The paper investigates the labor market and social impacts of the global financial and economic crisis in Asia and the …, and remittances data to assess the employment and social consequences of the crisis, including falling demand for labor …, rising vulnerable and informal employment, and falling incomes and their related pressures on the working poor. The paper …

Production networks and the regional division of labor have been established in East Asia resulting in massive vertical … globalization and economic integration in East Asia, there is significant potential for the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector … economic integration schemes in East Asia, there are many cumulative positive effects contributing to the emerging trend …

The paper investigates the labor market and social impacts of the global financial and economic crisis in Asia and the …, and remittances data to assess the employment and social consequences of the crisis, including falling demand for labor …, rising vulnerable and informal employment, and falling incomes and their related pressures on the working poor. The paper …

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 …

capital markets. The main policy implication is that governments in Asia should continue and/or strengthen pension reforms …

Trade integration and free trade agreement (FTA)-led cooperation between Asia and Latin America has increased since the … early 2000s. Using new criteria, this paper examines whether Asia-Latin America FTAs have facilitated market-led integration … by liberalizing trade and behind the border regulatory barriers. Overall Asia-Latin America FTAs provide the foundations …

Rapid trade-led economic growth in emerging Asia has been shifting the global economic and industrial centres of … gravity away from the north Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade but also altering the commodity … composition of trade by Asia and other regions. What began with Japan in the 1950s and the Republic of Korea and Taipei,China from …

in the Asian region. Our second recommendation is for the East Asia Summit (ASEAN+10) to set up a high level working …