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ASEAN integration in 2030 : United States perspectives
Heng, Pek Koon - 2012
inability of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Round to lower global trade barriers significantly. In joining …
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ASEAN economic integration through trade and foreign direct investment : long-term challenges
Kawai, Masahiro; Naknoi, Kanda - 2015
This paper explores the long-term challenges for trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The region has emerged as an important production base for multinational corporations by joining East Asia's supply chains. While proceeding to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374645
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Trade and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 : promoting "Life on Land" through mandatory and voluntary approaches
Andrew, Dale - 2017
initiatives nonetheless remain relatively limited. A widespread approach based on a model of voluntary sustainability standards … products, inspired by the World Trade Organization (WTO) TFA, that would be an "inter-governmental-plus" arrangement bringing … together the range of stakeholders currently involved in sustainability standards. …
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East Asian integration : towards an East Asian economic community
Dent, Christopher M. - 2017
East Asia is a region of great global significance, currently accounting for around 30% of the global economy by most measures, e.g. production, trade, investment and finance. It has also become increasingly integrated in various ways. Integration at the micro-level has steadily progressed since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610448
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Digital trade facilitation : paperless trade in regional trade agreements
Duval, Yann; Mengjing, Kong - 2017
and deeper paperless trade provisions than those featured in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. A more detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011658327
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The use of financial technology in the agriculture sector
McIntosh, Craig; Mansini, Caio Scuarcialupi - 2018
The finance sector has a key role to play in allowing agriculture to contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction. A rapidly evolving technological landscape is opening up new possibilities to target and price credit, to share risk, and to harness information technology to expand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904472
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Does renewable energy increase farmers' well-being? : evidence from solar irrigation interventions in Bangladesh
Hossain, Monzur; Karim, Azreen - 2020
As an alternative clean and climate-friendly energy source, renewable energy has gained increased importance in government policies, in particular regarding the use of sun power to operate irrigation projects. Researchers have found solar-power-based irrigation projects to be reliable,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181075
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Asia's sectoral transformation, evolving diets, and the consequences for climate change
Larson, Donald Frederick - 2024
Established by the United Nations in 2015 with a target date of 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework with specific objectives to guide global development policy. The SDGs extend and modify an earlier framework, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), established in...
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Lifestyle choices and societal behavior changes as local climate strategy
Mohanty, Brahmanand; Scherfler, Martin; Devatha, Vikram - 2012
The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing rapid economic growth. Along with rising incomes, the lifestyles of the large middle class are moving quickly towards a buy-and-discard consumer model that involves carbon-intensive products and services. These increase dependency on the Earth's finite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669738
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Trade and SDG 13 : action on climate change
Prag, Andrew - 2017
This paper assesses the interaction of international trade with climate policies, and the influence of trade on the implementation of SDG 13 (climate change). Although international trade contributes directly to GHG emissions, increased trade can help to achieve development goals in a...
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