for East Asia's financial cooperation, including: (i) regional economic surveillance led by the Economic Review and Policy …

the rapid transformation of the Asian economy, the challenges it faces, emerging regional solutions, and how Asia can play … a more constructive role in the global economy. Asia is becoming not just the world’s factory, but also its leading … creditor, and one of its key sources of dynamism and stability. Key questions are identified and addressed in three areas: Asia …

The spread of Asia’s free trade agreements (FTAs) has sparked an important debate on the impact of such agreements on … ‘noodle bowl’ of overlapping regulations and rules of origin requirements – which may be costly to business. Asia’s Free Trade …

from seasoned Asia experts on the prospective benefits of a new, more decentralized and regionalized architecture. It will … power has moved towards the emerging economies, especially those in Asia, a shift which is not sufficiently reflected in the … governance of these institutions. -- New Global Economic Architecture addresses how a regional architecture, particularly in Asia …

Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA …. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia to be followed by connections …