The study focused on the impact of recent global economic developments like trade liberalization, stock farm products including rice, environmental and domestic policies on secondary crop production, consumption, and processing in two interrelated components: general approach and case studies....

This report is the outcome of the first phase of the AGRIDIV project (Identification of pulling factors for enhancing the sustainable development of diverse agriculture in selected Asian countries), which was carried out in 2003-2004. Based on the availability of secondary data, five major CGPRT...

This book analyzes commodity aspects of the effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in the Republic of Korea. The study describes the effects of trade liberalization on selected commodities namely rice, soybean, onion and ginseng at the national level and farm level. The analysis included...

This reports presents the findings of the Phase II study of the AGRIDIV project (Identification of pulling factors for enhancing sustainable development of diverse agriculture in selected Asian Countries), which provides a descriptive and quantitative assessment of the performance of secondary...

this chapter introduces the concept of trade facilitation beyond the ongoing multilateral trade negotiations, and it serves both as an introduction and a synthesis of the studies presented in the remaining chapters.

this chapter looks at trade facilitation in a trade (transaction) cost framework, and evaluates the impact of transport costs and underdeveloped infrastructure on bilateral trade flows of 10 Asian developing countries.

The subprime mortgage crisis erupted in the United States in mid-2007 and was then transformed into the global financial crisis after the failure of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. The total amount of write-downs of loans and securities by financial institutions for 2007-2010 is estimated to...

This paper focuses on a key dynamic that is changing the business environment: the globalization of production, which has major implications for the growth prospects of SMEs in Asia and the Pacific. The current global economic environment is characterized by trade liberalization, rapidly...

This studies is the outcome of the project of the Regional Expert Group Meeting on Trade and Transport Facilitation for Export Competitiveness.

Trade Facilitation (TF), or streamlining regulatory and other procedures involved in the import or export of goods, has received increasing attention in recent years as governments realize the significant impact inefficient trade procedures can have on their countries' trade competitiveness....