Economic outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2019 - update responding to environmental hazards in cities

The Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India is a bi-annual publication on regional economic growth, development and regional integration in Emerging Asia. It focuses on the economic conditions of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodi...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development [2019]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of contents
  • Executive summary
  • Overview
  • Chapter 1: Macroeconomic assessment and economic outlook
  • Special thematic focus for Update 2019: Smart urbanisation
  • Chapter 1: Macroeconomic assessment and economic outlook
  • Introduction
  • Overview and main findings
  • Recent developments and near-term outlook
  • Inflationary pressures are easing across most of Emerging Asia
  • Current account balances are under pressure
  • Challenges to robust growth
  • Emerging Asian economies are susceptible to direct and value chain spillover effects Trade diversion will impact countries differently
  • The speed of export adjustment matters in containing spillover effects
  • Adjustments in China's currency have been mild as the US dollar strengthens
  • The global trade tensions present an opportunity to shift the region'sinvestment and trade strategies
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Overview of trends for smart city strategies in Emerging Asia
  • Introduction
  • Promoting a "territorial" approach
  • Smart city strategies in Emerging Asia
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Addressing urban environmental risks
  • Introduction Reducing urban air pollution
  • Conclusion
  • Annex 3.A1. Urban ambient air pollution cost estimation methodology
  • Notes
  • References
  • Tables
  • Table 1. Real GDP growth in ASEAN, China and India
  • Table 2. Estimated additional urban mortality and welfare costs associated with elevated pollution levels
  • Table 3. Fossil fuel power plants near selected Emerging Asian cities
  • Table 1.1. Real GDP growth in ASEAN, China and India
  • Table 1.2. Recent real GDP growth in ASEAN, China and India, 2018-19
  • Table 2.1. National-level smart city strategies in Emerging Asia Table 2.2. Bandung's smart city initiatives
  • Table 2.3. Six smart city domains identified in Thailand
  • Table 2.4. Key features of the smart city strategies assessed in this study
  • Table 3.1. Actual and prescribed number of monitoring sites in selected Emerging Asian cities, 2014
  • Table 3.2. Estimated additional urban mortality and welfare costs associated with elevated pollution levels
  • Table 3.3. Emerging Asian countries with national air quality standards, by pollutant
  • Table 3.4. Fossil fuel power plants near selected Emerging Asian cities Table 3.A1.1. Estimated air pollution in Emerging Asian urban areas
  • Table 3.A1.2. Estimated additional urban mortality associated with elevated pollution levels
  • Table 3.A1.3. Estimated additional urban mortality associated with elevated pollution levels
  • Table A.1. Real GDP growth of Southeast Asia, China and India
  • Table A.2. Current account balances of Southeast Asia, China and India
  • Figures
  • Figure 1. Selected goods exports of Thailand and Viet Nam by partner economy, 2018-19
  • Figure 2. Distribution of urban population exposure to air pollution, 2016.