The policy measures taken to date in the Asia-Pacific region are helping to cushion the blow of the global recession …

preventing and mitigating financial crises? This paper reviews and compares the experiences of Europe and Asia, which have taken … this background, the crisis is a wake-up call for further progress on monetary integration in Asia along the lines of the …

The Asia and Pacific region and Latin American and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic … cooperation between the Asia and Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean. It also provides some recommendations to …

Since emerging as a leading industrial economy, Japan has played an important role in promoting Asia Pacific economic … decades, including the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum launched in 1989. Japans commitment to free trade … process of unilateral liberalisation of trade, including agreed time frames, which allows the developing economies of the Asia …

Asia faces very large infrastructure funding demands, estimated at around US$750 billion per year for energy, transport …, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 20102020 (ADB/ADBI 2009). Asia has large savings, significant international reserves … topics : First, what are the lessons for Asia from the European Unions experience of developing and integrating financial …

Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and … Southeast Asia where the population is aging. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in …

Rapid population ageing and economic transformation in Asia raise the policy challenge of ensuring income security in … schemes in Asia, informed by insights from theory and international experience. The paper identifies alternative forms of …

The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing rapid economic growth. Along with rising incomes, the lifestyles of the large … pressure to adjust their lifestyles that respect the Earths’ carrying capacity. As far as countries in the Asia and Pacific … the Asia-Pacific can join hands with businesses and civil society to accelerate this transition—from a consumption …

with preventing productive human capital outflows ought to be considered seriously in Asia. …