Asian Economic Development and Integration

Friday, 16:50-18:35 1. Infrastructure Investment and Analysis of Credit Risk Data Base of SMEs 2. Schooling and Learning Outcomes of Children in Low and Middle-income Countries 3. Emerging Scenarios of International Capital Flows and Solving Allocation Puzzle in Developing Asia 4. Financial inclusion, financial literacy and fintech in Asia 5. Policy Instruments for Addressing Environment, Energy, and Development Problems: Evidence and Experiences 6. Bank Regulation and Supervision Practices 7. Health emergency preparedness and response in Asia: a lesson from COVID-19 8. Fiscal Responses in times of Covid19 Pandemic 9. Behavioral Economics and Public Policy 10. How to accelerate private investment to respond to climate change 11. Sustainable Agriculture and Its Environmental Impacts 12. Industrial Development in Developing Countries in the Era of New Industrial Policy 13. Promoting Sustainable Agri-food Production: Practices, Outcomes and Policy Actions 14. Economic Resilience and the Insurance Sector 15. Final Presentation

All classes will be conducted fully in person, unless otherwise specified. In practice, this will likely amount to approximately 4-5 classes taking place online, though this will be indicated in the week prior to the lecture. In these cases, please use the following link: Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/***** Meeting ID: **********

Each student will be assessed with the criteria as follows: 1.Class participation and class discussion (30%) The class discussion is an integral part of the course. The purpose of the class discussion is to engage the students to deeply understand the topic of the lectures. 2.Written essay (40%) a.Essay proposal: Each student will submit a proposal (1-2 pages). The proposal should include (i) the title of the essay and name of the student; (ii) key issues, questions, and challenges; (iii) a brief review of books, papers, journal articles, databases or other sources to be used (list 5-10 references). Submission deadline: 13 December 2024, 11:59 PM JST at the latest. b.Draft essay: Students should research and write a 2500-3000-word essay. Submission deadline: 17 January 2025, 11:59 PM JST at the latest. c.Final essay: Students should revise their essay based on the comments and suggestions during the presentation session. Submission deadline: 31 January 2025, 11:59 PM JST at the latest. The essay should be a maximum of 10-15 pages (using Arial font, 1.5 space, 11 pt.) including tables, figures, and references. For more details on the term paper see the “Essay and Term Paper Process and Guidelines” note below. 3.Term paper presentation (30%) Students will present their papers. The presentation will be a maximum of 5-10 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of comments and questions from ADBI professional staff/lecturers. The presentation session will be held at the ADBI office (or virtually using zoom), and the schedule will be finalized in consultation with students (tentatively, 24 January 2025). Submission deadline of presentation slides: three days before the presentation date (tentatively, 21 January 2025, 11:59 PM JST at the latest).

Content-specific weekly readings will be provided.

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