Author/Editor: Olaf Unteroberdoerster.

Release Date:February, 2014

Cambodia is poised to join a new generation of Asian frontier economies transitioning from low-income to emerging-market. But the path to greater and more shared prosperity requires a solid more...

Author/Editor: Olaf Unteroberdoerster, Runchana Pongsaparn.

Release Date:October, 2011

The paper shows that Asia''s degree of financial integration, both with the world and within the region remains low by various measures. The paper also provides empirical evidence that greater more...

Author/Editor: Olaf Unteroberdoerster, Hongyi Chen.

Release Date:December, 2008

Hong Kong SAR's economic integration with the Mainland has primarily taken place in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Taking stock of integration trends, this paper discusses key implications for ensuring more...

Author/Editor: Olaf Unteroberdoerster, Cynthia Leung.

Release Date:March, 2008

We document Hong Kong SAR's evolving role as an international financial center in the Asia region, the importance of the growing special link with China as well as supply-side advantages, and outline more...

Author/Editor: Olaf Unteroberdoerster, Roberto Pereira Guimarães.

Release Date:August, 2006

Private sector investment has been a key source of growth in Malaysia over the last three decades, but after an unprecedented decline in the wake of the Asian crisis it has remained sluggish in more...

Author/Editor: Olaf Unteroberdoerster.

Release Date:September, 2004

This paper reviews recent banking reform efforts in the lower Mekong countries (LMCs), comprising Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Vietnam. Linked by close economic and cultural more...