Asian Development Review: Volume 42, Number 1

The opening article underscores the importance of knowledge sharing among city governments. Other articles discuss how urban green spaces can reduce flooding and the burning of waste, how growing mungbeans can reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers, and how internet access can increase farmers’ incomes. Authors also examine trade costs in Central Asia and participation in global value chains.

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Contents

ADB Distinguished Speaker Lecture: The Complementarity Between Cities and State Capacity – Edward L. Glaeser

Using a newly constructed index of trade openness, this paper finds a significant direct effect of openness on poverty reduction.

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Pollution, Information, and Migration – Mingda Wang and Zikun Ding

This paper exploits the staggered roll-out of a landmark Air Quality Monitoring Program in the People’s Republic of China to study the migration response to pollution information disclosure and labor market outcomes.

Analysis of Elites’ Characteristics and the Environmental Performance in the People’s Republic of China: A Focus on the New Environmental Protection Law – Minjun Hong and Jihye Yoon

This study explores how local elites’ traits influence environmental performance, both before and after the amendment to the Environmental Protection Law.

Environmental Impacts of Green Open Space in Urban Indonesia: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis – Ilmiawan Auwalin, Rumayya, and Ni Made Sukartini

This study investigates the impact of green open spaces in reducing the probability of flooding and open waste burning in urban areas in Indonesia’s three largest metropolitan cities: Surabaya, Jakarta, and Medan.

Income and Jobs from Global Value Chain Participation by Developing Asian Economies – Elisabetta Gentile and Gaaitzen J. de Vries

This paper studies participation by developing Asian economies in global value chains (GVCs) and uses an input–output framework to measure the impacts that GVCs of final manufactured products have on jobs and income.

How Selling Online Is Affecting Informal Firms in South Asia – Maurizio Bussolo, Akshay Dixit, Anne Golla, Ananya Kotia, Jean N. Lee, Prema Narasimhan, and Siddharth Sharma

This paper investigates whether engagement with e-commerce is linked to increased sales and productivity gains for informal firms in South Asia.

Enhancing Food Security in an Era of Rising Fertilizer Prices: Evaluation of an Intervention Promoting Mungbean Adoption in Nepal – Narayan Prasad Khanal, Dyutiman Choudhary, and Ganesh Thapa

This study in Nepal assesses the determinants of mungbean adoption and its impact on fertilizer use, agricultural productivity, and food security.

The Impact of Micronutrient Training on High-Zinc Rice Demand Among Mothers: A Randomized Control Trial Study in Bangladesh– Harold Glenn A. Valera, Takashi Yamano, Ranjitha Puskur, Ronald Jeremy Antonio, Muhammad Ashraful Habib, M.D. Khairul Bashar, and Valerien O. Pede

This paper measures the impact of a micronutrient training among women farmers with young children on the demand for zinc-enhanced varieties.

Internet Use in Agriculture and Farm Earnings: An Analysis of the Indonesia Labor Force Survey– Weni Lidya Sukma, Mardiana Dwi Puspitasari, and Puguh Prasetyoputra

This study examines the association between internet use in agriculture and farm earnings in Indonesia.

Effect of Climate-Related Disasters on Consumption: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh– Amit Roy

This paper identifies and examines income shock and price shock channels through which climatic disasters affect domestic consumption in the case of Bangladesh.

Mini Symposium on Trade Costs in Central Asia

Impact of High Trade Costs and Uncertain Trade Times on Exports of Final and Intermediate Goods in Five Central Asian Countries – Alfinura Sharafeyeva

This paper analyzes the impact of trade costs on the exports in five Central Asian countries using a structural gravity model and Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring trade cost indicators.

Impact of Nontariff Measures on Border Crossing Time and Costs: The Case of Perishable Goods Trade in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Region – Dorothea M. Ramizo and Akiko Terada-Hagiwara

This study examines the effects of at-the-border and behind-the-border measures on the intraregional perishable goods trade in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation region.

The Impact of Mobility Restrictions on Trade Facilitation at Borders: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Central Asia – Kijin Kim, Jerome Abesamis, and Zemma Ardaniel

This paper examines the effect of COVID-19 mobility measures on the time required for cargo to clear the border crossing points of Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation countries.

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https://www.adb.org/publications/asian-development-review-volume-42-number-1