levels - and evolutionary processes of economic integration in light of regional policy targets in Asia. The analysis …

As cross-border movements of goods, capital, and labor are intensifying, it is likely that goods markets in East Asia … will become increasingly integrated. This study investigates the current state of goods market integration in East Asia by … importance of a three-pronged integration strategy covering trade, money, and development policies, and of East Asia …

Asia faces very large infrastructure funding demands, estimated at around US$750 billion per year for energy, transport …, telecommunications, water, and sanitation during 2010-2020 (ADB/ADBI 2009). Asia has large savings, significant international reserves … topics: First, what are the lessons for Asia from the European Union's experience of developing and integrating financial …

the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP). The FTAAP initiative represents a politically ambitious, high potential benefit option for … the Asia-Pacific region; defuse the renewed risk of "drawing a line down the middle of the Pacific" as East Asian, and … perhaps the Western Hemisphere, initiatives produce disintegration of the Asia-Pacific region rather than the integration of …

toward achieving economic integration in Asia and the Pacific, or trigger the formation of two large trade blocs which will …

Regional governance systems and national frameworks to address climate change and accelerate green growth in Asia are …

trade agreements (PTAs) are driving this trend in Asia and the Pacific as well as in Central and South America, and the … under negotiation or in force. In this regard, Asia and the Pacific has developed a rapidly evolving regional economic … Economic Partnership (or ASEAN+6 RCEP), as well as the putative Free Trade Agreement of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which …

The formation of regional production networks in East Asia has occurred mainly through market forces, without much help …. Asia's institutions for regionalism need strengthening through reform and innovation such as better governance and …

between helping themselves and helping the global economy. Asia is striving for modes of regional cooperation that are, on … integration and openness. The main policy findings are that Asia's future standing in an increasingly multi-centered world economy … international gains will depend on Asia's willingness to make serious advances in regional collective action and global leadership …