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Global demographic change and Japanese macroeconomic performance
Analyses
Global demographic change and Japanese macroeconomic performance
The world is in the midst of a significant demographic transition with important implications for the macroeconomic performance of the global economy. This paper summarises the…
Buying air warfare destroyers: a strategic decision
Analyses
Buying air warfare destroyers: a strategic decision
The Government has chosen a builder for three new Air Warfare Destroyers [AWDs] before it has properly considered whether we really need to buy them, and how best to buy them if…
Building a democratic Palestine: an Australian contribution to legal and institutional development in the Palestinian territories
Analyses
Building a democratic Palestine: an Australian contribution to legal and institutional development in the Palestinian territories
Legal and institutional reform in the Palestinian territories is a critical and often overlooked component of the effort to reach a peaceful settlement between Israel and the…
Convergence and per capita carbon emissions
Analyses
Convergence and per capita carbon emissions
In a new Working Paper in International Economics, Professor Warwick McKibbin and Alison Stegman write that assumptions about carbon emissions per person lie behind many future…
Financial liberalization, financial sector development and growth: evidence from Malaysia
Analyses
Financial liberalization, financial sector development and growth: evidence from Malaysia
The objective of this paper is to examine whether financial development leads to economic growth or vice versa in the small, open economy of Malaysia. We argue that the results…
Balancing act: Taiwan cross-strait challenge
Lowy Institute Papers
Balancing act: Taiwan cross-strait challenge
In the last decade, Taiwan's society has changed rapidly in ways that are challenging the cross-strait status quo.Malcolm Cook , Craig Meer
The sustainability of growth: history and prospects
Analyses
The sustainability of growth: history and prospects
This is Chapter 1 in the book, edited by Ross Garnaut and Ligang Song, entitled China: Is Rapid Growth Sustainable, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, 2004. Ross Garnaut
The emergence of substantive Sino-Australian relations, 1983-88
Analyses
The emergence of substantive Sino-Australian relations, 1983-88
A paper by Ross Garnaut, Professor of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.Ross Garnaut
Australians speak 2005: public opinion and foreign policy
Polling
Australians speak 2005: public opinion and foreign policy
The 2005 Lowy Institute Poll was, at the time, the most comprehensive single survey ever taken of Australian public opinion on foreign policy. The report, Australians Speak 2005:…