With globalization, market liberalization, and the rapid development of rural infrastructure, new market opportunities …, farmers, government, and donors. In particular, this work examines contract farming in the Lao PDR and Cambodia and points to … donor resources, private sector endeavors that serve to generate pro-poor growth may be the key to poverty alleviation. …

from the North Atlantic, raising the importance of Asia in world trade, and boosting SouthSouth trade. How will trade … patterns change over the next 2 decades in the course of economic growth and structural changes in developing Asia and the rest …, and (iii) various trade policy reforms in developing Asia without and with policy reforms also in the Northʺ and in …

negotiations have been started. In particular, the EU joined in the scramble for preferential market access in Asia, starting …

evaluate the economic, social and environmental impacts of alternative policy changes in Asia and the Pacific. The CGE analysis … through investment liberalization. While results vary across subregions in the Asia-Pacific, both trade facilitation and … that liberalization policies increase CO2 emissions at the regional level. Importantly, economic growth in Asia and the …

Asia and the Pacific, and particularly for emerging Asian economies, which are heavily dependent on imported energy and … resources. Acknowledging this fact, individual governments in Asia have recently been taking effective actions in the form of … capital, some of which are very specific to developing Asia. Different sector policies - such as in trade and environment …

Growth led by low-carbon goods and services (LCGS) is an imperative for the countries of Asia and the Pacific, and …