the degree of risk-sharing in East Asia has improved along with the observed rise in integration in the region. Higher … how virulent these risks can be when roused from dormancy. Given the inevitability of integration, the challenge is how to … maximize its benefits while minimizing its costs. One benefit of greater integration, particularly financial integration, is …

Why is Asia lagging behind other regions in creating regional judicial institutions? What lessons from the operation of … such institutions elsewhere could be valuable to Asian regional economic integration? I show that Asian states are not … judicial institutions elsewhere have also rarely been used to resolve inter-state disputes. The most valuable lesson for Asia …

Regional economic integration is back in vogue following the "stumble" in the Doha Round in July 2008. Preferential … 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 …

Trade policy in Asia has switched from non-discriminatory unilateral liberalisation, reinforced by GATT/ WTO … will not drive regional economic integration or further integration with the global economy. Rather it could be a force of …