayeed

9. Dynamic Macroeconomic Performance of Indian States: Some Post-Reform Evidence
Debashis Acharya, Biresh K. Sahoo

Part V. Ageing, Education, Production, and the Internet

10. Dynamic Impact of Population Aging on Regional Economies in Korea Using a Recursive-Dynamic Interregional CGE-Population Model
Euijune Kim, Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, Changkeun Lee

11. Educational Attainment and Learning in India, 2004–2012
Farzana Afridi, Bidisha Barooah

12. SME Participation in Global Production Networks: Analytical Issues and Evidence from Penang, Malaysia
Prema-Chandra Athukorala

13. The Internet in Nepal: WiMAX Broadband Service
Jitendra Parajuli, Kingsley E. Haynes

Keywords: Economics, Development Economics, Economic Growth, Economic Policy