Sonia Selvarajan KumariUniversity of Malaya | UM · Department of Development Studies
Sonia Selvarajan Kumari
Doctor of Philosophy (Economics)
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Like in many other developing countries, microfinance programmes in Myanmar have become an avenue to reduce poverty. This research examines whether microfinance in Myanmar has empowered female clients compared to non-microfinance clients, in terms of: (i) general decision-making (children’s education, family planning, children’s marriage, health ca...
This study examines the opportunity factors on fraudulent behavior in Vietnam’s stock market by employing mixed methodology. In this regard, data were obtained from 20 in-depth interviews and 568 questionnaire survey responses of securities companies, fund management companies, stock exchanges and the State Securities Commission in Vietnam. Using t...
This paper examines the post selective policy consequences on the university research performance, specifically between research universities (RUs) and non-research universities (non-RUs). The evidence shows significant achievement in scientific publications and patenting activities, due to additional funding allocation. Nevertheless, the overall e...
The emergence of China and India as major international forces alongside ASEAN has triggered interest in strengthening the economic ties between these countries; hence, this serves as the motivation for this study to embark upon an analysis on economic liberalization and its link to economic growth. The present study also aims to examine the possib...
East Asia Pacific has catapulted to be the most dynamic region in the world as a result of economic liberalisation and sustainable growth. This study seeks to investigate if selected East Asian countries are able to converge in terms of trade and investment openness. This paper uses the concept of Phillips and Sul to evaluate trade and investment c...
This paper aims to investigate the impacts of financial liberalization towards the economic growth in ASEAN-6 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) throughout the study period of 1990 to 2015 by employing the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) estimations technique. The proxies for financial liberalization are the domes...
The ongoing widespread adoption of digital technologies globally is leading to much interest in the relationship between technology and wages. This paper uses individual level information from the 2014 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) to examine the wage premiums in Malaysia that are attributable to technology. We find a wage premium...
Economic liberalization has been the emphasis of adjustment policies in developing countries; ASEAN countries jumped on the bandwagon and espoused economic reforms by liberalizing its international trade and financial policies. Through the development of free trade agreement policies such as AEC and RCEP, regional economic integration is accelerati...
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Increasing trade linkages lead to co-movements and increased volatility as they induce large demand-side effects. For example, the current US-China trade war is expected to cause a realignment of global supply chains in the ASEAN region, namely in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Tobin and Power, 2019). Despite the empirical research devoted to evaluating the role of trade in the international propagation mechanism, no consensus has been reached to date on the importance of trade links in transmitting economic shocks (Dungey et al., 2018). It is therefore imperative to examine this issue in the context of ASEAN, a highly integrated region that is wanting to work more closely with China and India to counter the pressure of protectionism, and thereby ensure continued growth (East Asia Pacific, 28 April 2018). Importantly, the expected enhancement of trade linkages of China and India with ASEAN under the RCEP structure, raises the importance of examining the role of both powers in transmitting trade shocks to the region, directly and indirectly through other parties in that Agreement. The role of both powers on the propagation of trade shocks to ASEAN may prove to be somewhat different given their varying trade dynamics and interdependencies with the region. The results will therefore contribute to the contemporary debate of India counterbalancing the role of China in the ASEAN region.
