Asian Development Review (ADR)

1983 - 2025

Continuation of Asian Development Review.

Current editor(s): Tetsushi Sonobe

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Volume 42, issue 02, 2025

Poverty and Inequality in Asia and the Pacific pp. 1-5

John Gibson

Government–Business Relationships and Corporate Poverty Alleviation Decisions: Evidence from the People’s Republic of China pp. 7-28

Zhen Wang and Kai Wu

Societal Perceptions Toward Income Inequality During the Process of Economic Development: Evidence from International Panel Data pp. 29-53

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

Geographically Heterogeneous Spatial Inequality in the People’s Republic of China: A Luminosity-Based Analysis of Prefectural Cities and Counties pp. 55-81

Yilin Chen

Misfortune Seldom Comes Alone: Evidence from Typhoon Effects During COVID-19 Quarantines in the Philippines pp. 83-110

Yingxue Jin, Makiko Nakamuro, Yasuyuki Sawada, Andrew S. Griffen, Tsend-Ayush Sosorbaram and Yukichi Mano

Active Aging in the People’s Republic of China: A Case Study of Working After Retirement pp. 111-146

Christina Maags and Jingwen Zhang

Anatomy of the Wage Gap Between Local and Migrant Workers in Urban Areas of the People’s Republic of China pp. 147-183

Shu Cai and Xingjian Zhang

Generosity and Effectiveness of Catastrophic Medical Insurance in the People’s Republic of China pp. 185-220

MÃœLLER Armin

Indigenous Peoples, Land, and Conflict in Mindanao, Philippines pp. 221-248

Lucia Madrigal, Jose Cuesta and Sergio Somerville

More for the Girls? Postindependence Education Expenditure in Timor-Leste pp. 249-278

Wisnu Setiadi Nugroho and Anita Alves Pena

The Digital Services Trade’s Impact on the Green Development of the Industrial Sector in the People’s Republic of China pp. 279-304

Ailian Qiu, Jiatian Sun and John D. McCollough

Agrarian Institutions and Intersectoral Linkages in India: Implications for the Economic Well-Being of Agricultural Households pp. 305-342

Sahil Mehra

Volume 42, issue 01, 2025

ADB Distinguished Speaker Lecture pp. 1-30

Edward L. Glaeser

Pollution, Information, and Migration pp. 31-56

Mingda Wang and Zikun Ding

Analysis of Elites’ Characteristics and the Environmental Performance in the People’s Republic of China: A Focus on the New Environmental Protection Law pp. 57-88

Minjun Hong and Jihye Yoon

Environmental Impacts of Green Open Space in Urban Indonesia: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis pp. 89-116

Ilmiawan Auwalin, Rumayya and Ni Made Sukartini

Income and Jobs from Global Value Chain Participation by Developing Asian Economies pp. 117-142

Elisabetta Gentile and Gaaitzen J. de Vries

How Selling Online Is Affecting Informal Firms in South Asia pp. 143-178

Maurizio Bussolo, Akshay Dixit, Anne Golla, Ananya Kotia, Jean N. Lee, Prema Narasimhan and Siddharth Sharma

Enhancing Food Security in an Era of Rising Fertilizer Prices: Evaluation of an Intervention Promoting Mungbean Adoption in Nepal pp. 179-207

Narayan Prasad Khanal, Dyutiman Choudhary and Ganesh Thapa

The Impact of Micronutrient Training on High-Zinc Rice Demand Among Mothers: A Randomized Control Trial Study in Bangladesh pp. 209-232

Harold Glenn Valera, Takashi Yamano, Ranjitha Puskur, Ronald Jeremy Antonio, Muhammad Ashraful Habib, M. D. Khairul Bashar and Valerien O. Pede

Internet Use in Agriculture and Farm Earnings: An Analysis of the Indonesia Labor Force Survey pp. 233-257

Weni Lidya Sukma, Mardiana Dwi Puspitasari and Puguh Prasetyoputra

Effect of Climate-Related Disasters on Consumption: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 259-287

Amit Roy

Impact of High Trade Costs and Uncertain Trade Times on Exports of Final and Intermediate Goods in Five Central Asian Countries pp. 289-307

Alfinura Sharafeyeva

Impact of Nontariff Measures on Border Crossing Time and Costs: The Case of Perishable Goods Trade in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Region pp. 309-331

Dorothea M. Ramizo and Akiko Terada-Hagiwara

The Impact of Mobility Restrictions on Trade Facilitation at Borders: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Central Asia pp. 333-360

Kijin Kim, Jerome Abesamis and Zemma Ardaniel

Volume 41, issue 02, 2024

Structural Transformation in Asia and the Pacific pp. 1-5

John Gibson

Trade Openness and the Growth–Poverty Nexus: A Reappraisal with a New Openness Indicator pp. 7-29

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

Demography, Growth, and Robots in Advanced and Emerging Economies pp. 31-56

Antonio Francesco Gravina and Matteo Lanzafame

Shifting Trade Winds: Southeast Asia’s Response to the United States–People’s Republic of China Trade Dispute pp. 57-80

Sunghun Lim and Anh Phuoc Thien Nguyen

The Impact of Special Economic Zones on Economic Development: Evidence from Nightlight Analysis in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic pp. 81-105

Nilaphy Phommachanh

Minimum Wage and Educational Pathways in Indonesia: General or Vocational Tracks? pp. 107-135

Dyah Pritadrajati, Nurina Merdikawati, Sweta Saxena and Alexander Tjahjadi

Double Dualism, Economic Growth Slowdown, and Falling Income Inequality in Thailand pp. 137-169

Tanadej Vechsuruck and Praopan Pratoomchat

Why Do Chinese and Indian Positions on Climate Differ? Labor Surplus Absorption as a Key Factor pp. 171-192

Pierre Berthaud, Yann Fontana and Laã‹titia Guilhot

Which Nighttime Lights Data Better Represent India’s Economic Activities and Regional Inequality? pp. 193-217

Christopher Kuruvilla Mathen, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, Sohini Sahu and Abhijit Mukherjee

Gravity-Based Tools to Assess the Impact of Tariff Changes: An Application to Armenia pp. 219-256

Arevik Gnutzmann-Mkrtchyan and Jules Hugot

Bilateral Remittance Inflows to Asia and the Pacific: Countercyclicality and Motivations to Remit pp. 257-300

Kijin Kim, Zemma Ardaniel, Aiko Kikkawa and Benjamin Endriga

Social Capital and Economic Development in a Large and Multi-Ethnic Developing Country: Evidence from Indonesia pp. 301-323

Asep Suryahadi, Arnita Rishanty and Robert Sparrow

Fiscal Policy Determinants of Health Spending in India: State Versus Center pp. 325-347

Deepak Kumar Behera, Dil Rahut and Umakant Dash

Volume 41, issue 01, 2024

Special Issue on Health Capacity to Work among Older Persons in Asia pp. 1-3

Yasuyuki Sawada and Aiko Kikkawa

Health Capacity to Work among Older Persons in Asia: Key Findings from a Regional Comparative Study pp. 5-37

Aiko Kikkawa, Takashi Oshio, Yasuyuki Sawada, Satoshi Shimizutani, Naohiro Ogawa, Albert Park and Tetsushi Sonobe

Understanding the Health Capacity to Work among Older Persons in Rural and Urban Areas in the People’s Republic of China pp. 39-67

Zeyuan Chen and Albert Park

Older People’s Capacity to Work in Indonesia pp. 69-94

Ni Wayan Suriastini, Ika Yulia Wijayanti and Dwi Oktarina

Health Capacity to Work among Older Japanese Persons pp. 95-120

Takashi Oshio, Satoshi Shimizutani and Aiko Kikkawa

Health Capacity to Work at Older Ages in the Republic of Korea pp. 121-145

Sang-Hyop Lee, Cheol-Kon Park, Hyun Kyung Kim and Donghyun Park

Health Capacity to Work among Older Malaysians pp. 147-168

Norma Mansor, Halimah Awang and Donghyun Park

Health Capacity to Work among Older People in Thailand pp. 169-194

Jiaying Zhao, Chi Kin Law, John Piggott and Vasoontara Sbirakos Yiengprugsawan

Health Capacity to Work among Older Adults in Viet Nam pp. 195-225

Long Giang, Aiko Kikkawa and Donghyun Park

Equalization through the People’s Republic of China’s Intergovernmental Fiscal System: The Effectiveness of Central and Provincial Transfers pp. 227-261

Xiao Tan and Ying Tan

Compiling Granular Population Data Using Geospatial Information pp. 263-300

Katharina Fenz, Thomas Mitterling, Arturo M. Martinez, Joseph Albert Nino M. Bulan, Ron Lester S. Durante, Marymell A. Martillan, Mildred B. Addawe and Isabell Roitner-Fransecky

Assessing Regional Inequalities in Kazakhstan through Well-Being pp. 301-333

Andrã‰s Rodrã Guez-Pose, Federico Bartalucci, Bakhytzhan Kurmanov, Genadiy Rau and Kaisar Nigmetov

Enhancing Enterprise Integration: Analyzing the Impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative on High-Quality Development in the People’s Republic of China pp. 335-363

Zhiyang Shen, Songkai Wang and Su Liu