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The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
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The Northeast Asia Economic Forum (NEAEF) is a regional nongovernmental organization created in 1991 to sponsor and … facilitate research, networking, and dialogue relevant to the economic and social development of Northeast Asia. The Forum is … also committed to promoting understanding and relations among the peoples of Northeast Asia, North America, and Europe …
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Regional cooperation is a stepping stone for economic integration within a geographic region. It may be market-driven integration without any explicit agreement implying that private sector is actively engaged in bringing convergence among the economies. Economic integration may also be pursued...
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In order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Asian countries are trying to realize the potential of energy innovation. However, several structural issues might deter the expected impact of energy innovation on GHG emissions. Given the...
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agri-food trade among 17 Asian development countries. Sub-regional trade in Central, South, and Southeast Asia is the focus … agri-food exports and exports of nutritious foods are generally more important than the markets outside of Asia and for … total agri-food exports, export growth of nutritious food is often slower than overall growth of agri-food exports. The …
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and values that have proved successful in Southeast Asia.” In view of these large claims about ASEANs apparent centrality … to regional security in Southeast Asia, and its procedurally driven transformation of foreign relations across East Asia …-while, its attempt to export its norms to the wider region have rendered it vulnerable to the incursion and hegemony of more …
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Himalayan Region of the Asia. The governance of adaptation programmes and strategies, the trends of aid interventions, aid …
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treaty obligations, with examples from Asia, and attempts a prognosis on convergence in regulation. It is suggested that a …
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This paper examines the implications of cross-border component sourcing and production networks for trade competitiveness and welfare. Offshore sourcing of components in which it has comparative disadvantage, enables a country to enhance its comparative advantage in the final product. This...
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This chapter closely examines the negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Asian countries' recent efforts to set regional intellectual property norms. The RCEP negotiations are particularly important to Asian intellectual property developments because the...
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