Although a latecomer, economically important Asia has emerged at the forefront of global free trade agreement (FTA … encourage a regionwide FTA. Political economy considerations suggest that a likely scenario is for FTA consolidation in Asia … Australia, India, and New Zealand – to be followed by connections with North America and Europe. In conclusion, the analysis …

Trade in food and other agricultural products is increasingly important across East and Southeast Asia, where high … agricultural capacity elsewhere. Because low-income Southeast Asia is generally seen to be well below its agrofood potential, this …. This paper reviews the history of high-income Asia and the PRC's emergence in the region's agrofood markets. Finally, the …

The Asia and Pacific region and Latin American and Caribbean region are two regions divided not only by vast geographic … cooperation between the Asia and Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean. It also provides some recommendations to …

, suggesting the possible start of a top-down approach. Based on the results of a survey of Asia's opinion leaders conducted by the … Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 2010, this paper discusses how Asia's institutional architecture for economic and financial …

Why is Asia lagging behind other regions in creating regional judicial institutions? What lessons from the operation of … judicial institutions elsewhere have also rarely been used to resolve inter-state disputes. The most valuable lesson for Asia …

the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP). The FTAAP initiative represents a politically ambitious, high potential benefit option for … the Asia-Pacific region; defuse the renewed risk of 'drawing a line down the middle of the Pacific' as East Asian, and … perhaps the Western Hemisphere, initiatives produce disintegration of the Asia-Pacific region rather than the integration of …

This paper addresses two central questions for Asia and the world: (1) What is the purpose of Asian regional policy … paper examines the potential coverage and content of such policy coordination, what is meant by Asia in this context, and … how Asia fits in with global policy coordination processes. I address three related aspects of Asian regional policy …

Financial safety nets in Asia have come a long way since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98. Not wanting to …

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

Against the backdrop of growing momentum for regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia, this paper examines … in this paper includes an Asia-wide definition of regional roads that fall on the Asian Highway (AH) network. The AH … linkages to Europe. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) conducts research on …