W. Wibulpolprasert, Winit Theanvanichpant, Somkiat Tangkitvanich
{"title":"The connectivity of the Greater Mekong Subregion: A view from the sky","authors":"W. Wibulpolprasert, Winit Theanvanichpant, Somkiat Tangkitvanich","doi":"10.22459/ndcap.2021.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/ndcap.2021.03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308450,"journal":{"name":"New Dimensions of Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130249641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infrastructure connectivity and regional integration in Asia and the Pacific: Evidence from a new index of economic integration","authors":"Cyn‐Young Park, Racquel A. Claveria","doi":"10.22459/ndcap.2021.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/ndcap.2021.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308450,"journal":{"name":"New Dimensions of Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133944746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Connecting locals to locals: Market discovery through e-commerce","authors":"Santitarn Sathirathai, V. Nakavachara","doi":"10.22459/ndcap.2021.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/ndcap.2021.05","url":null,"abstract":"Despite rapid growth in e-commerce, there has been little systematic research examining the impact of online commerce adoption on the entrepreneurs in ASEAN. Using a unique survey data of around 7,000 merchants on Shopee in Thailand, this paper seeks to fill that gap through a mix of econometric and trade connectivity analyses. We found that e-commerce adoption is associated with improvement in household incomes for the sellers. The benefits come from two different channels. First, e-commerce empowers existing SMEs by significantly boosting their revenue, efficiency, and profit growth. The improvement in profitability seems to go beyond a one-off gain as going online seems to also result in stronger profit growth rates. Second, our trade connectivity analysis illustrates how e-commerce allows merchants, especially those in the poorer regions, discover new market opportunity outside their own regions. In addition, e-commerce allows people of various employment status including full-time employees, homemakers, students, etc. to earn additional income, while maintaining other responsibilities.","PeriodicalId":308450,"journal":{"name":"New Dimensions of Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124713971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The investment agenda","authors":"C. Findlay","doi":"10.22459/ndcap.2021.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/ndcap.2021.07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308450,"journal":{"name":"New Dimensions of Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133415983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The digital economy in Southeast Asia: Emerging policy priorities and opportunities for regional collaboration","authors":"Natasha Beschorner","doi":"10.22459/ndcap.2021.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/ndcap.2021.04","url":null,"abstract":"Southeast Asia’s digital economy2 is expanding at an unprecedented rate. This is evidenced by the rise of technology ‘unicorn’ companies valued at more than US$1 billion (four of which are in Indonesia), cross-border e-commerce platforms and the growing number of entrepreneurs who are innovating and using technology to grow. The use of digital technologies has the potential to transform—indeed, disrupt—all sectors of the economy, from logistics and finance to agriculture and social services.","PeriodicalId":308450,"journal":{"name":"New Dimensions of Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121491398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Contributions to connectivity","authors":"Pelagia Karpathiotaki, Yunhua Tian, Yanping Zhou, Xiaohao Huang","doi":"10.22459/ndcap.2021.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/ndcap.2021.02","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308450,"journal":{"name":"New Dimensions of Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130974109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital connectivity in China and Asia: The case of mobile payments","authors":"Yiping Huang, Xun Wang","doi":"10.22459/ndcap.2021.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22459/ndcap.2021.06","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":308450,"journal":{"name":"New Dimensions of Connectivity in the Asia-Pacific","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126983611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}