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December, 2004

 

Source

     

 

Customs-Business Partnership Programmes, September 2004

 

APEC

Asia Economic Monitor 2004, December 2004

 

ADB

Pakistan Economic Update (July - October 2004), December 2004

 

ADB

APEC Regional Study on Gender and Globalization in Agriculture, October 2004

 

APEC

Nautilus Institute to contribute, content up soon.

 

Nautilus

Santiago Commitment to Fight Corruption and Ensure Transparency, November 2004

 

APEC

APEC Course of Action on Fighting Corruption and Ensuring Transparency, November 2004

 

APEC

APEC Life Sciences Innovation Forum Strategic Plan, November 2004

 

APEC

APEC Privacy Framework, November 2004

 

APEC

Implementing the e-APEC Strategy - Progress and Recommendations for Further Action, November 2004

 

APEC

An Alternative Roadmap to Middle East Peace, October 2004

 

LINHK

International Workshop on Improving e-Learning Policies and Programs 9-13 August: Text and Appendices, Published in December 2004

 

ADB

International Workshop on Improving e-Learning Policies and Programs 9-13 August: Figures and Tables, Published in December 2004

 

ADB

The Kyodo Protocol and the APEC Economies, November 2004

 

AUAPEC

ADB Review: Mekong On the Move, December 2004

 

ADB

ADB Review: Connecting Central Asia, November 2004

 

ADB

Economic Security and Regional Integration in Southeast Asia, December 2004

 

ADB

Obstacles to Private Power Investments in India, December 2004

 

ADB

Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure: The Case of Thailand, December 2004

 

ADB

Contract Design: Providing Incentives to Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure, December 2004

 

ADB

Great Expectations: Cross-Border Natural Gas Trade in APEC Economies, November 2004

 

APEC

ABAC Report to APEC Economic Leaders, November 2004, Santiago, Chile

 

NCAPEC

APEC 2004 National Center Santiago Report, November 30, 2004

 

NCAPEC

Contracting for Power: The Philippine Case, December 2004

 

ADB

Foreign Direct investment in Infrastructure in Developing Countres: Does Regulation Make a Difference? November 2004

 

ADB

Restructuring North East People's Republic of China, November 2004

 

ADB

The People's Republic of China's (PRC) Future Development and Economic Relations with Latin America, November 2004

 

ADB

The People's Republic of China (PRC) Technological Capability, November 2004

 

ADB

Infrastructure, Growth and Poverty, Some Cross Country Evidence, November 2004

 

ADB

Contract Design: Providing Incentives to Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure: The Case of Thailand, November 2004

 

ADB

Contract Design: Providing Incentives to Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure, October 2004

 

ADB

APEC's Trade Facilitation Action Plan: A Mid-term Assessment, October 2004

 

APEC

Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia and Latin America: Is there a People's Republic of China Effect? November 2004

 

ADB

Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure, Regional Integration, and Development , November 2004

 

ADB

People's Republic of China's Competitive Threat to Latin America: An Analysis for 1990-2002, October 2004

 

ADB

The Afghan Economy after the Election, October 2004

 

ADB

Private Sector Development in the People's Republic of China, September 2004

 

ADB

People's Republic of China and Its Neighbors: Partners or Competitors for Trade and Investment? August 2004

 

ADB

Do Large Shareholders Monitor or Collude with Banks in Japan? August 2004

 

ADB

Corporate Governance in Asia: Recent Evidence from Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia, July 2004

 

ADB

Does Exporting Raise Productivity? Evidence from Korean Microdata, July 2004

 

ADB

Corporate Governance in the Republic of Korea and Its Implications for Firm Performance, July 2004

 

ADB

Round-Tripping Foreign Direct Investment in the People’s Republic of China: Scale, Causes and Implications, June 2004

 

ADB

Living Standard Strategy Formulation: The Uzbekistan Case, June 2004

 

ADB

Relationship Banking and Its Role in Corporate Governance, April 2004

 

ADB

Fiscal Reform in the People’s Republic of China: Current Issues and Future Agenda, March 2004

 

ADB

Growth and Adjustment in East Asia and Latin America, February 2004

 

ADB

Corporate Governance in Banking and Economic Performance - Future Options for People’s Republic of China, August 2003

 

ADB

Employees in Asian Enterprises: Their Potential Role in Corporate Governance, April 2003

 

ADB

People’s Republic of China’s Export Threat to ASEAN: Competition in the US and Japanese Markets, January 2003

 

ADB

Toward Creating a Regional Monetary Arrangement in East Asia, December 2002

 

ADB

Prospects for Financial Integration and Exchange Rate Policy Cooperation in East Asia, December 2002

 

ADB

Financial Repression, Liberalization, Crisis and Restructuring: Lessons of Korea’s Financial Sector Policies, December 2002

 

ADB

Financial Crisis and Recovery: Patterns of Adjustment in East Asia, 1996-99, Published in October 2002

 

ADB

Banks' Lending Behavior and Firms' Corporate Financing Pattern in the People's Republic of China, September 2002

 

ADB

Taipei, China's Banking Problems: Lessons from the Japanese Experience, September 2002

 

ADB

Is the Equity Market Really Developed in the People's Republic of China? September 2002

 

ADB

Exchange Rate Co-movements and Business Cycle Synchronization between Japan and Korea, August 2002

 

ADB

Measuring the Extent and Implications of Director Interlocking in the Pre-war Japanese Banking Industry, July 2002

 

ADB

Have India's Financial Market Reforms Changed Firms' Corporate Financing Patterns? June 2002

 

ADB

The Role of the Global Economy in Financing Old Age: The Case of Singapore, May 2002

 

ADB

The Political Ecology of Famine: The North Korean Catastrophe and Its Lessons, January 2002

 

ADB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November, 2004

 

Source

 

 

 

 

Anti-Corruption Policies in Asia and the Pacific: The Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Fighting Corruption in Twenty-one Asian and Pacific Countries, 2004

 

ADB

Priorities of the People: Hardship in the Federated States of Micronesia, September 2004

 

ADB

The Tonle Sap Initiative, November 2004

 

ADB

Special Evaluation Study on Project Cost Estimates, July 2004

 

ADB

An Agenda for Change: Setting the Rules and Finding the Money, Highlights of ADB Water Week, November 2004

 

ADB

Basic Profiles of Selected Domestic Credit Rating Agencies in ASEAN + 3, May 2004

 

ADB

 

Development of Regional Standards for Asian Credit Rating Agencies: Progress & Change, May 2004

 

ADB

 

Recent Development of Securitization in Japan and the Role of Rating Agencies, May 16, 2004

 

ADB

 

Settlement Systems of East Asian Economies, March 2004

 

ADB

 

ADB Launches Asia Bond Monitor (inaugural issue, November 2004)

 

ADB

 

Working Paper No. 60: Measuring Competitiveness in the World's Smallest Economies: Introducing the SSMECI, November 2004

 

ADB

 

Working Paper No. 58: Monetary Poverty Estimates in Sri Lanka: Selected Issues, October 2004

 

ADB

 

12th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, Santiago Declaration "One Community, Our Future", 20-21 November 2004

 

APEC

 

Main Elements of APEC Leaders' Declaration, 2004

 

APEC

 

16th APEC Ministerial Meeting, Joint Statement, 17-18 November 2004

 

APEC

 

Policy Brief No. 32: The Primacy of Reforms in the Emergence of the People's Republic of China and India, November 2004

 

ADB

 

2004: APEC Economic Outlook

 

APEC

 

2004: Realising Innovation and Human Capital Potential in APEC

 

APEC

 

2004: Trade Facilitation and Trade Liberalisation: From Shanghai to Bogor

 

APEC

 

2004: CTI (Committee on Trade and Investment) - Annual Report to Ministers

 

APEC

 

2004: APEC Senior Officials Report on Economic and Technical Cooperation

 

APEC

 

INRM newsletter - ADB News in India, Issue No.2, August 2004

 

ADB

 

Investing in Ourselves: Giving and Fund Raising in Asia Series, March 2004 (8 Books)

 

ADB

 

Past Experience and Future Challenges: Cooperation in Shared Water Resources in Central Asia, Papers Presented at an Asian Development Bank Regional Workshop in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 26-28 September 2002, Published in November 2004

 

ADB

 

Philippines-Japan Free Trade Agreement: Analyzing Its Potential Impact Using a Computable General Equilibrium Model, October 2004

 

PIDS

 

A Note on the Competitiveness Debate, October 2004

 

PIDS

 

Food Security, Agricultural Efficiency and Regional Integration, October 2004

 

PIDS

 

Trade and Investment in a Globalized Setting: The Philippine Experience in Muslim Areas, October 2004

 

PIDS

 

English as the Language of Trade, Finance and Technology in APEC: An East Asia Perspective, September 2004

 

PIDS

 

East Asian Cooperation: The ASEAN View, August 2004

 

PIDS

 

Industrial Competitiveness: The Challenge for Pakistan, October 2004

 

ADB

 

Bangladesh Quarterly Economic Update, September 2004

 

ADB

 

Bangladesh: Flood, Response, Damage and Recovery Needs, September 30, 2004

 

ADB

 

Corporate Governance Principles for Business Enterprises, 2003

 

ADB

 

Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) to contribute, content up soon.

 

PIDS

 

Initiatives for Improving Road Safety - Phase I, Compendium of Road Safety Initiatives, 2004

 

APEC

 

Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Conformity Assessment for Telecommunications Equipment (MRA): Training Program Design for Phase II Implementation, 2004

 

APEC

 

Innovations in Entrepreneur Development, 2004

 

APEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October, 2004

 

Source

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Finance in Asia, 2004

 

ADB

 

The Road Less Travelled, 2004

 

ADB

 

The New Key to Asian Finance, 2004

 

ADB

 

Nepal Quarterly Economic Update, September 2004

 

ADB

 

Development Strategies for Inclusive Growth in Developing Asia, October 2004

 

ADB

 

Working Paper No. 57: Practices of Poverty Measurement and Poverty Profile of Nepal, September 2004

 

ADB

 

Working Paper No. 56: Viet Nam: Foreign Direct Investment and Postcrisis Regional Integration, September 2004

 

ADB

 

Working Paper No. 55: Experience of Asian Asset management Companies: Do they Increase Moral Hazard? - Evidence from Thailand, September 2004

 

ADB

 

Globalization, Unemployment, and Excess Capacity: A Model and A Conjecture, September 2004

 

LINHK

 

Asian Development Review, 2004

 

ADB

 
 

Divergent Asian Views on Foreign Direct Investment and Its Governance

 

 

 
 

Liberalization and Foreign Direct Investment in Asian Transport System: The Case of Aviation

 

 

 
 

Regional Integration and Benefits from Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN Economies: The case of Viet Nam

 

 

 
 

Aggregate Investment in People's Republic of China: Some Empirical Evidence

 

 

 

ADB Review: News from the Asian Development Bank (1999 - 2004)

 

ADB

 

APEC Seminar on Credit Management and Security Practices in International Business, July 2004

 

APEC

 
     

 

 
     

 

 

September, 2004

 

Source

 
     

 

 

APEC Workshop on Oil Spill Response and Planning, Proceedings, 25-26 March 2004, Published in June 2004 (File Size: 19 MB)

 

APEC

 

The Relationship between Indigenous Animals and Humans in APEC Region, 2003 (File Size: 6 MB)

 

APEC

 
     

 

 
     

 

 

August, 2004

 

Source

 
     

 

 

Papers delivered at the China Australia FTA Conference, Sydney, 12 and 13 August 2004

 

AUAPEC

 
 

Australia China Economic Directions - Long Term Trends in the Australian Economy

 

 

 
 

China: Investment overheating and its implications

 

 

 
 

Good FTAs should be like share prices - anticipate future developments: Trends in trade and investment between China and Australia

 

 

 
 

China’s Trade Policy

 

 

 
 

Trade Policy Issues

 

 

 
 

The Political and Strategic Implications of a Free Trade Agreement with China

 

 

 
 

Agriculture in an Australia-China FTA

 

 

 
 

Market Entry Strategies into China for Australian Companies

 

 

 
 

Telecommunications- China's Links in a Global World

 

 

 
 

Impacts on Australia’s Manufacturing Industry

 

 

 
 

Financial Services role in an FTA

 

 

 
 

Market Economy Status for China: Implications for Antidumping Protection in Australia

 

 

 
 

Direct investment in an Australia China FTA: How much does it matter?

 

 

 
 

The rise in China’s FDI: myths and realities

 

 

 

Elasmobranch Fisheries Management Techniques, 2004 (File Size: 8 MB)

 

APEC

 

Training Program to Promote Economic Competition in APEC Economies, Proceedings of Four Seminars, March 2004

 

APEC

 
 

Part I:   Energy Seminar Papers (File Size: 5 MB)

 

 

 
 

Part II:  Transport Seminar Papers (File Size: 17 MB)

 

 

 
 

Part III: Telecommunications Seminar Papers (File Size: 8 MB)

 

 

 
 

Part IV: Financial Services Seminar Papers (File Size: 11 MB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July, 2004

 

Source

 
 

 

     

International Conference on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and Big Companies Interaction, June 2004

 

APEC

 

Privatization of Public Housing: Did It Cause the 1998 Recession in Hong Kong? July 2004

 

LINHK

 

Workshop on Strengthening Corporate Governance within Financial Institutions, May 2004

 

APEC

 
 

 

     
 

 

     

June, 2004

 

Source

 
 

 

     

Stocktake of Progress Toward the Key Elements of a Fully Liberalised Telecommunications Sector in the APEC Region, 2004

 

APEC

 

Presentations of IPv6 Workshop March 2003: Bridging the Digital Divide, 2004 (File Size: 10 MB)

 

APEC

 

Manual on Risk Analysis for the Safe Movement of Aquatic Animals, May 2004

 

APEC

 

Capacity and Awareness Building on Import Risk Analysis (IRA) for Aquatic Animals, May 2004

 

APEC

 

Development of a Regional Research Programme on Grouper Virus Transmission and Vaccine Development, 2001

 

APEC

 

Safety Mail, March 2004

 

APEC

 

Energy Security Initiative - Some Aspects of Oil Security, 2003

 

APEC

 

Natural Gas Market Reform in the APEC Region, 2003

 

APEC

 

Energy Investment Outlook for the APEC Region, 2003

 

APEC

 

Energy Efficiency Programmes in Developing and Transitional APEC Economies, 2003

 

APEC

 

Gas Storage in the APEC Region, 2002

 

APEC

 

Industrial Sector Natural Gas Use, 2002

 

APEC

 

Energy Efficiency Indicators and Potential Energy Savings in APEC Economies, 2002

 

APEC

 

Alternative Development Scenarios for Electricity and Transport to 2020 for the APEC Region, 2002

 

APEC

 

Energy Security Initiative: Emergency Oil Stocks as an Option to Respond to Oil Supply Disruptions, 2002

 

APEC

 

APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook, 2002

 

APEC

 

Asia Pacific Economies: Multilateral vs Bilateral Relationships, May 19-21, 2004,  organized by the APEC Study Center at City University of Hong Kong, (Conference Papers)

 

HKAPEC

 
 

 

     
 

 

     

May, 2004

 

Source

 
 

 

     

Update of APEC Activities, May 2004

 

APEC

 

Including New and Renewable Energy Technologies into Economy-Level Energy Models, September 2002

 

APEC

 

Handbook on Traceability in Legal Metrology, 2004

 

APEC

 

Gender Information Session, Final Report 2002

 

APEC

 

NCAPEC Monthly Update, May 2004

 

NCAPEC

 

BASC News, Spring 2004

 

BASC

 
 

 

     
 

 

     

April, 2004

 

Source

 
 

 

     

An Independent Assessment of APEC's Economic and Technical Cooperation: Activities of the Fisheries Working Group, 2004

 

APEC

 

Corrigendum for the 2003 APEC Economic Outlook

 

APEC

 
 

 

     
 

 

     

March, 2004

 

Source

 
 

 

     

Australia - U.S. Free Trade Agreement Conference, Mar 2004

 

AUAPEC

 
 

Environment & Labour under the FTA

 

 

 
 

A 'Plus' Agreement: a Plus for Australia, 'WTO Plus' and a Plus for APEC

 

 

 
 

Capitalising on More Secure Markets

 

 

 
 

Copyright

 

 

 
 

The New Opportunities and Impact: Cultural Impacts

 

 

 
 

Dairy In The U.S. Free Trade Agreement

 

 

 
 

Economic impacts from an Australia - U.S. Free Trade Trade Area

 

 

 
 

Gaining from Investment

 

 

 
 

Health Impacts

 

 

 
 

Presentation

 

 

 
 

Rules of Origin in the Australia U.S. FT

 

 

 
 

The U.S. Government Procurement Market

 

 

 
 

Tomorrow's Rules Today, not Yesterday's Rules Tomorrow

 

 

 
 

 

     
 

 

     

February, 2004

 

Source

 
 

 

     

APEC Outcomes and Outlook, 2003/2004

 

APEC

 

Seminar on Venture Capital and Start-up Companies 2003, Proceedings

 

APEC

 

APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Initiative (Collaborative VIII): Financial Roadmap for the APEC Region, 2004

 

APEC

 
 

 

     
 

 

     

January, 2004

 

Source

 
 

 

     

Development Needs of Small to Medium Size Tourism Enterprises, 2004

 

APEC

 

Life Cycle Assessment: Best Practices of ISO 14040 Series, 2004

 

APEC

 

The First Decade Since Bogor - A Business Assessment of APEC'S Progress, 2004

 

APEC

 

Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions: Case Studies of Korea; China; and Hong Kong, China, 2003

 

APEC

 

APEC Economic Outlook 2003

 

APEC