This paper identifies some of the key issues confronting the Asia-Pacific member-economies that arise from the discussions in the APEC forum. A brief review of existing labor flows within the APEC regions is presented. A discussion on how globalization and trade liberalization will impact on the...

Until there is a substantial degree of consensus over the strategic issues and a greater body of work on the issues of liberalization, trade liberalization of APEC will yield slight results. This paper argues the need for intensive discussion and research about the modalities of successful trade...

Data indicate that there has been an increasing integration of world financial markets. These have raised fears that countries have become vulnerable to external policies and events. This article discusses the need for policy coordination when there is interdependence among countries. The...

The increased level of economic interaction in the Pacific Rim region has brought with it a corresponding increase in the number of potential trade disputes. This paper describes a conceptual and methodological framework for examining cultural aspects of trade disputes and presents several case...

This paper identifies some of the key issues confronting the Asia-Pacific member-economies that arise from the discussions in the APEC forum. A brief review of existing labor flows within the APEC regions is presented. A discussion on how globalization and trade liberalization will impact on the...

Some industries are relatively more harmful to the environment but industrialization has been a significant factor in Cebu’s environmental degradation. In addition, government efforts to curb degradation have failed. This has been the paper’s major result after the examination of the...

Fishing should be an employment of last resort. This article argues why through analysis of water quality and fisheries in conjunction to the role of human population and overfishing on yields.

This article surveys existing forecasting models in the Philippines and discusses several promising alternatives in the process of developing a methodological modeling. Investigation of CGE models leads to the findings of the absence of population-environment interactions.

Until there is a substantial degree of consensus over the strategic issues and a greater body of work on the issues of liberalization, trade liberalization of APEC will yield slight results. This paper argues the need for intensive discussion and research about the modalities of successful trade...

Modeling the relationship between population growth and migration, this paper shows that destinations with higher average household incomes attract many immigrants. While it is not different from previous studies, this paper utilizes more environmentally based measures of economic opportunity at...