Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics
About the Book Series
ERIA was established in 2008 with the objective of contributing intellectually to economic development of the East Asia region with a special focus on the ASEAN. ERIA’s current research is centered around three broad themes, deepening integration, narrowing development gaps, and sustainable development. The book series promotes policy discussions and deepens understanding of the economic issues in East Asia, the world fastest growing region.
Some titles in this series have been made Open Access.
Green Finance and Decarbonization: Advancing Low-Carbon Technologies in East and Southeast Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Han Phoumin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Fukunari Kimura, Rabindra Nepal
September 08, 2025
This book explores empirical studies and policies related to green finance and low-carbon technology development through country-level case studies and regional analyses across East and Southeast Asia. Contributors explore how countries such as China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the ...
Green Finance and Renewable Energy in ASEAN and East Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Han Phoumin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Fukunari Kimura
June 27, 2025
Green Finance and Renewable Energy in ASEAN and East Asia edited by Phoumin, Taghizadeh-Hesary and Kimura provides several empirical policy-oriented studies with new data on ASEAN member states and East Asian economies that deal with innovative and market-based solutions for unlocking private ...
Local Content Requirements: Promises and Pitfalls
1st Edition
Edited
By Lili Yan Ing, Gene Grossman
June 27, 2025
As anti-globalization and geopolitical tensions continue to rise, the use of local content requirements (LCRs) around the world has become more noticeable than ever before. The reasons for adopting LCRs range from ensuring domestic supply availability, job creation, and increasing value added to ...
Political Economy of East Asian Economic Integration: The Process of the RCEP Negotiations and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Fusanori Iwasaki, Keita Oikawa, Shujiro URATA
February 25, 2025
This book studies the influence of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on the East Asia region and the rest of the world from an international relations perspective. Analysing the history and negotiation process of RCEP through a collection of written interviews from negotiators ...
Robots and AI: A New Economic Era
1st Edition
Edited
By Lili Yan Ing, Gene M. Grossman
January 29, 2024
Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are powerful forces that will likely have large impacts on the size, direction, and composition of international trade flows. This book discusses how industrial robots, automation, and AI affect international growth, trade, productivity, employment, wages, ...
COVID-19 in Indonesia: Impacts on the Economy and Ways to Recovery
1st Edition
Edited
By Lili Yan Ing, M. Chatib Basri
September 25, 2023
This book assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy, particularly on employment, education, poverty, trade, and macroeconomy. The chapters explain how fiscal and monetary stimulus work and the roles of local governments in managing stimulus. It also presents paths ...
Globalisation and its Economic Consequences: Looking at APEC Economies
1st Edition
Edited
By Shujiro Urata, Ha Thi Thanh Doan
May 31, 2023
Given the rising criticisms of and growing doubts about globalisation, this timely edited volume looks at globalisation and its economic impact on eight countries in Asia and the Pacific region, namely Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, the United States (US), and Vietnam. The ...
Intellectual Property Rights and ASEAN Development in the Digital Age
1st Edition
Edited
By Lurong Chen, Fukunari Kimura
May 31, 2023
The trade-investment-service-intellectual property (IP) nexus remains at the heart of economic development and the main features of which are global value chains (GVCs) and digitalisation. The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) has become a critical issue not only for advanced ...
Financial Inclusion in Asia and Beyond: Measurement, Development Gaps, and Economic Consequences
1st Edition
Edited
By Tony Cavoli, Rashesh Shrestha
September 30, 2022
The World Bank considers financial inclusion to be an enabler for at least 7 of the 17 United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). Financial inclusion, with its associated policy implications, is an important issue for ASEAN. This book examines the economic effects of financial ...
The Effects of Globalisation on Firm and Labour Performance
1st Edition
Edited
By Chin Hee Hahn, Dionisius Narjoko, Ha Thi Thanh Doan, Shujiro Urata
June 30, 2022
This book examines driving factors and the effects of globalisation on economic development through firm and product-level data. The book is organised into four themes, i.e., productivity, innovation, wage and income gap, and within-firm reallocation of resources. The comprehensiveness and richness...
Emerging Global Trade Governance: Mega Free Trade Agreements and Implications for ASEAN
1st Edition
Edited
By Lurong Chen, Shujiro Urata, Junji Nakagawa, Masahito Ambashi
December 18, 2020
Mega free trade agreements (FTAs) are being formed to fill the gap created by new developments in global governance and are reshaping the world economic order. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is one of such 21st century FTAs. This book highlights three trade-related issues covered by...
Social Protection Goals in East Asia: Strategies and Methods to Generate Fiscal Space
1st Edition
Edited
By Mukul G. Asher, Fauziah Zen, Astrid Dita
December 18, 2020
The book examines the conceptual, economic, and fiscal impact(s) of the Social Protection Floor (SPF) initiative of the International Labor Organisation (ILO) and other policy influencers by first critically examining the methodologies used by the international agencies to estimate the fiscal costs...