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 …

This paper provides an account of the resort in recent years by governments in the Asia Pacific region to …. Meanwhile, many developing countries in the Asia Pacific relied more on traditional forms of protectionism. The result is a more … fragmented set of markets in the Asia Pacific region than before the crisis. …

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 …

, domestic financial systems in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region have remained weak, and progress to reform them has …

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

This paper considers emerging commercial policy challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region in light of the impasse … trend is developing in the Asia-Pacific region and what its prospects are in the future. It stresses that regional - as … networks) as well as diplomatic-political goals. This "new regionalism" which has been supported by Asia-Pacific Economic …

. At the turn of the millennium there were less than 10 agreements containing IPRs in the Asia- Pacific. At the end of … April 2013, 51 trade agreements that include IPR provisions were in some stage of existence, according to Asia-Pacific Trade … have become common subject matter for bilateral and multilateral treaties in the Asia- Pacific. Not all agreements give …

The paper discusses key challenges faced throughout the Asia and the Pacific region as a number of its developing …

This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth … to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing …; breakdown of poverty into chronic and transitory components; and a comparative study on poverty issues in Asia and other regions …