This book analyses and draws policy implications from infrastructure's central role in lowering Asia's trade costs …1. Infrastructure's role in lowering Asia's trade costs / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. Trends in Asian trade : implications … : options for enhancing Asia's trade / Prabir De -- 5. Port competitiveness : a case study of Semarang and Surabaya, Indonesia …

-based regional and bilateral economic integration is driven by the Factory Asia phenomenon. The authors also compellingly show where … trading system and explores policy implications for Asia. The world trading system, led by the World Trade Organization (WTO …), is under pressure to evolve and address 21st-century trade issues. Meanwhile, economically salient Asia has built deep …

Asia. Early debates centered on the advantages and disadvantages of joining the global economy as exporters to the high …-income countries, while trade within Asia was of minor importance. Increasingly, however, trade spilled across Asian borders, and as … production chains became more complex attention has shifted towards the organization of international trade within Asia and …

-36 -- Alberto Portugal-Perez and John S. Wilson (2008), 'Trade Costs in Africa: Barriers and Opportunities for Reform', Policy …

economy, foreign investment after the Asia crisis, the WTO and regional economic development, along with discussion about the …