Ganeshan Wignaraja

EAFTA or CEPEA: Which Way Forward? (2008)

Masahiro Kawai, Ganeshan Wignaraja

ASEAN Economic Bulletin - Volume 25, Number 2, August 2008

Economic Implications of Asian Integration (2008)

Francois, Joseph F, Wignaraja, Ganeshan

The Asian countries are once again focused on options for large, comprehensive regional integration schemes. In this paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives...

Economic Implications of Asian Integration (2008)

Francois, Joseph F, Wignaraja, Ganeshan

The Asian countries are once again focused on options for large, comprehensive regional integration schemes. In this paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives...

Economic Implications of Asian Integration (2008)

Francois, Joseph F, Wignaraja, Ganeshan

The Asian countries are once again focused on options for large, comprehensive regional integration schemes. In this paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives...

Economic Implications of Asian Integration (2008)

Francois, Joseph F, Wignaraja, Ganeshan

The Asian countries are once again focused on options for large, comprehensive regional integration schemes. In this paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives...

FDI and innovation as drivers of export behaviour : firm-level evidence from East Asia (2008)

Wignaraja, Ganeshan

This paper examines the links between ownership, innovation and exporting in electronics firms in three late industrializing East Asian countries (China, Thailand and the Philippines) drawing on...

Foreign ownership, technological capabilities and exports: evidence from 205 clothing firms in Sri Lanka (2006)

Wignaraja, Ganeshan

Sri Lanka was the earliest South Asian economy to introduce economic reforms to attract export-oriented FDI. The rise of clothing production for export, apparently mainly driven by foreign firms, is...

ERD Working Paper No. 60 Measuring Competitiveness in the World’s Smallest Economies: Introducing the SSMECI (2004)

Ganeshan Wignaraja, David Joiner

The views expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank. FOREWORD The ERD Working Paper Series is a forum for...

Central Asia: Mapping Future Prospects

John Malcolm Dowling, Ganeshan Wignaraja

Central Asia has emerged as one of the world’s fastest growing regions since the late 1990s and has shown notable development potential. This is significant for a region comprising largely of small...

Central Asia’s Transition After Fifteen Years: Growth and Policy Choices

John Malcolm Dowling, Ganeshan Wignaraja

This paper presents a coherent and systematic analysis of the collapse and subsequent revival of the Central Asian Republics (CARs) since 1990. The focus is on the pattern of growth and structural...

Foreign Ownership, Technological Capabilities and Exports: Evidence from 205 Clothing Firms in Sri Lanka

Wignaraja, Ganeshan

Sri Lanka was the earliest South Asian economy to introduce economic reforms to attract export-oriented FDI. The rise of clothing production for export, apparently mainly driven by foreign firms, is...

The Post-Crisis Sequencing of Economic Integration in Asia: Trade as a Complement to a Monetary Future

Michael G. Plummer, Ganeshan Wignaraja

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years. These accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more...

Firm Size, Technological Capabilities and Market-Oriented Policies in Mauritius

Wignaraja, Ganeshan

Mauritius is an outlier in Sub-Saharan Africa for its impressive manufactured export performance based on garments since the adoption of market-oriented policies in the early 1980s. Little, however,...

Non-Tariff Measures, Technological Capability Building and Exports in India's Pharmaceutical Firms

Wignaraja, Ganeshan, Nixson, Frederick

As tariffs fall over time, attention inevitably focuses on non-tariff measures (NTMs). Governments are increasingly imposing mandatory technical regulations on products for reasons of security,...

Firm Size, Technological Capabilities and Market-oriented Policies in Mauritius

Ganeshan Wignaraja

Mauritius is an outlier in sub-Saharan Africa in terms of its impressive growth in garment exports since it adopted outward-oriented policies in the early 1980s. Little, however, is known about the...

Foreign ownership, technological capabilities and clothing exports in Sri Lanka

Wignaraja, Ganeshan

Drawing on recent developments in applied international trade and innovation and learning in developing countries, this paper examines the links between firm-level export performance, foreign...

The Post-Crisis Sequencing of Economic Integration in Asia: Trade as a Complement to a Monetary Future

Plummer, Michael G., Wignaraja, Ganeshan

Bilateral and regional cooperation initiatives in Asia have been growing in importance over the last five years.These accords span the real and financial sectors; rather than following the more...

Regionalism as an Engine of Multilateralism: A Case for a Single East Asian FTA

Kawai, Masahiro, Wignaraja, Ganeshan

As East Asia becomes increasingly integrated through market-driven trade and FDI activities, free trade agreements (FTAs) are proliferating. Consolidation of multiple and overlapping FTAs into a...

Central Asia after Fifteen Years of Transition: Growth, Regional Cooperation, and Policy Choices

Dowling, Malcolm, Wignaraja, Ganeshan

This paper presents a coherent and systematic analysis of the collapse and subsequent revival of the Central Asian Republics (CARs) since 1990. The focus is on the pattern of growth and structural...

FDI and Innovation as Drivers of Export Behaviour: Firm-level Evidence from East Asia

Wignaraja, Ganeshan

This paper examines the links between ownership, innovation and exporting in electronics firms in three late industrializing East Asian countries (China, Thailand and the Philippines) drawing on...

Economic Implications of Deeper Asian Integration

Joseph Francis Francois, Ganeshan Wignaraja

The Asian countries are once again focused on options for large, comprehensive regional integration schemes. In this paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives...

Economic Implications of Asian Integration

Joseph Francois, Ganeshan Wignaraja

The Asian countries are once again focused on options for large, comprehensive regional integration schemes. In this paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives...

Economic Implications of Deeper Asian Integration

Francois, Joseph, Wignaraja, Ganeshan

The Asian countries are once again focused on options for large, comprehensive regional integration schemes. In this paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives...

Integration Strategies for ASEAN: Alone, Together, or Together with Neighbors

Michael G Plummer, Ganeshan Wignaraja

ASEAN has been deepening intra-regional integration at the same time that it has been forming various cooperative arrangements with its partners, and its Member Countries have been pursuing...

Roads for Asian Integration: Measuring ADB's Contribution to the Asian Highway Network

Madhur, Srinivasa, Wignaraja, Ganeshan, Darjes, Peter

Against the backdrop of growing momentum for regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia, this paper examines the link between regional roads and Asian Development Bank (ADB) support between...