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May,
2013 |
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Japan's
Disaster Relief Diplomacy: Fostering Military Cooperation in
Asia, May 2013. Hideshi Futori, recent
Japan Studies Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in
Washington, explains that "First, the realm of HA/DR is a rare
opportunity for Japan to actively engage in military cooperation
with China." |
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EWC |
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Conflict
Prevention Urgent for the Senkaku Conundrum, May 2013.
Masako Ikegami, Professor of Political Science at Stockholm
University, explains that "Future peace and prosperity in East
Asia rests upon a peaceful and constructive resolution to the
Senkaku conundrum by overcoming the negative legacy of war and
imperialism in Asia." |
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EWC |
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Can a Growing
Servces Sector Renew Asia's Economic Growth? April 2013.
To continue Asia's economic growth the focus for expansion and
improvement must move from export manufacturing to the services
sector--primarily to cross-border trade in such modern services
as finance, information and communication, and professional
business services. As the Asian services-sector economies have
historically been dominated by personal services rather than by
more information-intensive services, serious concerns exist
about their ability to rapidly and successfully grow these
modern services... |
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EWC |
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The Middle-Income Trap: Issues for Members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations, May 2013. This
paper attempts to study these issues by building an analytical
framework based on the factors that determine each development
stage of an economy, and by comparing the current situation of
four ASEAN middle-income countries with the experience of the
Republic of Korea, a country that managed to overcome the
middle-income trap and reach the high-income level in the late
1990s. |
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ADB |
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How Low-Carbon Green Growth Can Reduce Inequalities, May 2013.
Half of the world's population—3 billion people—lives below the
poverty line, and Asia has the largest share. In pursuit of
sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation, there
is great potential among low-income households for green
consumption, production, innovation, and entrepreneurial
activity. This paper shows how an inclusive green growth model
can uplift the poor through entrepreneurship and fiscal policy
reforms. |
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ADB |
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Strengthening Health Security - APEC Symposium on Strategies to
Control and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance, May 2013.
This report presents the findings at the APEC symposium on
strategies to control and prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
in the Asia Pacific region. The key objective of the APEC
symposium was to discuss and explore future strategies to
control and prevent AMR in the Asia Pacific region. |
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APEC |
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Expanding the Information Technology Agreement, May 2013. This
policy brief will argue for an expanded Information Technology
agreement (ITA) and show how APEC can play a leading role in
that process... |
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APEC |
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Transport, Energy and Environmental Benefits of Intermodal
Freight Strategies Final Report, April 2013.
The present report is designed to demonstrate the fuel saving
and emission reduction benefits of the increased use of
intermodal freight transportation in urban settings and
addresses the questions raised by the APEC Working Groups
regarding “Transport, Energy and Environmental Benefits of
Intermodal Freight Strategies.” |
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APEC |
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Transport, Energy and Environmental Benefits of Transit Oriented
Development Strategies Final Report, April 2013.
The report was designed to: a) Assess the “energy, transport and
environmental benefits of transit-oriented development (TOD)
strategies”; b) Evaluate TOD “in terms of reduced oil imports,
pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, and reduced travel
times”; c) Encourage TOD “Through a better understanding of
these benefits, … throughout the APEC region”; d) Provide case
studies of TOD to demonstrate these concepts |
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APEC |
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Inflation, its Volatility and the Inflation-Growth Tradeoff in
India, 2013 |
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ASARC |
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Estimating India's Fiscal Reaction Function, 2013 |
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ASARC |
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Corporate Retail Outlets are Blessings in Disguise for
Unorganized Retail Outlets: An Empirical Analysis in the Indian
Context, 2013 |
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ASARC |
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The
Role of Bribes in Rural Governance: The Case of India, 2013 |
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ASARC |
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Determinants and Persistence of benefits from the National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme: Panel Data Analysis for Rajasthan,
India, 2013 |
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ASARC |
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Elderly's Health Shocks and Household's Ex-ante Poverty in
India, 2013 |
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ASARC |
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Monetary
Authority of Singapore: Macroeconomic Review, Volume XII, Issue
1, April 2013 (Full
Report,
Presentation Slides for Briefing):
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Technological Change, Skill Demand, and Wage Inequality in
Indonesia, March 2013. This paper
examines the empirical implications of technological changes for
skill demand and wage inequality in Indonesia. According to the
National Labor Force Survey of Indonesia, the share of educated
workers and wage skill premium increased significantly over
2003–2009 for overall industry and across the region. An
analysis based on demand–supply framework suggests that demand
shifts favoring skilled workers during the period... |
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ADB |
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Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical
Evaluation, March 2013. This paper
examines the relationship between federal transfers and fiscal
deficits in India. The system of federal transfers has been
criticized on the grounds that it distorts the incentives for
states to promote fiscal discipline... |
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ADB |
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Complexity, Specialization, and Growth, March 2013.
This paper analyzes the role of complexity in production on the
level of output and on its rate of growth... |
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ADB |
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Regional Cooperation and Integration in a Changing World,
Published 2013. This monograph attempts
to address some of the financial and trade aspects of
integration in Asia. It has two self-contained sections. Section
1 focuses on the costs and benefits of regional integration in
general, and concludes with some pointers specific to financial
integration. Section 2 deals with trade integration and related
policy challenges. The analysis begs many questions. Some—but
not all—can be answered by the suggestions offered in the two
sections... |
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ADB |
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RCI Diogest: Monitoring Asian Regional Cooperation and
Intergration, Volume 3, Issue 1, December 2012-January 2013.
The RCI Digest follows the progress of initiatives under ADB’s
four pillars of regional cooperation and integration (RCI): (i)
cross.border infrastructure, (ii) trade and investment, (iii)
money and finance, and (iv) regional public goods... |
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ADB |
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Disaster Risk Management in Asia and the Pacific: Issues Paper,
April 2013. This issues paper aims to
help ADB DMC governments integrate Disaster Risk Management into
their national developmental strategies and examine how emerging
economies of Asia can cooperate to improve their disaster risk
management practices, in view of increasing risks of compound
disasters, climate change, and expanding production networks... |
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ADB |
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Development Asia: Can Asia Beat the Menace of Rising Inequality?
April 2013. In this issue, Development
Asia examines Asia’s widening inequality from many different
perspectives. It looks at the role of globalization in producing
inequality, and considers the disputed relationship between
inequality and economic growth... |
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ADB |
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Beyond Factory Asia: Fuelling Growth in a Changing World,
Published 2013. How can regional
economies move beyond Factory Asia? What strategies can Asian
economies pursue to meet these challenges? This monograph will
examine a range of policy, institutional, legal, and regulatory
issues relating to reforms that will drive Asia’s economic and
social transformation in its quest for a new Factory Asia
model... |
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ADB |
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ADB Annual Report
2012:
Main Report,
Financial Report.
In 2012, the
Board of Directors continued to oversee the implementation of
Strategy 2020—ADB’s paramount (Status as of 31 December 2012)
View infographic in higher resolution. strategic framework to
guide all its operations to 2020—as it deliberated and took
decisions to improve ADB’s responsiveness, development
effectiveness, and accountability. ADB’s operations in 2012
totaled $21.57 billion. Of this amount, $13.30 billion was
financed by ADB and Special Funds, and $8.27 billion by
cofinancing partners. Meanwhile, ADB’s cofinancing operations
continue to extend the impact of our development assistance... |
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ADB |
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America's Unchecked Security State: Part II: The
Continuity of COG Detention Planning, 1948-2001, April
2013 |
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APJ |
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America's Unchecked Security State: Part I: The Toxic
Legacy of J. Edgar Hoover’s Illegal Powers, April 2013 |
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APJ |
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Yet
Another Lost Decade? Whither Japan's North Korea Policy
under Abe Shinzō, April 2013 |
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APJ |
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Japan
Under Neonationalist, Neoliberal Rule: Moving Toward an
Abyss? April 2013 |
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APJ |
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Why Now
is a Good Time for Economic Engagement of North Korea,
April 2013 |
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APJ |
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Ikeda
Manabu, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, and
Disaster/Nuclear Art in Japan, April 2013 |
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APJ |
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Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents
at Fukushima and Chernobyl, April 2013 |
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APJ |
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Pakistan's
Nuclear Labyrinth and the Future of Democratization, April 2013.
Yogesh Joshi, Ph.D Candidate at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and
Frank O'Donnell, Ph.D Candidate at King's College London,
explain that "The paradox for the international community is
that a strong military ensures the safety of Pakistan's nuclear
arsenal, even when that same force is the biggest obstacle to a
lasting democracy." |
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EWC |
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The Ongoing
Talibanization of Karachi, April 2013.
Alok Bansal, Executive Director of the South Asian Institute for
Strategic Affairs in New Delhi, explains that "The window of
opportunity for the Pakistani state to contain the growing
influence of the TTP in Karachi is rapidly declining." |
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EWC |
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Dignity in
International Relations, April 2013.
David I. Steinberg, Distinguished Professor of Asian Studies,
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, writes that
"The need for dignity in international negotiations is an
essential component for dealing with unpleasant or enemy regimes
if one is to attain some of the objectives of such
negotiations." |
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EWC |
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Why China's
Return to the Sea May Not Be All Bad, April 2013.
Christian Le Mičre, Senior Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime
Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies,
explains that "Beijing has avoided major conflict for nearly 35
years, and seems set to continue to do so for the foreseeable
future." |
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EWC |
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How Mobile
Is the Footloose Industry? The Case of the Notebook PC Industry
in China, Published 2013. This paper
reexamines the concept of the "footloose industry" from the
perspective of global production networks (GPNs). Among the
players in these GPNs, contract manufacturers are believed to be
the most footloose, as they are the most sensitive to labor
costs. China's notebook personal computer industry is used to
illustrate the fact that unique labor institutions in the
coastal areas of China have permanently changed the structures
of GPNs in that industry, including power relations and
production organizations. These changes have made the relocation
of manufacturing activities more difficult, and have also given
contract manufacturing more power regarding relocation
decisions. |
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EWC |
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Education
in Pacific Island States: Reflections on the Failure of 'Grand
Remedies', Published 2013. Victor Levine
asks a fundamental question of increasing importance to a
globalizing region: How can Pacific Island states provide decent
public education to their children? Based on broad international
experience, he examines the evidence regarding what does and
does not work in public education. While the literature suggests
numerous instances of declining quality in Pacific
public-education systems, Levine finds some basis for optimism
about what is possible... |
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EWC |
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Strengthening the Core of the G20: Clearer Objectives, Better
Communication, Greater Transparency and Accountability, April 2013.
To be the premier forum for international economic cooperation, the G20
will need to strengthen such core features as clarity of objectives,
communication, transparency and accountability. This Analysis outlines
what Australia can do in all these areas when it chairs the G20 in 2014... |
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Lowy |
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India-Australia Poll 2013, April 2013. The
India-Australia Poll is a groundbreaking survey of Indian public
attitudes towards Australia, with some surprising results. It reveals
broadly positive views towards Australia, but lingering concerns about
student safety... |
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Lowy |
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Football Diplomacy Redux: the 2015 Asian Cup and Australia's Engagement
with Asia, March 2013. In 2015 Australia will
host the Asian Football Confederation’s Asian Cup, bringing together the
top 16 national teams in Asia. The tournament will provide opportunities
for government, business and community groups to strengthen their
engagement with Asia. In order to understand and leverage those
opportunities, the Lowy Institute and the Asian Cup Local Organising
Committee held a day-long conference on 23 November 2012, bringing
together senior government, business, tourism, sport and ... |
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Lowy |
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The American Chamber of Commerce in
the People's Republic of China: White Paper 2013,
American Business in China (Bilingual,
Full Report)
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AmCham |
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The 2030 Architecture of Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Free Trade Agreements, April 2013. This
paper investigates and analyzes the present status, potential,
and prospects of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
free trade agreements (FTAs). The move towards the ASEAN
Economic Community by 2015 and the attempts to broaden FTAs in
East Asia present major challenges to ASEAN. Ultimately, it is
desirable for ASEAN to draw a clear picture of how the
architecture of ASEAN FTAs in 2030 can be given shape. |
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ADB |
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Lessons from the European Spaghetti Bowl, April 2013.
European economic integration fascinates and inspires for the
way it brought peace to a continent torn by violent and
long-standing rivalries. The lessons from Europe, however,
cannot be applied directly as the degree of the European Union's
supranationality is unthinkable elsewhere. This paper discusses
how Europe overcame the specific problem of overlapping free
trade agreements (FTAs) with the Pan-European Cumulation System
which instituted common rules of origin, regional cumulation of
value, and completed the full matrix of bilateral FTAs. After
this, Europe had what can be thought of as a "customs union" for
rules of origin. |
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ADB |
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Knowledge Management Directions and Action Plan (2013–2015):
Supporting “Finance ++” at the Asian Development Bank, Published
2013. Applying collective know-how to
solve complex development challenges is key for achieving
lasting development results more quickly. ADB's long-term
strategic framework, Strategy 2020, identifies “knowledge
solutions” as a driver of change for stimulating growth and
synergizing broader assistance in its operations. ADB's goal is
to turn them into a comparative advantage for the institution to
benefit of Developing Member Countries (DMCs)... |
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ADB |
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APEC Economic Trends Analysis, April 2013.
The PSU’s APEC Economic Trends Analysis provides an overview on
emerging trends underlying the region’s economic prospects by
providing in-depth analysis on recent macroeconomic and
financial developments in the APEC region. |
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APEC |
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Key Trends and Developments relating to Trade and Investment
Measures and their Impact on the APEC Region, April 2013.
This report was presented at the Ministers Responsible for Trade
Meeting in Surabaya, Indonesia in April 2013. It highlights that
there was a sharp deceleration in trade growth as well as a
reduction in FDI inflows in 2012, the result of a setback to the
global economic recovery that occurred last year... |
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APEC |
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2012 PSU Annual Report, April 2013. The
annual report is a summary of the APEC Policy Support Unit’s
operations and activities for the calendar year. It includes an
overview of projects and activities undertaken in 2012, a list
of completed and current projects, audited financial statements,
and information about the PSU. |
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APEC |
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IFAP Implementation in Facilitating Investment for the Asia
Pacific Region, March 2013. The main
objectives of this study are to: (i) describe APEC Investment
Facilitation Action Plan (IFAP) implementation progress; and
(ii) analyse the pattern and trends of foreign investment flows
in the APEC region. |
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APEC |
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The
2013 Interim Assessment for Supply Chain Connectivity Framework
Action Plan, March 2013. This report
presents the results of the interim assessment on APEC’s Supply
Chain Connectivity Framework Action Plan against the target of a
10% improvement in supply chain performance in terms of time,
costs and uncertainty by 2015... |
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APEC |
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Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino: Why "Deepening" Matters in
Achieving Its Human Capital Objectives, February 2013 |
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PIDS |
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Why a New Industrial Policy for the Philippines Is
Critical, January 2013 |
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PIDS |
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How Critical Is Transport and Logistics Infrastructure
to Interregional Trade? The Case of High-value Fruits
and Vegetables in Mindanao, December 2012 |
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PIDS |
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The Philippines and East Asia: Building on Partnerships
to Take Part in the Region's Dynamism, December 2012 |
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PIDS |
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Toward Deepening East Asian Integration: How Convergent
Are the Rules of Origin in the ASEAN+1 Free Trade
Agreements, December 2012 |
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PIDS |
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Perceptions and Laws on Unfair Trade Practices in the
Philippines, December 2012 |
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PIDS |
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The Urgent Need to Increase Baseload Generating Capacity
in Mindanao, November 2012 |
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PIDS |
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Should the Philippines Tariffy its Quantitative
Restriction on Rice? October 2012 |
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PIDS |
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Typhoons, Floods, and Droughts: Regional Occurrence and
Value of Damages to Rice Farming in the Philippines,
September 2012 |
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PIDS |
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Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs,
Volume 12 No.
1 Summer 2012:
Greater China
Japan
Korea
Book Reviews |
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SJEAA |
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April,
2013 |
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Asian Development Outlook 2013: Asia's
Energy Challenge
(Highlights,
Full
Report) estimates that regional economic growth in the Asia
Pacific region will pick up to 6.6% in 2013 and reach 6.7% in
2014. This is a distinct improvement on 2012, when growth stood
at just over 6%. Consumer prices are expected to rise by 4.0% in
2013 and 4.2% in 2014, up from 3.7% last year...
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Part 1:
Asia Builds Momentum Amid Global Doldrums
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Part 2:
Asia's Energy Challenge
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Part 3: Economic
Trends and Prospects in Developing
Asia:
Afghanistan,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
Brunei Darussalam,
Cambodia,
China,
Fiji,
Georgia,
Hong
Kong, India,
Indonesia,
Kazakhstan,
Republic
of Korea,
Kyrgyz Republic,
Lao,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Mongolia,
Myanmar,
Nepal,
North
Pacific Economies,
Pakistan,
Papua New Guinea,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Small
Island Economies,
Solomon Islands,
South
Pacific Economies,
Sri Lanka,
Taipei,China,
Tajikistan,
Thailand,
Timor-Leste,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan,
and
Viet Nam.
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ADB |
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations, People's Republic of
China, and India Growth and the Rest of the World: The Role of
Trade, April 2013. This paper explores
the impact of past and future growth in the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the People's Republic of China
(PRC), and India—the ACI countries—on aggregate welfare,
relative wages, and global emissions in the rest of the world.
It outlines several analytical frameworks, considers effects
over the past decade and, based on consensus forecasts, the
implications of that growth for the rest of the world in the
decades to come. |
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ADB |
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International Price Dispersion and Market Segmentation in Japan
and the United States: Theory and Empirics, April 2013.
This paper focuses on the pricing behavior of Japanese and
United States firms selling their identical products in New York
City, Chicago, Osaka, and Tokyo. The authors utilize some simple
models of international price dispersion and market segmentation
that generate predictions about testable prices. The dataset,
which consists of prices of identical products in the Japanese
and American cities, was collected and accepted by both
governments. Using this data, versions of international price
dispersion theories are tested and some empirical evidence to
support the view that simple international price dispersion
models can partly explain the observed prices is found. |
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ADB |
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Hong
Kong: High Frequency Macroeconomic Forecasts Current
Quarter Model: 2013Q2, April 2013.
Real GDP in 13Q1 is
estimated to increase by 3.9% when compared with the
same period last year. This is an upward revision of our
previous forecast of 2.9% growth released in January 3,
2013, reflecting a strong pickup in domestic demand. In
13Q2, real GDP growth is forecast to rise by 5.3% when
compared with the same period last year... |
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HKU |
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America's
Voluntary Standards System: A 'Best Practice' Model for Asian
Innovation Policies? Published 2013. This
study reviews the historical roots of the American system,
examines its defining characteristics, and highlights its
strengths and weaknesses. A tradition of decentralized local
self-government has given voice to diverse stakeholders in
innovation. However, a lack of effective coordination of
multiple stakeholder strategies constrains effective and open
standardization processes. Asian countries seeking to improve
their standards systems should study the strengths and
weaknesses of the American system. Attempts to replicate the US
standards system will face clear limitations--persistent
differences in Asia's economic institutions, levels of
development, and growth models are bound to limit convergence to
a US-style market-led voluntary standards system. |
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EWC |
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Japan's
Crucial Role in Afghanistan, April 2013.
Victoria Tuke, Visiting Fellow at the Tokyo Foundation, explains
why "The centrality of the US-Japan alliance to Japan is an
important consideration regarding Afghanistan, but Japan's
interests are broader than solely the alliance." |
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EWC |
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Marine & Ocean Energy Development: An Introduction for
Practitioners in APEC Economies, March 2013.
This publication is a summary of presentations made at the
project final conference (October 16-17, 2012 Vladivostok,
Russia) and also draws on various most influential reports on
marine power. We designed it to raise awareness among the policy
makers and energy practitioners in APEC economies of the tidal
power resource and opportunities. A wider audience of interested
officials and businesses in APEC economies may also benefit from
this concise non-technical reading. |
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APEC |
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Research Outcomes: Summary of Research Projects 2012, Published
2013. |
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APEC |
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Characteristics of Chinese Military Culture: A Historical
Perspective, April 2013.
Military culture influences military thinking and military
strategy. Today, the armed forces of the major powers have
the goal of defending their national interests and
contributing to world peace. For geographical and historical
reasons, Chinese military culture developed its own unique
orientation. Just as culture is what makes groups different
from each another and distinguishes man from the animals, so
too is military culture to what distinguishes the armed
forces from other social groups. Similarly, Chinese military
culture makes China’s armed forces different to those of
other countries. These cultural differences express
themselves in the characteristics of various countries’
armed forces. Studying Chinese military culture is thus a
path toward a better understanding of the characteristics of
the Chinese armed forces. |
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ISDP |
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Historical Changes in Relations Between China and
Neighboring Countries (1949 - 2012), March 2013.
The concept of the ‘neighborhood’ (zhoubian) has a prominent
place in China’s thinking about its foreign policy, as good
relations with neighboring countries have great significance
for China’s development. There have been three distinct
phases in China’s relations with neighboring countries since
the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, in each of
which the Chinese leadership has proposed different
diplomatic policies towards neighboring countries, according
to the domestic and international situations. However, with
the present rapid economic development of China, there have
been some noticeable changes that will present challenges to
China’s dealings with neighboring countries. This
presentation will provide perspectives on these questions. |
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ISDP |
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The Road to ASEAN Financial Integration: A Combined Study on
Assessing the Financial Landscape and Formulating Milestones for
Monetary and Financial Integration in ASEAN, Published 2013.
This paper provides a summary assessment of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the state of financial
integration in the region, with inputs from the Asian
Development Bank regional technical assistance project Combined
Studies on Assessing the Financial Landscape and Formulating
Milestones for Monetary and Financial Integration in ASEAN. |
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ADB |
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Can Global Value Chains Effectively Serve Regional Economic
Development in Asia? March 2013.
Regional economic integration through logistics, information
network and connectivity improvement can increase the .virtual
size‘ of an economy as trade with neighboring countries
increases. This leads to substantial benefits from scale,
network, coordination and agglomeration economies. As is shown,
especially in small economies and LDCs, regional economic
integration induces the necessary rebalancing needed for
integration of the regional portions of Global Value Chains (GVCs)
to the global portions of GVCs. This paper demonstrates this
with South Asian case studies in GVC development and with the
related mapping methodology... |
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ADB |
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Preferential and Non-Preferential Approaches to Trade
Liberalization in East Asia: What Differences Do Utilization
Rates and Reciprocity Make? March 2013.
Previous studies on the impacts of free trade agreements (FTAs)
in East Asia have assumed full utilization of preferences. The
evidence suggests that this assumption is seriously in error,
with the estimated uptake particularly low in East Asia. In this
paper, we assume a more realistic utilization rate in estimating
impacts. We find that actual utilization rates significantly
diminish the benefits from preferential liberalization, but in a
non-linear way... |
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ADB |
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Cross-Regional Comparison of Trade Integration: The Case of
Services, March 2013.
In this paper, we will examine the level of services trade
integration in Asia in comparison with Europe and North America.
The main empirical findings of this paper are that (i) the
regional bias of services trade in Asia is as high or higher
than in Europe and North America; (ii) in Asia, the regional
bias of services trade is higher than that of goods trade, which
is in sharp contrast to Europe and North America, where the
regional bias of goods trade is higher than that of services
trade; and (iii) while Asia’s regional bias of goods trade shows
a declining trend, that of services trade remains high, although
in the future its decline is expected... |
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ADB |
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Asian Development Review, Vol.
30,
No. 1, 2013 (Full
Report):
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ADB |
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Fulfilling the Promises of South Asian Integration: A Gravity
Estimation, April 2013.
This paper examines the determinants and trade effects of the
South Asian Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA) using
empirical methods. An empirical specification of the gravity
model is developed to analyze the determinants of trade flows
for the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) countries. The need
for maintaining the primacy of economic integration in the
region's growth and development processes is highlighted... |
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ADB |
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Deepening Association of Southeast Asian Nations' Financial
Markets, March 2013. This paper discusses
the financial landscape of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN), a region engaged in building an economic
community (a "single market and production base") by 2015. In
particular, it reviews where ASEAN's financial markets and
institutions now stand and suggests possible ways in which they
might be developed further to meet the aspirations of the
region. |
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ADB |
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Consular Conundrum: The Rising Demands and Diminishing Means for
Assisting Australians Overseas, March 2013. The
demands on Australia’s consular service are growing. Huge numbers of
Australians are travelling overseas every year, and the expectations of
what the Australian government can or should do for them when they find
themselves in distress are rising, driven by media and public pressure
and, on occasion, by political expediency. This comes at a time when the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is under strain from decades of
under-resourcing and political neglect. As a result, DFAT struggles to
balance consular work with other key priorities... |
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Lowy |
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The United
States: The Hidden Actor in the Senkaku Islands, April 2013.
Akira Kato, Visiting Scholar at the East-West Center in
Washington, explains that "It is a little known fact that the
privately-owned Kuba Island and Japanese state-owned Taisho
Island, both part of the Senkaku Islands, are under the
exclusive control of the US military." |
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EWC |
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South Korea:
Give Nukes a Chance, March 2013. Denny
Roy, Senior Research Fellow at the East-West Center, argues that
"An ROK nuclear weapons capability would impose a meaningful
penalty on the DPRK for its nuclear weapons program." |
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EWC |
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How Useful Is an Asian Currency Unit (ACU) Index for
Surveillance in East Asia? March 2013.
An Asian Currency Unit (ACU) index is constructed using an
alternative procedure which minimizes a basket or portfolio of
assets expressed in terms of national currencies. Using this
estimated ACU index and an ACU Deviation Indicator, the main
finding of this study based on the current trajectory of East
Asian currencies relative to this regional ACU average or
benchmark is that there is a formation of two contrasting groups
of countries in the region—one a group of strong currencies and
the other a group of weak currencies... |
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ADB |
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Pacific Economic Monitor, March 2013.
This edition of the Pacific Economic Monitor discusses 2013 and
2014 GDP growth and inflation projections for ADB's Pacific
developing member countries. The theme of the policy briefs
included in this issue is energy in the Pacific. Findings:
Economic growth in the Pacific moderated to 7.3% in 2012, from a
post-crisis high of 8.3% recorded in the previous year. This
regional trend was driven primarily by the performance of the
region's larger, natural resource–extracting, economies. Growth
is seen to moderate further in 2013, before picking up in 2014. |
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ADB |
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On
the Determinants of Scholastic Performance in Five Asian
Countries, March 2013.
This paper takes an efficiency analysis perspective to analyze,
on the basis of the data of the 2009 Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development Program for International Student
Assessment (PISA) survey, the determinants of scholastic
performance in five Asian countries (Azerbaijan, Indonesia,
Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Thailand)... |
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ADB |
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A
Practical Approach to International Monetary System Reform:
Building Settlement Infrastructure for Regional Currencies,
March 2013.
The global financial crisis has once again stimulated
discussions to reform the international financial architecture.
This paper proposes that establishment of regional settlement
currencies can contribute positively to this reform agenda. |
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ADB |
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Cost Recoverable Tariffs to Increase Access to Basic Services
among Poor Households, March 2013.
A contingent valuation survey from the Water Supply and
Sanitation Project of the Asian Development Bank in Cebu,
Philippines is used to show that tariff structures with a low
one-time connection price and price differentiates based on
wealth measures can result in a five-fold increase in the
take-up of water services by poor households over the base
tariff structure. |
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ADB |
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Firm Investment, Liquidity, and Bank Health: A Panel Study of
Asian Firms in the 2000s, February 2013.
This study examines the effects of a deterioration in bank
health on the cash flow sensitivity of investment and cash
holdings of firms. |
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ADB |
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Capital Controls: A Pragmatic Proposal, February 2013.
To complement the IMF’s new framework and make it easier to
operationalize, this paper proposes a pragmatic approach to the
use of capital controls which leverages the G20 indicative
guidelines in measuring excessive imbalances in order to
simplify the IMF’s guidelines on the use of capital controls. |
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ADB |
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Operationalizing Experience: Donor Approaches to Service
Delivery in Fragile States, February 2013.
This study explores the different approaches to service delivery
in fragile states by surveying donors' own evaluations of their
existing fragile states policies. |
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ADB |
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APEC Human Capital Policies for Green Growth and Employment,
March 2013. The purpose of this report is
to summarize the HRDWG’s Human Capital Policies for Green Growth
and Employment Project. This report is divided into three
sections: (1) findings from an APEC survey conducted focused on
Human Capital Policies and Practices for Green Growth and
Employment, (2) a summary and overview of the APEC symposium
that took place in Washington, DC on March 20-21, 2012,
highlighting implications for developing APEC economies, and (3)
appendices. |
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APEC |
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Potential Contribution of Small Pelagic Fish to Food Security
within the Asia-Pacific Region, February 2013.
This final report summarizes the study of the potential supply
and use of small pelagic fish to tackle food security. The
project took Indonesia and the Philippines, top producers of
small pelagic fish in the region, as case study economies with
Peru as the leading economy of the project. |
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APEC |
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International Seminar on Food Trade Safety to Prevent Avian
Influenza, January 2013.
This report provides an overall summary and the presentation
papers presented the above seminar. The seminar emphasized some
key points that attracting concerns of the government officials,
the industries, the traders and the private sectors particularly
in such aspects as the Avian Influenza and its sever impact, the
measures taken for prevention and control, the Human Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza containment, food safety management
measures, and combat of illegal trade etc. |
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APEC |
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Sustainable Land Management to Enhance Food Production of APEC
Members, January 2013.
The proceedings of the workshop should be particularly valuable
in the context of APEC food security. The event brought together
participants from public and private sectors working on
sustainable land management related issues and allowed them to
share their experiences and knowledge on its strategies,
technologies and practices. The workshop outputs were expected
to help find options and provide guidance in assessing present
and future challenges to food security, to enhance our
understansing on the causes of unsustainable food production,
and address possible losses across entire food chain in each
economy. |
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APEC |
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Final Report for APEC Low Carbon Model Town Project Phase 2,
Feasibility Study for Samui Island, Thailand, November 2012.
This report provides information of the Low Carbon Model Town
Project (LCMT) Phase 2 in SAMUI Island low carbon town
development project in Surat Thani province. The main purposes
of LCMT Initiatives are to plan, develop and implement the
concrete roadmap in order to lower the carbon emission from the
selected town while the natural resources are effectively
utilized and the economic growth still remains. |
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APEC |
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2013 |
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How Foreign Direct Investment Promotes Development: The Case of
the People's Republic of China’s Inward and Outward FDI,
February 2013.
This paper gives a brief introduction to the PRC’s inward and
outward FDI, including their determinants, motives, main
characteristics, and impact on the PRC and host countries.
Inward FDI contributes to the PRC’s economic growth and industry
development, increases tax revenue, and improves labor quality.
The contribution of inward FDI to gross domestic product
averages around 3%–6%. At the same time, outward FDI improves
the PRC’s dynamic efficiency, and helps the host countries with
capital inflow and infrastructure improvement. |
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ADB |
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Financial Conditions Indexes for Asian Economies, January 2013.
Financial conditions indexes (FCIs) are constructed for five
Asian economies, namely, Hong Kong, China; Japan; the Republic
of Korea; Malaysia; and Singapore, using a principal component
analysis (PCA) methodology from Hatzius et al. (2010) and
quarterly data. Various financial stress indicators are
included, allowing the constructed Financial Condition Index to
capture important episodes in each economy’s financial
history... |
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ADB |
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Economic Impact of Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis on Developing
Asia, January 2013.
The European Union (EU) has traditionally been an important
economic partner for Asia. In addition to absorbing a
significant share of the region’s exports, the EU has been a
major source of foreign direct investment and other capital
flows into the region. In light of such close economic linkages
between the EU and Asia, the euro crisis will undoubtedly
influence Asia’s short-term macroeconomic outlook. The key
question, however, is how big the impact will be. This paper
tries to answer this by examining both the trade and financial
channels of crisis transmission... |
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ADB |
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Protestantism and Human Capital in Guatemala and the Republic of
Korea, January 2013.
Protestant missions from the United States entered the Republic
of Korea and Guatemala at the same time (1884 and 1882,
respectively). Yet, their impact on human capital has been
divergent. The analysis presented in this paper supports the
findings of Woodberry (2004, 2009, 2011) and Nunn (2009) in the
case of the Republic of Korea... |
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ADB |
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Myanmar's Trade and its Potential, January 2013.
The paper tabulates Myanmar's merchandise trade as reported by
its partner countries, thereby circumventing the data
constraints stemming from Myanmar's patchy trade records. It
then estimates Myanmar’s export potential, based on the
bilateral export patterns observed for six other countries in
Southeast Asia. Against that benchmark and controlling for
outliers, Myanmar is found to be trading at about 15% its
potential... |
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ADB |
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Truth to
Power: Japanese Media, International Media and 3.11
Reportage, March 2013 |
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APJ |
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Human
Rights, Memory and Reconciliation: Korea-Japan
Relations, March 2013 |
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APJ |
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The US
Military, Green Energy, and the SPIDERS at Pearl Harbor,
March 2013 |
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APJ |
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China-Japan Territorial Conflicts and the US-Japan-China
Relations in Historical and Contemporary Perspective,
March 2013 |
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APJ |
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The
Aftermath of the Emperor-Organ Incident: the Tōdai
Faculty of Law, February 2013 |
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APJ |
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The
Sihanouk Era: The King and I, February 2013 |
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APJ |
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Straight
Outta Ichimiya: The Appeal of a Rural Japanese Rapper,
February 2013 |
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APJ |
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Proposals for Japan and the ROK to Resolve the "Comfort
Women" Issue: Creating trust and peace in light of
international law, January 2013 |
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APJ |
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Okinawa's Henoko was a “storage location” for nuclear
weapons: published accounts, January 2013 |
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APJ |
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ANYUAN:
Mining China's Revolutionary Tradition, January 2013 |
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APJ |
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China's
Energy Industrial Revolution (Part 2), January 2013 |
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APJ |
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Getting
to Zero: Doing the Nuclear Math about Japan's Ageing
Reactors, December 2012 |
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APJ |
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Deconstructing Japan's Claim of Sovereignty over the
Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, December 2012 |
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APJ |
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Power of
the Korean Film Producer: Park Chung Hee's Forgotten
Film Cartel of the 1960s Golden Decade and its Legacy,
December 2012 |
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APJ |
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China's
Industrial Energy Revolution: Renewable targets just
became even more demanding (Part 1), December 2012 |
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APJ |
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Abe Days
Are Here Again: Japan in the World, December 2012 |
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APJ |
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Asia Bond
Monitor, March 2013. The Asia Bond
Monitor (ABM) reviews recent developments in East Asian local
currency bond markets along with outlook, risks, and policy
challenges. It covers the 10 members of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus the People's Republic of
China; Hong Kong, China; and the Republic of Korea. "The Asian
Bond Monitor has become the definitive guide to the development
and structure of the emerging East Asian bond markets. As such,
it is essential reading for anyone involved or interested in
this increasingly important and rapidly growing asset class." -
Geoffrey Lunt, Senior Product Specialist, Asian Fixed Income,
HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. |
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ADB |
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Asian
Economic Integration Monitor, March 2013.
The Asian Economic Integration Monitor is a semiannual review of
Asia’s regional economic cooperation and integration. This issue
includes a special chapter - Multilateralizing Asian
Regionalism: Approaches to Unraveling the Asian Noodle Bowl. |
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ADB |
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Emerging Geopolitical Trends and Security in the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations, the People's Republic of China, and
India (ACI) Region, March 2013. This
paper provides an assessment of the region's unfolding
geopolitical transformation in recent years and asks if the
regional structures in Asia can cope with it. The paper also
explores the problems of integrating the two rising Asian
powers, the PRC and India, into the structures of global
governance. It concludes with a brief discussion on the
strategic policy imperatives facing the ACI region. |
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ADB |
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Asian Development Bank Trade Finance Survey: Major Findings,
March 2013. Findings from this survey
suggest that trade finance gaps exist and need to be addressed
because of the strong links between trade finance, business
expansion, and job creation. It also underscores the importance
of further study and collaboration among multilateral
development banks, government, financial institutions, and
companies to ensure maximum financial support to trade is
available, given that the interlinked component parts of trade
finance, business expansion, and jobs need coordination to
create as much growth and poverty reduction as possible. |
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ADB |
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Managing Reforms for Development: Political Economy of Reforms
and Policy-Based Lending Case Studies, Published 2013.
The book's intended readers are development practitioners
involved in the policy reform process. It aims to help them
understand political economy factors that shape actual outcomes,
and to simplify the complexities of policy reform and the loans
and technical assistance that support such reform. |
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ADB |
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Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in South Asia:
Options and Costs, Published 2013. This
report synthesizes the results of national studies on options
and costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in five South
Asia DMCs—Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri
Lanka. |
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ADB |
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Asian Water Development Outlook 2013: Measuring Water Security
in Asia and the Pacific, Published 2013.
This second edition of the Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO)
provides the first quantitative and comprehensive view of water
security in the countries of Asia and the Pacific. By focusing
on critical water issues, AWDO 2013 provides finance and
planning leaders with recommendations on policy actions to
improve water governance and guidance on investments to increase
their country's water security. |
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ADB |
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WaterWealth? Investing in Basin Management in Asia and the
Pacific, Published 2013. Drawing on a
cross-section of 43 case studies prepared specially for this
book, WaterWealth explains the challenges to improving water
governance and management across Asia and the Pacific region. It
illustrates many examples of new approaches and practices
already being applied by basin managers to secure water for all. |
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ADB |
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Report to the President Office of Anticorruption and Integrity:
Annual Report 2012, Published 2013. This
publication highlights OAI’s efforts in 2012 to ensure that
ADB’s development funds are used with regard to value for money
for their intended purposes, and not usurped through fraudulent
or corrupt practices. |
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ADB |
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Grading Europe
in the Asia-Pacific: European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2013,
February 2013.
Jonas Parello-Plesner, Senior Policy Fellow at the European
Council on Foreign Relations, explains that "On issues of trade
and economics, the EU is clearly showing that is has a strategy
that it is implementing." |
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EWC |
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Regulatory Reform: Case Studies on Green Investments, February
2013.
The report includes 12 case studies on the implementation of
regulatory policies of selected APEC economies in order to draw
lessons on regulatory reform, by analysing different experiences
in formulating and implementing policies to improve energy
efficiency and promote renewable energy technologies in
particular sectors... |
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APEC |
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Training for Trainers on Intellectual Property Issues:
Management and Commercialization, February 2013.
This project addresses the issues of capacity building enhancing
and experience sharing for IP-related sphere by holding
‘Training for trainers’. The workshop findings and the workshop
proceedings are presented in this report... |
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APEC |
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SMEs' Participation in Global Production Chains, February 2013.
Rising globalization and economic integration have enabled SMEs
to increase their contributions to the region’s development
through greater participation in global production chains (GPCs).
More and more SMEs are engaged in activities that link up with
multi-national corporations, providing intermediate goods or
services that are used to build the final products. SMEs’
participation in GPCs yields substantial benefits; however,
currently the level of SMEs participation in GPCs is still quite
low... |
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APEC |
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Inadequate Regional Financial Safety Nets Reflect Complacency,
March 2013.
To the extent that financial contagion from the United States
and the euro area crisis has occurred in Asia, this paper
focuses on the importance of strengthening the regional
financial safety nets. By conjecturing that efforts to prevent
and manage a crisis are the essence of providing such safety
nets, the author argues that efforts made by ASEAN+3 officials,
especially in the provision of liquidity support during a
crisis, are far from adequate... |
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ADB |
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Understanding Innovation in Production Networks in East Asia,
March 2013.
This paper explores the "black box" of innovation in the
electronics production network in East Asia through a mapping
exercise of technological capabilities and an econometric
analysis of exporting in the People's Republic of China (PRC),
Thailand, and the Philippines. Technology-based approaches to
trade offer a plausible explanation for firm-level exporting
behavior and complement the literature on production networks... |
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ADB |
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Supervision of Financial Market Infrastructures in Singapore,
January 2013. The monograph describes MAS’ approach in
supervising financial market infrastructures (“FMI”) in
Singapore to foster their safety and efficiency. It updates and
replaces the 2004 monograph on MAS’ Roles and Responsibilities
in Relation to Securities Clearing and Settlement Systems in
Singapore. |
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MAS |
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Patterns of
Free Trade Areas in Asia, Published 2013.
The study identifies for policymakers how best to minimize the
costs of FTAs while maximizing their benefits. It reexamines key
trends and challenges in Asian FTAs and offers new information
from analysis of FTAs, economic models, and firm surveys. This
analysis supports strengthening business support for FTAs;
rationalizing rules of origin and upgrading their
administration; expanded coverage of agricultural and services
trade; forging comprehensive "WTO-plus" agreements; and
encouraging a region-wide FTA. The analysis suggests a bottom-up
approach to global trade liberalization as a complement to WTO
processes |
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EWC |
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The Elusive
Nature of North Korean Reform, February 2013.
The new leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, appears to be
fostering a new political enthusiasm for reform. Is this all
theatrics? Or does it signify a substantive policy shift? Reform
is possible: Kim Jong-un may have the necessary resolve to
successfully push reform; officials associated with the last
reform attempt are still present and may truly be able to bring
lessons learned to bear on a new reform effort; and,
importantly, both China and South Korea are likely to be
supportive of a sincere attempt at reform... |
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EWC |
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How Emerging
Forms of Capitalism Are Changing the Global Economic Order,
February 2013.
The US model of free-market capitalism has been a dominant force
in the post-communist world order, setting the agenda for
economic governance and development. That supremacy, however,
was severely tarnished by the 2008 global financial crisis,
increasing the potential for new challenges from alternative
economic models. Now, models of capitalism espousing more state
involvement as practiced in Brazil, Russia, India, and,
especially, in China are contenders on the political economic
landscape of the world... |
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EWC |
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Reef and
Relations: Is the Philippines-US Alliance Finally Maturing?
February 2013.
Julio S. Amador III, Foreign Affairs Research Specialist at the
Foreign Service Institute of the Philippines, explains that the
recent grounding in Filipino waters of the USS Guardian, "[s]hows
just how delicate managing alliances can be, and the response by
the Filipino and US governments also demonstrates a level of
maturity in managing the issue." |
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EWC |
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Sri Lanka's
Ongoing Shift to Authoritarianism, February 2013.
Neil DeVotta, Associate Professor at Wake Forest University,
discusses how "[S]ri Lanka is clearly moving towards an
entrenched brand of political authoritarianism under Mahinda
Rajapaksa and his cronies." |
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EWC |
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China's
Intervention in the Myanmar-Kachin Peace Talks, February 2013.
Yun Sun, Visiting Fellow with the John L. Thornton China Center
at the Brookings Institution, explains that "[t]hese latest
talks set a new precedent because of the central role that China
played in the process and signify a major intervention by
Beijing that is unique." |
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EWC |
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Impact of the ASEAN Economic Community on ASEAN Production
Networks, February 2013.
Empirical evidence suggests that the emergence of international
production networks in East Asia results from market-driven
forces such as vertical specialization and higher production
costs in the home countries and institutional-led reasons such
as free trade agreements. This paper examines two
industries—autos and auto parts, and hard disk drives (HDDs)—to
understand international production networks... |
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ADB |
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Hot Money Flows, Commodity Price Cycles, and Financial
Repression in the US and the People's Republic of China: The
Consequences of Near Zero US Interest Rates, January 2013.
R. McKinnon and Z. Liu explain why near zero US interest rates
are bad for the US and the rest of the world... |
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ADB |
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The Threat of Financial Contagion to Emerging Asia's Local Bond
Markets: Spillovers from Global Crises, January 2013.
I. J. Azis, et al look at shock and volatility spillovers from
mature bond markets into select Asian local currency bond
markets and discuss implications for the monitoring and policy
coordination... |
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ADB |
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Critical Review of East Asia - South America Trade, January 2013.
S. Hamanaka and A. Tafgar examine whether trade between East
Asia and South America is a general phenomenon, a
country-specific, or a commodity-specific issue, and whether
increased trade is due to diversification, price effects, and/or
quantity effects... |
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ADB |
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A New Regime of SME Finance in Emerging Asia: Empowering
Growth-Oriented SMEs to Build Resilient National Economies,
December 2012.
S. Shinozaki reviews possible financing modalities to improve
small- and medium-scale enterprise (SME) access to finance,
considering Asia's bank-centered financial system... |
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ADB |
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Chinese Southern Diaspora
Studies, Volume 5, 2011-2012:
Chinese in Singapore |
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CSDS/
ANU |
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APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules System Implementation: Peru,
February 2013.
This Report reviews the data privacy framework in Peru and
considers an approach for an Accountability Agent and the
Enforcement Authority that would be consistent with Peru’s
domestic legal regime and its historic approach to regulation. |
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APEC |
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Transport, Energy and Environmental Benefits of Intermodal
Freight Strategies, Final Report, February 2013.
This report provides a summary of the project findings. The
project investigated the benefits of using intermodal approaches
to the movement of freight in urban settings as a means of
improving energy efficiency and reducing the emission of
greenhouse gases. |
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APEC |
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Access to Trade and Growth of Women's SMEs in APEC Developing
Economies, February 2013.
Research for this project aimed to highlight the complex array
of factors affecting women in business through a mix of
quantitative and qualitative methods. A quantitative survey
targeted SME owners in domestic and exporting firms, half of
whom were women. Qualitative methods included focus group
discussions, semi-structured interviews and case studies. |
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APEC |
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Enhanced Capacity Building for Food Safety Risk Assessment in
Asia-Pacific, February 2013.
This report summarizes the research work under the above APEC
project which, amongst others, aims to share the experiences and
lessons in the field of food safety risk assessment among APEC
and non-APEC economies. |
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APEC |
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Economic Impact of Submarine Cable Disruptions, February 2013.
The present study and the economic impact model serve to fulfill
the goals of the APEC Supply Chain Connectivity Framework Action
Plan, resolved by the APEC member economies, which contains
under its Chokepoint 7 the protection of submarine cables. |
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APEC |
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APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook, February 2013
covering
Australia,
Brunei Darussalam,
Canada,
Chile,
China,
Hong Kong,
Indonesia,
Japan,
Korea,
Malaysia,
Mexico,
New
Zealand,
Papua New
Guinea,
Peru,
Philippines,
Russia,
Singapore,
Chinese
Taipei,
Thailand,
United States and
Viet Nam. |
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