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December, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asia's Infrastructure Challenges: Issues of Institutional Capacity, December 2008

 

ADB

Regional Integration and Trade Costs in South Asia, December 2008

 

ADB

The US Financial Crisis, Global Financial Turmoil, and Developing Asia: Is the Era of High Growth at an End? December 2008

 

ADB

Effectiveness of Public Spending: The Case of Rice Subsidies in the Philippines, December 2008

 

ADB

An Analysis of Pakistan's Macroeconomic Situation and Prospects, December 2008

 

ADB

Asian Holdings of US Treasury Securities: Trade Integration as a Threshold, December 2008

 

ADB

The Unfolding Turmoil of 2007 - 2008: Lessons and Responses, December 2008

 

ADB

Reconstruction after a Major Disaster: Lessons from the Post-Tsunami Experience in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, December 2008

 

ADB

Governance and Sustainable Development: The Asian Development Bank Perspective, December 2008

 

ADB

ABAC Report to APEC Economic Leaders, Lima, Peru, November 2008 - Mind the Gap: Making Globalization an Opportunity for All

 

APEC

Impact of Performance Based Remuneration Systems on Productivity Performance of Local Industries - Compilation of Research Reports, October 2008

 

APEC

Asia Economic Monitor 2008, December 2008 providing the latest economic review of the 10 members of ASEAN plus China, Hong Kong, Korea and Taipei.

 

ADB

Asian Migration Prospects: 2007 - 2012, November 2008

 

ADB

Developing Asia's Prospects in the Global Slowdown, December 2008

 

ADB

Managing the Hot Money Inflows of the People's Republic of China, December 2008

 

ADB

Is the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA) an Optimal Free Trade Area? November 2008

 

ADB

Welfare Implications of International Financial Integration, November 2008

 

ADB

Foundation for the Future: A Private Sector Assessment for Papua New Guinea, 2008

 

ADB

The Challenges of Doing Business in Papua New Guinea: An Analytical Summary of the 2007 Business Environment Survey by the Institute of National Affairs, 2008

 

ADB

Opportunities and Challenges for Foreign Investment in the APEC Region: Case Studies, December 2008

 

APEC

2008 CTI Annual Report

 

APEC

Report on APEC Workshop "Economic Security and Sustainable Tuna Fisheries in the Coral Triangle", November 2008

 

APEC

Comparability of Qualifications in the Health Sector within the APEC Region, November 2008

 

APEC

Best Practices in Environmental Monitoring for Coal-Fired Power Plants: Lessons for Developing Asian APEC Economies, November 2008

 

APEC

APEC E-Trade and Supply Chain Management High-Level Training Course, November 2008

 

APEC

Understanding International Energy Initiatives in the APEC Region, 2008

 

APEC

Understanding International Energy Initiatives in the APEC Region: Scope and Elements, 2007

 

APEC

Urban Transport Energy Use in the APEC Region: Trends and Options, 2007

 

APEC

A Quest for Energy Security in the 21st Century, 2007

 

APEC

APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook, 2006  

APEC

Asian Trade and Global Linkages, December 2008

 

ADB

Regional Cooperation, Infrastructure, and Trade Costs in Asia, December 2008

 

ADB

The Fires of Hate and the Failures of the State in South Asia, December 2008

 

APJ

The Hokkaido Summit as a Springboard for Grassroots Initiatives: The "Peace, Reconciliation & Civil Society" Symposium, November 2008

 

APJ

The G8 Summit as "Local Event" in the Hokkaido Media, November 2008

 

APJ

Indigenous at last! Ainu Grassroots Organizing and the Indigenous Peoples Summit in Ainu Mosir, November 2008

 

APJ

The 2008 Hokkaido-Toyako G8 Summit: neither summit nor plummet, November 2008

 

APJ

Alternative Summits, Alternative Perspectives: Beyond the 2008 Hokkaido G8 Summit, November 2008

 

APJ

Subprime Learning: Positive and Negative Lessons of the Japanese Bubble for Americans, November 2008

 

APJ

The Cold War Explodes in Kobe - The 1948 Korean Ethnic School "Riots" and US Occupation Authorities, November 2008

 

APJ

The Cook Islands and the Pacific Island Nations: Will the Last Person Leaving Please Turn Off the Lights? November 2008

 

APJ

Japan-India Joint Security Declaration: Towards an Asia-wide Security Architecture? November 2008

 

APJ

Okinawan Bases, the United States and Environmental Destruction, November 2008

 

APJ

Tamogami's World: Japan's Top Soldier Reignites Conflict Over the Past, November 2008

 

APJ

Personal Predilection in Compiling and Translating an Anthology of Japanese Women Poets, November 2008

 

APJ

The Deterioration of the Inter-Korean Relationship, November 2008

 

APJ

Reviving Lakes Wetlands: Lessons Learned From the People's Republic of China, 2008

 

ADB

City Cluster Development: Toward an Urban-led Development Strategy for Asia, 2008

 

ADB

Prospects for a 'Torn' Turkey: A Secular and Unitary Future? October 2008

 

ISDP

Singapore's Report on the APEC Capacity Building Workshop on Trade Recovery Programme, November 2008

 

APEC

Liner Shipping Competition Policy: Non-Ratemaking Agreements Study (Stages 2 & 3), November 2008

 

APEC

Liner Shipping Competition Policy: Non-Ratemaking Agreements Study (Stages 1), May 2008

 

APEC

2008 Key APEC Documents

 

APEC

2008 Report of the Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat to the Twentieth APEC Ministerial Meeting, November 2008

 

APEC

Capacity Building for Sharing Success Factors of Improvement of Investment Environment, November 2008

 

APEC

Capacity Building in Surveillance and Diagnosis for Leafminer, Whitefly, Thrips and Mealybug Pests in Developing APEC Economies for Improved Market Access, October 2008

 

APEC

Handbook on Mechanical Weighing Scales, November 2007 (Electronically Reproduced in November 2008)

 

APEC

Handbook on the Verification of Mechanical Weighing Scales, July 2008

 

APEC

Handbook on Metrology in Food Safety, Agricultural Products and Product Safety, November 2008

 

APEC

Handbook on Training Course on Automated Sphygmomanometers, June 2008

 

APEC

Pensions and Annuities Seminar, November 2008

 

APEC

Report Survey on Access to Genetic Resources and Protection of Traditional Knowledge in APEC Economies, November 2008

 

APEC

Survey of Biomass Resource Assessments and Assessment Capabilities in APEC Economies, October 2008

 

APEC

Australia, East Asia and the Current Financial Crisis, November 2008

 

Lowy

The Sting of Climate Change: Malaria and Dengue Fever in Maritime Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, November 2008

 

Lowy

Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India: Public Works versus Food Subsidy, November 2008

 

ASARC

Riches of the Forest: Fruits, Remedies and Handicrafts in Latin America, Electronically Reproduced in 2008

 

CIFOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Journal of Korean Studies to contribute, content up soon.

 

IJKS

Organic Crops or Energy Crops? Options for Rural Development in Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic, November 2008

 

ADB

Gender Differences in Remittance Behavior: Evidence from Viet Nam, November 2008

 

ADB

Paradox and Promise in the Philippines - A Joint Country Gender Assessment, 2008

 

ADB

Workforce Development in India: Policies and Practices, 2008

 

ADB

2008 APEC Economic Policy Report (Full Report) covering Australia, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Viet Nam.

 

APEC

2008 APEC Senior Officials' Report (SOM) on Economic and Technical Cooperation

 

APEC

Asia Bond Monitor, November 2008

 

ADB

Cambodia's Persistent Dollarization: Causes and Policy Options, September 2008

 

ADB

Assessment of Impacts of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in the Asia-Pacific, November 2008

 

APEC

The Second APEC SAKE Workshop on Satellite Application on Fishery and Coastal Ecosystem (SAFE), Proceedings, October 2008

 

APEC

Electric Motors - Alignment of Standards and Best Practice Programmes within APEC, October 2008

 

APEC

Study to Identify Best Practices in Processes From Transportation Arrival To the Presentation of Goods Declaration, October 2008

 

APEC

Workshop on Application of Valuation Criteria in Advance Rulings in APEC Member Economies, September 2008

 

APEC

2008 APEC Customs-Business Dialogue, September 2008

 

APEC

Institutional Strengthening for the Gas Sector - Afghanistan, 2006

 

ADB

Crises, Capital Controls, and Financial Integration, November 2008

 

ADB

Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies: Chinese in Australiasia and the Southwest Pacific, Volume 2, 2008

 

CSDS/
ANU

New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 9 Issue 1, June 2007 - Special Issue: Asian Environments

 

NZJAS

Urban Development Experience and Visions: India and the People's Republic of China, 2008

 

ADB

The Garbage Book, 2004

 

ADB

Has the Next Great Leader of North Korea Been Announced? October 2008

 

APJ

The Coming Change of Course in Afghanistan, October 2008

 

APJ

On Meat, Fish and Statistics: The Global Food Regime and Animal Consumption in the United States and Japan, October 2008

 

APJ

Victims of Japanese Imperial Discourse: Korean Literature Under Colonial Rule, October 2008

 

APJ

The Russo-Georgia War and the Challenge to American Global Dominance, October 2008

 

APJ

With One Sentence Japan Could Set the Stage for an Israeli-Palestinian Peace, October 2008

 

APJ

From a Supporter to a Challenger? Japan's Currency Leadership in Dollar-Dominated East Asia at the Brink of Financial Collapse, October 2008

 

APJ

Global and Regional Shocks: Challenges to Asian Economies, November 2008

 

ADB

Strategies for the People's Republic of China's Small and Medium Enterprise Development within the National Innovation System, November 2008

 

ADB

Rethinking the Growth Diagnostics Approach: Questions from Practitioners, November 2008

 

ADB

ASEAN Open Skies and the Implications for Airport Development Strategy in Malaysia, October 2008

 

ADB

Economics of Energy Conservation: A Case Study, October 2008

 

ADB

No Through Road: The Limitations of Food Miles, October 2008

 

ADB

The Mekong Region Trade: Trends, Patterns and Policies, 2007

 

ADB

APEC Seminar on Best Practices in Regulation and Promotion of Efficiency in Transport Infrastructure Facilities, October 2008

 

APEC

Marine Ecosystem Identification and Mapping in the Asia-Pacific Region, October 2008

 

APEC

Capacity Building Seminar on Social Policies for Migrants to Prevent the Transmission of HIV/AIDS, September 2008

 

APEC

Roadmapping Converging Technologies to Combat Emerging Infectious Diseases, September 2008

 

APEC

Regional Stock-take (Gap Analysis) of the Current Situation in the Asia-Pacific Region compared with Ministers' Objectives: A Foundation Assessment, September 2008

 

APEC

Case Study on the Impacts of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing in the Sulawesi Sea, April 2008

 

APEC

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Macroeconomic Review, Volume VII, Issue 2, October 2008

 

MAS

Hope or Glory? The Presidential Election, U.S. Foreign Policy and Australia, October 2008

 

Lowy

Asian Military Modernisation, October 2008

 

Lowy

Engineering Political Stability in Solomon Islands, October 2008

 

Lowy

Zealous Democrats: Islamism and Democracy in Egypt, Indonesia and Turkey, October 2008

 

Lowy

Multitrack Integration in East Asian Trade: Noodle Bowl or Matrix? October 2008

 

EWC

Guarding the Guardians: Accountability and Anticorruption in Fiji's Cleanup Campaign, 2008

 

EWC

Foreign Direct Investment, Innovation, and Exports: Firm-Level Evidence from People's Republic of China, Thailand, and Philippines, November 2008

 

ADB

East Asia Department Knowledge Management Initiatives in 2007

 

ADB

Economic Analysis Retrospective 2007: Strengthening the Quality of Project Economic Analysis in ADB Operations

 

ADB

Country Partnership Strategy: Sri Lanka 2009-2011, Published in October 2008

 

ADB

Developing Principles for the Regulation of Microinsurance: Philippine Case Study, October 2008

 

PIDS

Land Rental Market Activity in Agrarian Reform Areas: Evidence from the Philippines, October 2008

 

PIDS

A Review of Build-Operate-Transfer for Infrastructure Development: Some Lessons for Policy Reform, September 2008

 

PIDS

Summing Up: Some Basic Poverty Notes, July 2008

 

PIDS

China Media Research, Volume 4 No. 4, October 2008.  

CMR

Developing Forest-based Enterprises in Meghalaya, August 2008

 

CIFOR

Developing Community-based Forest Enterprises in Nepal, August 2008

 

CIFOR

Increasing Forest Benefits Through the Leasehold Forestry and Livestock Programme, August 2008

 

CIFOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navigating the Global Storm: A Policy Brief on the Global Financial Crisis, 2008

 

ADB

Prospects of an ASEAN-People's Republic of China Free Trade Area: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis, October 2008

 

ADB

A Compendium of Papers Presented at the APEC Australia 2007 Centres Conference (Full Report) providing a concise analysis of the issues facing APEC now and in the future:  

AUAPEC

Undermining Mitigation Technology, August 2008

 

AUAPEC

Country Operations Business Plan: Indonesia 2009-2011, Published in October 2008

 

ADB

The Global Race for Oil and Gas: Power Politics and Principles in Asia, October 2008

 

ISDP

Mongolian Futures: Scenarios for a Landlocked State, September 2008

 

ISDP

Thoughts on Sino-Japanese Relations - Essays reflecting an Informal Workshop on Confidence Building, Conflict Prevention, and Peacebuilding in Northeast Asia, August 2007, Sweden, Published in September 2008

 

ISDP

Kazakhstan: The Road to Independence, Energy Policy and the Birth of a Nation, 2008

 

ISDP

Country Operations Business Plan: Cambodia 2008-2010, Published in October 2008

 

ADB

Access to Energy for the Poor - an Asia-Pacific Regional Initiative, September 2008

 

ADB

Transforming Tonga: A Private Sector Assessment, 2008

 

ADB

Country Partnership Strategy: Samoa 2008-2012, Published in September 2008

 

ADB

Hong Kong: High Frequency Macroeconomic Forecasts Current Quarter Model: 2008Q4, October 2008

 

HKU

Journal of Bhutan Studies: 1999 - 2007

 

Bhutan

Lessons Learned in Upgrading and Refurbishing Older Coal-Fired Power Plants - A Best Practices Guide for Developing APEC Economies, October 2008

 

APEC

Technology Status and Project Development Risks of Advanced Coal Power Generation Technologies in APEC Developing Economies, October 2008

 

APEC

Survey of Policies and Programs that Promote Fuel-Efficient Transport in APEC Economies, May 2008 (Published in September 2008)

 

APEC

APEC Workshop on Strengthening Youth Work in the APEC Region, July 2008 (Reproduced Electronically in September 2008)

 

APEC

Asset Recovery and Mutual Legal Assistance in Asia and the Pacific, October 2008

 

ADB

Bangladesh: Political and Economic Update, October 2008

 

ADB

Sources of FDI Flows to Developing Asia: The Roles of Distance and Time Zones, September 2008

 

ADB

Country Partnership Strategy: Tuvalu 2008-2012, Published in September 2008

 

ADB

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Handbook, September 2008

 

ADB

Frequently Asked Questions on Anticorruption and Integrity, September 2008

 

ADB

Promoting Regional Cooperation in the Development of Insolvency Law Reforms, 2008

 

ADB

Cook Islands 2008 Social and Economic Report: Equity in Development

 

ADB

Extra-EU Imports of Clothing and EU Preferential Trade Policies in the Post-Quota Era: The Position of Asian Suppliers in the Largest World Market for Clothing Imports, October 2008

 

ADB

Market-Based Approaches for Managing the Asian Environment: A Review, October 2008

 

ADB

Developing Asia's New Sovereign Wealth Funds and Global Financial Stability, October 2008

 

ADB

Yakuza Wars, September 2008

 

APJ

Challenging Kamikaze Stereotypes: "Wings of Defeat" on the Silver Screen, September 2008

 

APJ

Morality, Patriotism, and Japan's New Curricular Guidelines, September 2008

 

APJ

Border-Crossers and Resistance to US Military Rule in the Ryūkyūs, 1945-1953, September 2008

 

APJ

War and Japan: The Non-Fiction Manga of Mizuki Shigeru, September 2008

 

APJ

Japan, the United States and Yasukuni Nationalism: War, Historical Memory and the Future of the Asia Pacific, September 2008

 

APJ

Korea's Two North-South Summits and the Future of Northeast Asia: Back to the Future, September 2008

 

APJ

The Slaying of Ito Kazuya: Japan in Afghanistan, September 2008

 

APJ

The Maritime Self-Defence Force Mission in the Indian Ocean: Afghanistan, NATO and Japan's Political Impasse, September 2008

 

APJ

The Coming Crisis in Finance and Energy: Korea as a solution for East Asia? August 2008

 

APJ

Fiji's Mercenary Military, the US and the Politics of Coup D'état, August 2008

 

APJ

Migrants, Subjects, Citizens: Comparative Perspectives on Nationality in the Prewar Japanese Empire, August 2008

 

APJ

East-West Dialogue Issue No.2: How (and Why) the United States Should Help to Build the ASEAN Economic Community, September 2008

 

EWC

Policy Studies, No. 48 - Civil Society in Uncivil Places: Soft State and Regime Change in Nepal, 2008

 

EWC

Restraining Nuclear Arms in the Asian Century: An Agenda for Australia, September 2008

 

Lowy

Nuclear Security: What Else Can Australia Do? September 2008

 

Lowy

Beyond Good Governance: Shifting the Paradigm for Australian Aid to the Pacific Islands Region, September 2008

 

Lowy

Bad Moon Not Rising: The Myth of the Shi'a Crescent, September 2008

 

Lowy

Skilling the Pacific: Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Pacific, 2008

 

ADB

Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund and Cooperation Fund in Support of the Formulation and Implementation of National Poverty Reduction Strategies, July 2008

 

ADB

Avoiding Anomalies of GDP in Constant Prices by Conversion to Chained Prices: Accentuating Shifts in Philippine Economic Transformation, September 2008

 

PIDS

Assessing Competition in Philippine Markets, September 2008

 

PIDS

Suggested Rules of Origin Regime for EAFTA, August 2008

 

PIDS

Globalization and the Need for Strategic Government-Industry Cooperation in the Philippine Automotive Industry, August 2008

 

PIDS

Regional Cooperation in East Asia Amid Global Economic Turmoil, August 2008

 

PIDS

Post-2008 CARP: Extension with Critical Reforms, May-June 2008

 

PIDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2008 covering 48 economies: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taipei, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, and Viet Nam.

 

ADB

Regional Monetary Units for East Asia: Lessons from Europe, September 2008

 

ADB

Asian Development Outlook 2008 UPDATE (Highlights, Full Report):

Part 1: Developing Asia: Riding out the global storm

Part 2:
Global commodity price rises and impacts on developing Asia

Part 3: Economic trends and prospects in developing Asia covering Subregional summaries, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam.
 

 

ADB

Dealing with the Proliferation of Bilateral Trade Agreements: Consolidation, Multilateralization, Harmonization, or Dilution? September 2008

 

ADB

Nepal: Political and Economic Update, September 2008

 

ADB

APEC Dialogue on Avian Influenza Risks in the Live Bird Market System, July 2008 (Reproduced Electronically in September 2008)

 

APEC

APEC Seminar on Trade Logistics, June 2008 (Printed in August 2008)

 

APEC

APEC Trade Recovery Programme, July 2008

 

APEC

The Need and Availability of Micro Finance Service for Micro Enterprise: Bringing Multi-Level Good Practices into Local Context, December 2005 (Electronically Republished in September 2008)

 

APEC

Virginia Review of Asian Studies 2008

 

VRAS

Globalization, Erosion of Tax Base, and the Revenue Potential of Developing Asia's Foreign Exchange Reserve Build-Up, September 2008

 

ADB

Utility Tariff Setting for Economic Efficiency and Financial Sustainability: A Review, August 2008

 

ADB

Shingetsu Electronic Journal of Japanese-Islamic Relations:

Volume 4, September 2008

 

SEJJIR

Impacts of the Free Trade Area of the Pacific (FTAAP) on Production, Consumption, and Trade of the Philippines, July 2008

 

PIDS

Rules of Origin: Regimes in East Asia and Recommendations for Best Practice, July 2008

 

PIDS

Policy Issues for the ASEAN Economic Community: the Rules of Origin, July 2008

 

PIDS

Policy Study on the National and Local Government Expenditures for Millennium Development Goals, 2000-2005, May 2008

 

PIDS

Measures for Assessing Basic Education in the Philippines, May 2008

 

PIDS

SMEs in the Philippine Manufacturing Industry and Globalization: Meeting the Development Challenges, May 2008

 

PIDS

OFW Children: Wanting for More Attention, March-April 2008

 

PIDS

Explaining Growth and Inequality in Factor Income: The Philippines Case, August 2008

 

ADB

A Strategy for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development within a National Innovation System The Case of the People's Republic of China, September 2008

 

ADB

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Survey of Professional Forecasters, September 2008

 

MAS

Russia's War in Georgia: Causes and Implications for Georgia and the World, August 2008

 

ISDP

Asia 2018-2028: Development Scenarios, June 2008

 

ISDP

China's Efforts and the Development of the Six-Party Talks in 2007, August 2008

 

LINHK

Independent Assessment of the APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (MRCWG), August 2008

 

APEC

APEC Training Course on Anti-Dumping, July 2008

 

APEC

APEC Workshop on Embedding Entrepreneurship in University Curriculum, July 2008

 

APEC

APEC e-Trade Hub Reference Model Design and Development, July 2008

 

APEC

Into Africa: How The Resource Boom Is Making Sub-Saharan Africa More Important To Australia, August 2008

 

Lowy

Asia Pacific Security Survey 2008 Report

 

EWC

AsiaPacific Issues, No. 85 - Oil in Asia and the Pacific: Production, Consumption, Imports, and Policy Options, August 2008

 

EWC

Policy Studies, No. 46 - Peace Accords in Northeast India: Journey over Milestones, 2008

 

EWC

Capture of Anti-Poverty Programs: An Analysis of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Program in India, August 2008

 

ASARC

CIFOR Infobrief Number 13 - Adaptive Collaborative Management Can Help Us Cope With Climate Change, July 2008

 

CIFOR

Riches of the Forest: Food, Spices, Crafts and Resins of Asia, Electronically Reproduced in 2008

 

CIFOR

Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests: Proceedings of Workshops in Piracicaba (Brazil) 22-26 November 2004 and Bogor (Indonesia) 6-9 November 2006, Published in 2008

 

CIFOR

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2008 (Highlights and Full Report) covering:

  • Part I: Special Chapter - Comparing Poverty Across Countries: The Role of Purchasing Power Parities
  • Part II: Millennium Development Goals
  • Part III: Regional Tables
  • Part IV: Definitions
 

ADB

Mutual Legal Assistance, Extradition and Recovery of the Proceeds of Corruption in Asia and the Pacific, Electronically Published in August 2008

 

ADB

Global Financial Turmoil: Impact and Challenges for Asia's Financial Systems, June 2008

 

ADB

Real and Financial Integration in East Asia, June 2008

 

ADB

Emerging East Asian Banking Systems Ten Years after the 1997/98 Crisis, May 2008

 

ADB

The Impact of Capital Inflows on Emerging East Asian Economies: Is Too Much Money Chasing Too Little Good? May 2008

 

ADB

Nanjing's Massacre Memorial: Renovating War Memory in Nanjing and Tokyo, August 2008

 

APJ

Rice and Circus in East Timor, August 2008

 

APJ

Dangerous Islands: Japan, Korea, and the United States, August 2008

 

APJ

August Nuclear Thoughts: the New Proliferation, August 2008

 

APJ

Crimes, Concealment and South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, August 2008

 

APJ

The Korean War Mass Graves, August 2008

 

APJ

Closed Book or Open Book on Indonesia and Timor-Leste? The Commission of Truth and Friendship Report on 1999 HR Violations, July 2008

 

APJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Security, August 2008

 

APEC

Capacity Building Training on Food Safety Risk Communication for APEC Developing Member Economies, Proceedings, June 2008 (Printed in August 2008)

 

APEC

9th Workshop of OMISAR (WOM-9) on the Application and Networking of Satellite Data, Proceedings, November 2002 (Reproduced Electronically in August 2008)

 

APEC

Can Ethical Trade Certification Contribute to the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals? A Review of Organic and Fair-Trade Certification, August 2008

 

ADB

Managing Prolonged Low Fertility: The Case of Singapore, August 2008

 

ADB

China Media Research, Volume 4 No. 3, July 2008.

 

CMR

Fighting Bribery in Public Procurement in Asia and the Pacific, August 2008

 

ADB

Market Survey of Subnational Finance in Asia and the Pacific, Published in 2008

 

ADB

Country Partnership Strategy Midterm Review: Nepal 2005 - 2009, August 2008

 

ADB

Basic Workshop on Good Clinical Practice (GCP)/ Clinical Research Inspection, May 2008 (Electronically Reproduced in August 2008)

 

APEC

APEC Training Course on Enhancing Entrepreneurship Skills for SMEs, July 2008

 

APEC

New Perspectives on Chinese Collaboration, July 2008

 

APJ

Japan and a Solution to the World Rice Crisis, July 2008

 

APJ

The Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership: Agreement Between Equals? July 2008

 

APJ

Stigmata: The Passion of Tenzin Tsundue, the Tibetan Uprising and China, July 2008

 

APJ

Collaboration in the Postwar, July 2008

 

APJ

Excavating the History of Collaboration, July 2008

 

APJ

On the Question of Collaboration in South Korea, July 2008

 

APJ

Collaboration and the Politics of the Twentieth Century, July 2008

 

APJ

The G8 Mirage: The Summit and Japan's Environmental Policies, July 2008

 

APJ

North Korea, Japan and the Abduction Narrative of Charles Robert Jenkins, July 2008

 

APJ

Chinese Labor Policy, Labor Law and the Dialectics of Labor Protest, July 2008

 

APJ

The Impact of Terrorism and Conflicts on Growth in Asia, 1970 - 2004, August 2008

 

ADB

Myanmar: An Update on Country Developments, July 2008

 

ADB

So What? Matching Policy to Australian Interests in West Asia, July 2008

 

Lowy

The Changing Global Financial Environment: Implications for Foreign Investment in Australia and China, July 2008

 

Lowy

Hizbullah: Walking the Lebanese Tightrope, July 2008

 

Lowy

Collectivist Values for Productive Teamwork between Korean and Chinese Employees, July 2008

 

LINHK

Convergences and Divergences in APEC's FTAs/RTAs, June 2008

 

AUAPEC

Economic Structural Change in APEC - Economic Integration Beyond Trade Liberalisation, June 2008

 

AUAPEC

Feeding Asia: Challenges for the New Millenium, May 2008

 

AUAPEC

Presentation to Melbourne APEC Finance Centre Training Program "Capacity Building to Enhance Investment Flows in APEC Economies", April 2008

 

AUAPEC

Financial Turnaround of the Indian Railways: A Case Study, 2008

 

ASARC

Dealing with Myanmar: A Unity of Divided Interests, June 2008

 

ISDP

Japan as a "Power" Discarding a Legacy, June 2008

 

ISDP

The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Volume 6, No. 2, May 2008 (Full Report):

 

ISDP

The Implications of Russia's Elections: Relations with the 'Near Abroad', April 2008

 

ISDP

The New Silk Roads: Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia, 2007 (Introduction, Full Report) covering Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, The Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, India, China, Turkey and Russia.

 

ISDP

Georgia After the Rose Revolution: Geopolitical Predicament and Implications for U.S. Policy, February 2007

 

ISDP

A Strategic Conflict Analysis of Afghanistan, August 2005

 

ISDP

A Strategic Conflict Analysis of the South Caucasus with a Focus on Georgia, June 2005

 

ISDP

A Strategic Conflict Analysis of Central Asia with a Focus on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, June 2005

 

ISDP

Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management in Northeast Asia, 2005 (Full Report) covering:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Northeast Asia: Challenges to Conflict Prevention and Prevention Research
  • Chapter 3: Conflict Prevention in Northeast Asia: Theoretical and Conceptual Reflections
  • Chapter 4: Regional Cooperation and Conflict Prevention
  • Chapter 5: Informal Networks as a Conflict Preventive Mechanism
  • Chapter 6: China, Japan and Russia: The Energy Security Nexus
  • Chapter 7: The "One China" Principle as Foundation for Cross-Strait Conflict Prevention and Management: A Perspective from Beijing
  • Chapter 8: Conflict Prevention and Management in Northeast Asia: A Perspective from Taipei
  • Chapter 9: A Perspective from Pyongyang through Foreign Glasses
  • Chapter 10: Dilemmas of South Korea's New Approaches to Conflict prevention
  • Chapter 11: Conflict Prevention and Management in Northeast Asia: A Japanese Perspective
  • Chapter 12: Concluding Thoughts
 

ISDP

The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: Oil Window to the West, 2005

 

ISDP

Autonomy and Conflict: Ethnoterritoriality and Separatism in the South Caucasus - Cases in Georgia, 2002

 

ISDP

Regional Cooperation and Conflict Management: Lessons from the Pacific Rim, 2002

 

ISDP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Ground Up Case Studies in Community Empowerment, 2008 (Full Report) covering:  

ADB

Managing Microfinance Risks: Some Observations and Suggestions, July 2008

 

ADB

Overview of Contract Farming in Thailand: Lessons Learned, July 2008

 

ADB

Asia Economic Monitor 2008, July 2008 providing the latest economic review of the 10 members of ASEAN plus China, Hong Kong, Korea and Taipei.

 

ADB

Energy Conservation in the People's Republic of China: Fiscal Measures, April 2008

 

ADB

Centre for Bhutan Studies to contribute, content up soon.

 

Bhutan

Overview of Contract Farming in Thailand: Lessons Learned, July 2008

 

ADB

ADB's Response to the Food Crisis, July 2008

 

ADB

More Safety: A Resource Manual for Health and Safety in Infrastructure, July 2008

 

ADB

Country Partnership Strategy: Cook Islands 2008 - 2012, June 2008

 

ADB

Best Practice for Cooperative Response based on Public and Private Partnership, 2008 providing ideas of what type of scheme could be better for their environment of Internet threat with reports on Brunei Darussalam, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand and Viet Nam.

 

APEC

APEC Cooperative Response Guidelines in Cross-Border Environment, July 2008

 

APEC

2008 APEC Workshop on Government Performance and Results Management, July 2008

 

APEC

Strengthening Effective Response Capabilities among APEC Member Economies - Final Report, May 2008

 

APEC

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Surveys 1998 - 2008

 

MAS

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Staff Papers 1997 - 2007

 

MAS

Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: An Effective Tool for Poverty Alleviation? July 2008

 

ADB

The Growth Penalty of High Government Pay Rates, June 2008

 

ADB

Emerging Asian Regionalism: A Partnership for Shared Prosperity, 2008

 

ADB

My Mekong, 2008

 

ADB

Preliminary Workshop: Review of Drug Development in Clinical Trials, March 2008 (Electronically Reproduced in July 2008)

 

APEC

Gender Analysis, Concepts and Practice Training Manual, May 2008

 

APEC

Independent Assessment of the ECOTECH Implementation of APEC Working Groups and SOM Taskforces: Gender Focal Point Network, April 2008

 

APEC

Macroeconomic Policy and Poverty, June 2008

 

ADB

New Governments, New Beginnings: An Outlook On Korea-Australia Relations, June 2008

 

Lowy

Labour Mobility: An Australian Seasonal Work Visa Scheme For Pacific Islands Labour, June 2008

 

Lowy

Center for International Forestry Research Medium Term Plan: 2009 - 2011, June 2008

 

CIFOR

Ensuring a More Evidence-based Policy for Basic Education, April 2008

 

PIDS

Hong Kong: High Frequency Macroeconomic Forecasts Current Quarter Model: 2008Q3, July 2008

 

HKU

Liquidity, Futures Price Dynamics, and Risk Management, June 2008

 

HKU

Liquidity Risk and Corporate Hedging With Futures, March 2008

 

HKU

Export and Strategic Currency Hedging, February 2008

 

HKU

Strategic Regional and National Economic Development with Fiscal Equalization, June 2008

 

LINHK

The Cultural Career of the Japanese Economy: Developmental and Cultural Nationalisms in Historical Perspective, June 2008

 

APJ

North Korean Denuclearization and the U.S.-DPRK Relationship, June 2008

 

APJ

Samoa: One Nation, Two Failed States, June 2008

 

APJ

"Conservatism" and "Nationalism". The Japan Puzzle, June 2008

 

APJ

Mother Earth's Triple Whammy. North Korea as a Global Crisis Canary, June 2008

 

APJ

The Denationalized Have No Class: The Banishment of Japan's Korean Minority - A POLEMIC, June 2008

 

APJ

Earthquake Repercussions Spur Rethinking of China's Dam Building Strategy, June 2008

 

APJ

Paradise Lost. Logging and the Environmental and Social Destruction of the Solomon Islands, June 2008

 

APJ

Harvard Asia Pacific Review: Technology in Asia, Volume 9, No. 2, Spring 2008 (Full Study) covering:

Feature: Technology

Subfeature: Terrorism

In Focus

Perspectives

 

HAPR

Infrastructure and Asia Trade Costs, June 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows in Asia: Policy Issues and Challenges, June 2008

 

ADB

Accounting for Inequality in India: Evidence from Household Expenditures, June 2008

 

ADB

Managing Asian Cities: Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Solutions, 2008

 

ADB

Asian Development Review, Vol. 25, No. 1 and 2, 2008 (Full Report)   ADB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Impact of Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Support Services on Poverty: The Case of Agrarian Reform Communities in the Philippines, June 2008

 

ADB

Education and Skills: Strategies for Accelerated Development in Asia and the Pacific, June 28 (Full Report) covering:   ADB

The Dragon Looks South, June 2008

 

Lowy

The Dragon In The Pacific: More Opportunity Than Threat, June 2008

 

Lowy

Maynilad on the Mend: Rebidding Process Infuses New Life to a Struggling Concessionaire, June 2008

 

ADB

Asian Financial and Monetary Integration - Challenges and Prospects, December 2007 (Full Report) covering  

MAS

China Media Research, Volume 4 No. 2, April 2008.

 

CMR

Rice Contract Farming in Cambodia: Empowering Farmers to Move Beyond the Contract Toward Independence, June 2008

 

ADB

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Macroeconomic Review 1999 - 2008

 

MAS

Monetary Authority of Singapore: Financial Stability Review 2004 - 2007

 

MAS

Monetary Authority of Singapore Monographs:   MAS
Monetary Authority of Singapore Information Papers:   MAS

Sharing Experiences of Structural Adjustment Policies in the Agricultural Sector, May 2008 (Full Report) covering Australia, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Viet Nam.

 

APEC

The Future of Liquid Biofuels for APEC Economies, May 2008 (Full Report) covering Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Viet Nam.

 

APEC

Productivity and Employment in a Developing Country: Evidence from Republic of Korea, June 2008

 

ADB

Managing Conflict of Interest - Frameworks, Tools, and Instruments for Preventing, Detecting, and Managing Conflict of Interest, 2008

 

ADB

Armington Meets Melitz: Introducing Firm Heterogeneity in a Global CGE Model of Trade, May 2008

 

ADB

Data Book for Southeast Asian Water Utilities 2005, November 2007

 

ADB

Safety, Security, and Accessible Justice: Participatory Approaches to Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea, 2008

 

EWC

Think Tanks and Foreign Policy, May 2008

 

Lowy

Why the Gulf matters: crafting an Australian security policy for the Arabian Gulf, May 2008

 

Lowy

The Social, Political and Humanitarian Impact of Burma's Cyclone Nargis, May 2008

 

APJ

Local Citizenship and Foreign Workers in Japan, May 2008

 

APJ

The Global Article 9 Conference: Toward the Abolition of War, May 2008

 

APJ

America's and Japan's Olympic Debuts: Beijing 2008 (and The Tibet Controversy), May 2008

 

APJ

From a Woman Aggressor. Reflections on Japan and the Asia Pacific War, May 2008

 

APJ

Twilight of the NPT? The US, Syria, Iran, North Korea and the Control of Nuclear Weapons, May 2008

 

APJ

The Songs of Nippon, the Yamato Museum and the Inculcation of Japanese Nationalism, May 2008

 

APJ

On the Brink. Prospects for US-DPRK Settlement Dim Again, May 2008

 

APJ

War Responsibility and Historical Memory: Hirohito's Apparition, May 2008

 

APJ

Japan's Fragile Relations with Indonesia and the Spectre of China, May 2008

 

APJ

Race and American Military Justice: Rape, Murder, and Execution in Occupied Japan, May 2008

 

APJ

India's Lagging Sector: Indian Agriculture in a Globalising Economy, May 2008

 

ASARC

National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in Andhra Pradesh: Some Recent Evidence, May 2008

 

ASARC

Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management: a review of tools, concepts and lessons learned, 2008

 

CIFOR

The Autobus Is Leaving...Can the Philippines Catch It? March 2008

 

PIDS

Fishpen and Fishcage Culture in Laguna de Bay: Its Importance and Problems, March 2008

 

PIDS

What's in Store for the Philippine Economy in 2008? January-February 2008

 

PIDS

Natural Resources Security in South Asia: Nepal's Water, 2007

 

ISDP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toward Implementing Harmonised Arrangements for Ensuring Effective Quarantine Treatments, Quarantine Regulators Meeting, March 2008 - Selected Papers (Electronically Reproduced in May 2008)

 

APEC

Price Dynamics in the US Market for Apparel Imports: Impact of Quota Elimination under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and Safeguard Restrictions on the People's Republic of China, May 2008

 

ADB

Standards and Agricultural Trade in Asia, May 2008

 

ADB

Do Minimum Wages Reduce Employment and Training? May 2008

 

ADB

Market-based Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products in Bhutan: Organic Lemongrass Oil, Poverty Reduction, and Environmental Sustainability, April 2008

 

ADB

Bangladesh Quarterly Economic Update, March 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of India, May 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of Viet Nam, May 2008

 

ADB

Has Inflation Hurt the Poor? Regional Analysis in the Philippines, May 2008

 

ADB

2007 MIX Asia 100: Ranking of Microfinance Institutions, April 2008

 

ADB

Private Sector Finance: Catalyzing Private Investment in the Asia and Pacific Region, 2008

 

ADB

Environmental Program 2003 - 2007, Published in 2008

 

ADB

Myanmar/Burma: Challenges and Perspectives, 2008

 

ISDP

Georgia's May 2008 Parliamentary Elections:Setting Sail in A Storm, May 2008

 

ISDP

Russia after Putin: Implications for Russia's Politics and Neighbors, March 2008  

ISDP

The Putin Succession and its Implications for Russian Politics, February 2008

 

ISDP

Pakistan's Crisis: Incremental Steps toward Sustainable Democracy, January 2008

 

ISDP

Learning from Georgia's Crisis: Implications and Recommendations, December 2007

 

ISDP

The 17th South Korean Presidential Election: No More Sunshine for North Korea? December 2007

 

ISDP

Engaging with the Issue of Myanmar: A New Perspective, October 2007  

ISDP

Japan's Upper House Election, July 29: Down or Dawn for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe? July 2007

 

ISDP

ADB Review, May 2008

 

ADB

Living With High Prices, A Policy Brief, 2008

 

ADB

Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction, Volume 2: Asia, 2008

 

ADB

Building Railways in the People's Republic of China: Changing Lives, 2008

 

ADB

The Railways of the People's Republic of China: An Agenda for Action, 2008

 

ADB

Country Partnership Strategy: People's Republic of China: 2008 - 2010, February 2008

 

ADB

The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Volume 6, No. 1, February 2008 (Full Report):

 

ISDP

How to Design, Negotiate, and Implement a Free Trade Agreement in Asia, April 2008

 

ADB

Consulting Services Operations Manual, 2008

 

ADB

Assessment of the Implementation of the Public Communications Policy September 2006 - December 2007, March 2008

 

ADB

National Workshop - Participatory Irrigation Management and Integrated Water Resource Management, 2007

 

ADB

Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) Advocacy Series, April 2008:  

ADB

Market Liberalization and its Relationship with Market Structure, Conduct and Performance of the Food Processing Industry in ASEAN Economies, April 2008 (Full Report) covering ASEAN, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Viet Nam.

 

APEC

Soaring Food Prices: Response to the Crisis, May 2008

 

ADB

Food Prices and Inflation in Developing Asia: Is Poverty Reduction Coming to an End? April 2008

 

ADB

The Health of Japan's Medical Care System: a Comment on "Patients Adrift", April 2008

 

APJ

Vietnam and Iraq in Japan: Japanese and American Grassroots Peace Activism, April 2008

 

APJ

Japanese and American War Atrocities, Historical Memory and Reconciliation: World War II to Today, April 2008

 

APJ

The United Nations, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Future of East Timor, April 2008

 

APJ

US Sanctions Send Iran Into the Arms of Asia, April 2008

 

APJ

The New Face of Indonesia's Islamic Fundamentalism: Pornography Ban Ignores the Starving, April 2008

 

APJ

Case Dismissed: Osaka Court Upholds Novelist Oe Kenzaburo for Writing that Japanese Military Ordered "Group Suicides" in Battle of Okinawa, April 2008

 

APJ

The Bataan Death March and the 66-Year Struggle for Justice, April 2008

 

APJ

Foundations of Cooperation: Imagining the Future of Sino-Japanese Relations, April 2008

 

APJ

Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs, Volume 8 No. 1 Winter 2008:  

SJEAA

Industrial Agglomeration in the Philippines, April 2008

 

PIDS

Industrial Agglomeration and Industrial Policies: The Philippine Experience, March 2008

 

PIDS

Consumption, Income, and Intergenerational Reallocation of Resources: Application of NTA in the Philippines, 1999, Published in March 2008

 

PIDS

Have Lifecycle Consumption and Income Patterns in the Philippines Changed between 1994 and 2002? March 2008

 

PIDS

CARP Institutional Assessment in a Post-2008 Transition Scenario: Reforms for the Agrarian Justice System, March 2008

 

PIDS

Benefit Incidence Analysis of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines: A Methodological Note, February 2008

 

PIDS

Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines, February 2008

 

PIDS

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of the Philippines, February 2008

 

PIDS

Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia: Implications for Australia and Non-proliferation, April 2008

 

Lowy

The New Defence White Paper: Why We Need It and What It Needs to Do, April 2008

 

Lowy

Export Performance in the Reform Era: Has India Regained the Lost Ground? February 2008

 

ASARC

New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 8 Issue 2, December 2006 - Special Issue: Muslims in New Zealand  

NZJAS

White Paper 2008, American Business in China (Bilingual, Full Report, Total 320 Pages)

 

AmCham

Russia's Central Asia Policy and the Role of Russian Nationalism, April 2008  

ISDP

Kazakhstan's Emerging Middle Class, March 2008

 

ISDP

Economic and Energy Security: Connecting Europe and the Black Sea-Caspian Region, March 2008

 

ISDP

National Ideology and State-building in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, January 2008

 

ISDP

Gazprom's Monopoly and Nabucco's Potentials: Strategic Decisions for Europe, November 2007

 

ISDP

The August 6 Bombing Incident in Georgia: Implications for the Euro-Atlantic Region, October 2007

 

ISDP

The Economic Aspects of the Chinese-Central Asia Rapprochement, September 2007

 

ISDP

Pacific Trade Issues, 2008

 

ADB

Regionalism as an Engine of Multilateralism: A Case for a Single East Asian FTA, February 2008

 

ADB

Patterns and Determinants of Cross-border Financial Asset Holdings in East Asia, February 2008

 

ADB

Securitization in East Asia, January 2008

 

ADB

Inequality and Growth Revisited, January 2008

 

ADB

Trade Intensity and Business Cycle Synchronization: The Case of East Asia, June 2007

 

ADB

The Post-Crisis Sequencing of Economic Integration in Asia: Trade as a Complement to a Monetary Future, May 2007

 

ADB

Measuring Regional Market Integration in Developing Asia: a Dynamic Factor Error Correction Model (DF-ECM) Approach, May 2007

 

ADB

Managing the Noodle Bowl: The Fragility of East Asian Regionalism, February 2007

 

ADB

Liberalizing Cross-Border Capital Flows: How Effective Are Institutional Arrangements against Crisis in Southeast Asia, November 2006

 

ADB

Toward Win-Win Regionalism in Asia: Issues and Challenges in Forming Efficient Trade Agreements, October 2006

 

ADB

The Multilateral Development Banks and the Climate Change Agenda, November 2007

 

ADB

Environment Program 2003 - 2006

 

ADB

The Joint Estimation of Child Participation in Schooling and Employment: Comparative Evidence from Three Continents, November 2000

 

ASARC

Economic Reforms and Growth Prospects in India, August 2000

 

ASARC

Impact of Household Size and Family Composition on Poverty in Rural India, July 2000

 

ASARC

Issues in the Choice of a Monetary Regime for India, May 2000

 

ASARC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review of Enhancing the Asian Development Bank's Role in Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism, April 2008

 

ADB

Positioning ADB's Disaster and Emergency Assistance Policy in a Changing Regional Environment, April 2008

 

ADB

Action Plan for Implementing ADB's Disaster and Emergency Assistance Policy, April 2008

 

ADB

Bhutan: Political Update, April 2008

 

ADB

Struggle, Strife, and Stalemate:Yasuo Fukuda and Present-day Japanese Politics, March 2008

 

ISDP

The Politics of Oil Behind Sino-Japanese Energy Security Strategies, March 2008

 

ISDP

Repackaging Confucius, PRC Public Diplomacy and the Rise of Soft Power, January 2008

 

ISDP

The February 13 Agreement: A New Dawn for North Korea's Denuclearization? December 2007

 

ISDP

Farewell to Beautiful Japan: The Demise of Shinzo Abe, September 2007

 

ISDP

Cadres and Discourse in the People's Republic of China, August 2007

 

ISDP

Bangladesh: The Adolescence of an Ancient Land, August 2007

 

ISDP

China's Changing Policy on UN Peacekeeping Operations, July 2007

 

ISDP

The Housing Ladder and Hong Kong Housing Market's Boom and Bust Cycle, April 2008

 

LINHK

Asia Bond Monitor, April 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: Experiences from Central and Eastern Europe, April 2008

 

ADB

Microfinance and the Millennium Development Goals in Pakistan: Impact Assessment using Propensity Score Matching, March 2008

 

ADB

ADB's Annual Report 2007 - Volume 1: Main Report

 

ADB

ADB's Annual Report 2007 - Volume 2: Financial Report

 

ADB

APEC 21st Century Renewable Energy Development Bill (Collaborative VIII): Local Bank Training Program for Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects, April 2008

 

APEC

Establishment of the Guidelines for the Development of Biodiesel Standards in the APEC Region, April 2008

 

APEC

Report for APEC Survey on Non-Traditional Trade Marks, April 2008

 

APEC

Climate, Water, Development: Asia Adapts through New Approaches and Investments, April 2008

 

ADB

Women Do Matter: Enhancing the Role of Women in Inland Fisheries in Cambodia, April 2008

 

ADB

Shingetsu Electronic Journal of Japanese-Islamic Relations:

Volume 3, March 2008

Volume 2, September 2007

Volume 1, March 2007

 

SEJJIR

Strategy 2020: The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank 2008-2020, April 2008

 

ADB

Organic Crops or Energy Crops? Options for Rural Development in Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic, March 2008

 

ADB

Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, Volume 6 No. 1, April 2008, 'Identity Politics and Cultural Negotiations'.

 

GJAPS

The Institute for Security and Development Policy (formerly known as Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program) papers soon available.

 

ISDP

If You Saw It with My Eyes': Collaborative Research and Assistance with Central American Forest Steward Communities, 2008

 

CIFOR

Ecohydrology of the Mamberamo Basin: An Initial Assessment of Biophysical Processes, 2008

 

CIFOR

Macroeconomic Management Amid Ethnic Diversity: Fifty Years of Malaysian Experience, April 2008

 

ADB

Coalitions and Consequences: Learnership and Leadership in India, 1948 - 2008, Published in 2008

 

ASARC

Asian Development Outlook 2008 for 44 economies in developing Asia and the Pacific:  

ADB

Hong Kong: High Frequency Macroeconomic Forecasts Current Quarter Model: 2008Q2, April 2008

 

HKU

The March 20, 2008 US Declaration of War on Iran, March 2008

 

APJ

Hidden Asia Pacific Arms Race. Six Countries Talk Peace While Preparing for War, March 2008

 

APJ

Playing Games: The Two Koreas and the Beijing Olympics, March 2008

 

APJ

Into the Atomic Sunshine: Shinya Watanabe's New York Exhibition on Post-War Art Under Article 9, March 2008

 

APJ

The Japanese Nuclear Power Option: What Price? March 2008

 

APJ

"Trophy Capitalism," Jefrinomics, and Dynastic Travail in Brunei, March 2008

 

APJ

The New York Philharmonic in North Korea. A New Page in US-DPRK Relations? March 2008

 

APJ

A 1942 Declaration for Greater East Asian Co-operation, March 2008

 

APJ

New Era for Japan-Korea History Issues: Forced Labor Redress Efforts Begin to Bear Fruit, March 2008

 

APJ

The Water Cure. An American Debate on torture and counterinsurgency in the Philippines-a century ago, March 2008

 

APJ

From Withdrawal to Resistance. The Rhetoric of Exit in Yoshimoto Takaaki and Karatani Kojin, March 2008

 

APJ

New Asian Drivers, Japan, Korea and the Lessons of History, February 2008

 

APJ

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Supply Chain: An APEC Casebook, December 2007 (Full Report, Published in March 2008) covering Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

 

APEC

APEC Tourism Impediments Study Stage III, March 2008

 

APEC

Models for Supporting Women's Micro-Enterprise Development: Best Practices and Guidelines Assessment and Recommendations from Phase III of a Four-Phase Study, March 2008

 

APEC

Case Studies of How to Plan and Implement Standards Education Programs and Strategic Curriculum Model, March 2008

 

APEC

Collaborative Studies on Innovations for Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Different Cultures (II) - Lesson Study focusing on Mathematical Thinking, August 2007 (Published in March 2008)

 

APEC

China Media Research, Volume 4 No. 1, January 2008.

 

CMR

A Survey of the Literature on Managing Capital Inflows, March 2008

 

ADB

ADB News in India, 2007 to 2008 (4 Issues)

 

ADB

The Governance Brief Issue 16: A Practical Approach to Combating Corruption, December 2007

 

ADB

Timor-Leste: Road Sector Investment Planning in the Pacific, An Example of Good Practice, July 2007

 

ADB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Emerging Global Order, March 2008

 

Lowy

Managing Recent Hot Money Inflows in Asia, March 2008

 

ADB

Managing Large Capital Inflows: Taking Stock of International Experiences, March 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of the People's Republic of China, March 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of Thailand, March 2008

 

ADB

Preparatory Studies on National Social Security System in Indonesia, 2007

 

ADB

Certain Justice. Japan's Detention System and the Rights of the Accused, February 2008

 

APJ

Korean Hibakusha, Japan's Supreme Court & the International Community: Can the U.S. & Japan Confront Forced Labor & Atomic Bombing? February 2008

 

APJ

Okinawan Perspectives on Japan's Imperial Institution, February 2008

 

APJ

Southeast Asia's Looming Nuclear Power Industry, February 2008

 

APJ

Indonesia After Suharto - The Last King of Java Forgiven (By Elites), February 2008

 

APJ

Mamiya Rinzo and the Japanese Exploration of Sakhalin Island: Cartography and Empire, February 2008

 

APJ

The Anti-Japanese Resistance War, Chinese Patriotism and Free Speech. How Can We Forgive Japan? February 2008

 

APJ

The Comfort Women, the Asian Women's Fund and the Digital Museum, February 2008

 

APJ

Towards Livable Communities in Japan? Population Decline and the Changing Context of Place-making, January 2008

 

APJ

Nikkei Loyalty and Resistance in Canada and the United States, 1942-1947, January 2008

 

APJ

Suharto Beyond the Grave: Indonesia and the World Appraise the Legacy, January 2008

 

APJ

ADB's Financial Products, March 2008

 

ADB

The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank (2008-2020), December 2007

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of Indonesia, March 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of Malaysia, March 2008

 

ADB

International Financial Integration through the Law of One Price: The Role of Liquidity and Capital Controls, March 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of the Philippines, February 2008

 

ADB

ADB India Economic Bulletin: July - December 2007

 

ADB

Anticorruption and Integrity: Policies and Strategies, December 2007

 

ADB

Tuvalu: 2006 Economic Report, From Plan to Action, Published in 2007

 

ADB

Federated States of Micronesia 2005 Economic Report: Toward a Self Sustainable Economy

 

ADB

A Different Kind of Voyage: Development and Dependence in the Pacific Islands, February 1998

 

ADB

APEC Second/Foreign Language Standards and their Assessment: Trends, Opportunities, and Implications, January 2008

 

APEC

Central Banks and Capital Flows, February 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of Singapore, February 2008

 

ADB

Managing Capital Flows: The Case of the Republic of Korea, February 2008

 

ADB

South Asia Economic Report: Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia, February 2008

 

ADB

South Asia Economic Report - Social Sectors in Transition, June 2007

 

ADB

Global Partnership in Poverty Reduction: Contract Farming and Regional Cooperation, February 2008

 

ADB

Rice Contract Farming in Lao PDR: Moving from Subsistence to Commercial Agriculture, February 2008

 

ADB

ADB, Roads and HIV/AIDS: A Resource Book for the Transport Sector, February 2008

 

ADB

Water Rights and Water Allocation: Issues and Challenges for the Region, February 2008

 

ADB

Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook, January 2008

 

ADB

CARP Institutional Assessment in a Post-2008 Transition Scenario: Implications for Land Administration and Management (LAM), February 2008

 

PIDS

CARP Institutional Assessment in a Post-2008 Transition Scenario: Toward a New Rural Development Architecture, February 2008

 

PIDS

Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in the Philippines, February 2008

 

PIDS

A Note on Defining the Dependent Population Based on Age, January 2008

 

PIDS

Emerging Issues in Promoting Competition Policy under Regional Frameworks, January 2008

 

PIDS

Can Imports Discipline Collusive Firms? The Case of the Philippine Cement Industry, January 2008

 

PIDS

Developing Principles for the Regulation of Microinsurance (Philippine Case Study), December 2007

 

PIDS

Agricultural Contracts in Mindanao: the Case of Banana and Pineapple, December 2007

 

PIDS

The Determination of Contracts in Agricultural Economies, December 2007

 

PIDS

Contractual Arrangements in Philippine Fisheries, December 2007

 

PIDS

Contractual Arrangements in Agriculture (Northern and Central Luzon Component), December 2007

 

PIDS

The Current State of Aquaculture in Laguna de Bay, December 2007

 

PIDS

Some Notes on Performance Management among Agencies, December 2007

 

PIDS

International Remittances and Household Expenditures: the Philippine Case, December 2007

 

PIDS

How Do Filipino Families Use the OFW Remittances? December 2007

 

PIDS

Can the Services Sector Be an Engine of Economic Growth for the Philippines? December 2007

 

PIDS

Nontariff Measures Faced by Philippine Agriculture Exporters, December 2007

 

PIDS

IRA Design Issues and Challenges, December 2007

 

PIDS

Risks and Opportunities in Securing Increased Resources for MDGs at the National Level, December 2007

 

PIDS

Pitfalls in Targeting, December 2007

 

PIDS

Has Land Reform Improved on Landownership Inequality? Evidence from Philippine Rice-growing Villages, December 2007

 

PIDS

Household Vulnerability to Income Poverty, December 2007

 

PIDS

It's All in the Contract: a Closer Look at BOT, November-December 2007

 

PIDS

A Framework for Regional and Local Development, September-October 2007

 

PIDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Policy Seminar 2007 - Mapping Change in the Asia Pacific Region: Geopolitics, Economics, and Diplomacy, 2008

 

EWC

Policy Studies, No. 44 - Economy of the Conflict Region in Sri Lanka: From Embargo to Repression, 2007

 

EWC

World Wide Webs: Diasporas and the International System, February 2008

 

Lowy

Public Perception of Agricultural Biotechnology: A Best Practices Guide, October 2007 (Published in February 2008)

 

APEC

Good Practices for Estimating Reliable Willingness-to-Pay Values in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector, December 2007

 

ADB

Evolving Regional Financial Architecture in East Asia, February 2008

 

ADB

Asian Textile and Apparel Trade: Moving forward with Regional Integration, January 2008

 

ADB

A Note on Competitiveness and Structural Transformation in Pakistan, December 2007

 

ADB

Sixth Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation, December 2007

 

ADB

World Trade Organization Accession: Challenges and Opportunities for Railways in the People's Republic of China, 2007

 

ADB

National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in India - A Review, 2008

 

ASARC

APEC Energy Overview 2007, Published in January 2008 (Full Report) covering Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Viet Nam.

 

APEC

APEC Energy Statistics 2005, Published in January 2008 (Full Report) covering APEC Region, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Viet Nam.

 

APEC

APEC Energy Statistics Handbook 2005, Published in January 2008

 

APEC

APEC at a Glance, January 2008

 

APEC

APEC Outcomes and Outlook 2007/2008

 

APEC

APEC Structural Reform, January 2008

 

APEC

Governance Brief - Forest Governance in Countries with Federal Systems of Government: Lessons for Decentralization, January 2008

 

CIFOR

Forest Governance in Countries with Federal Systems of Government: Lessons and Implications for Decentralization, 2008

 

CIFOR

Atlas of Wooden Furniture Industry in Jepara, Indonesia, 2007

 

CIFOR

Adaptive Collaborative Management of Community Forests in Asia: Experiences from Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines, 2007

 

CIFOR

Poverty and Decentralisation in Kutai Barat: The Impacts of Regional Autonomy on Dayak Benuaq Wellbeing, 2007

 

CIFOR

Policy Studies, No. 43 - Looking Back, Looking Forward: Centralization, Multiple Conflicts, and Democratic State Building in Nepal, 2007

 

EWC

Policy Studies, No. 42 - Conflict and Peace in India's Northeast: The Role of Civil Society, 2007

 

EWC

Sri Lanka: Political and Economic Update, February 2008

 

ADB

Philippines: Critical Development Constraints, 2007

 

ADB

The Ghosts of the American War in Vietnam, January 2008

 

APJ

New Syonan and Asianism in Japanese-era Singapore, January 2008

 

APJ

Foreign Ministry Failure to Provide Documents on 1965 Japan-Korea Normalization Pact is Illegal: Tokyo Court, January 2008

 

APJ

Sugihara Chiune and the Visas to Save Lives: Assessing the Efforts to Memorialize a Japanese Hero, January 2008

 

APJ

When the Geta is on the Other Foot: Xenophobia in the Canadian Immigration Policy Towards Japan, 1907-1908, January 2008

 

APJ

Barefoot Gen, The Atomic Bomb and I: The Hiroshima Legacy, January 2008

 

APJ

The United States and Sino-Vietnamese Relations, January 2008

 

APJ

The Suharto Legacy - As He Lay Dying, January 2008

 

APJ

The Contested Heritage of Koguryo/Gaogouli and China-Korea Conflict, January 2008

 

APJ

Reconciling Japan and China, January 2008

 

APJ

The Future of North Korea: System Conservation or Guided Market Economy? January 2008

 

APJ

The Trend of Regional Income Disparity in the People's Republic of China, January 2008

 

ADB

Auditing the Lessons Architecture. January 2008

 

ADB

Poverty Impact Analysis: Selected Tools and Applications, 2007

 

ADB

Effective Anti-Money Laundering Regime in Mongolia, December 2007

 

ADB

Balanced Scorecard for State-Owned Enterprises: Driving Performance and Corporate Governance, December 2007

 

ADB

Environmentally Responsible Procurement: A Reference Guide for Better Practices, December 2007

 

ADB

Identifying Core Elements in Investment Agreements in the APEC Region, December 2007

 

APEC

Assessing the Severity of Problems of Aquaculture in Laguna de Bay: Practitioners' Perspectives, November 2007

 

PIDS

Protecting the Vulnerable through Social Health Insurance: PhilHealth's KASAPI as a Strategy, November 2007

 

PIDS

Harvard Asia Pacific Review: Beneath the Surface, Volume 8, No. 2, Winter 2005:

Feature: Beneath the Surface

Subfeature: Food Culture

In Focus

Perspectives

 

HAPR

     

 

     

 

January, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Handbook on Metrology of Agricultural Products and Foods, February 2007 (Printed in January 2008)

 

APEC

Symposium on Market Liberalization and its Relationship with Market Structure Conduct and Performance of Selected Food Processing Industries of APEC Member Economies, December 2007

 

APEC

Enhance Capacity of Small and Medium Enterprises in Agricultural Sector of APEC Economies, December 2007

 

APEC

Nepal: Political and Economic Update, January 2008

 

ADB

Asian Development Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2007 (Full Report)

 

ADB

U.S. Pacific Command: Asia Pacific Economic Update 2007

Volume I (Executive Summary, Full Report) covering:

Volume II (Executive Summary, Full Report) covering:

 

PACOM

Fueling DPRK Energy Futures and Energy Security: 2005 Energy Balance, Engagement Options, and Future Paths, June 2007

 

Nautilus

Study on Sustainable Urbanization in Metropolitan Regions (formerly Study on Urban Growth Trends and Issues), December 2007

 

ADB

On the Investment-Uncertainty Relationship, January 2008

 

HKU

Foreign Direct Investment and Currency Hedging, December 2007

 

HKU

Do trees grow on money? The implications of deforestation research for policies to promote REDD, 2007

 

CIFOR

Nauru: Country Economic Report, November 2007

 

ADB

How Effective are Oil Funds? Managing Resource Windfalls in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, December 2007

 

ADB

Internship Support System for Learning Best Practices in the Development of Micro and Small Enterprises within APEC Economics, December 2007

 

APEC

Capacity Building in Surveillance and Diagnosis for Leafminer, Whitefly, Thrips and Mealybug Pests in Developing APEC Economies for Improved Market Access, December 2007

 

APEC

The Second APEC "One Village One Product" Seminar, October 2007

 

APEC

Harvard Asia Pacific Review: Governance in Asia, Volume 9, No. 1, Winter 2007:

Feature: Governance

Subfeature: Shinzo Abe and the Future of Japan

In Focus

Photo Essay

Arts and Entertainent

Perspectives

 

HAPR

Harvard Asia Pacific Review to contribute, content up soon.

 

HAPR

Hong Kong: High Frequency Macroeconomic Forecasts Current Quarter Model: 2008Q1, January 2008

 

HKU

The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Volume 5, No. 4, November 2007 (Full Report):

 

SilkRoad

The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Volume 5, No. 3, August 2007 (Full Report):

 

SilkRoad

Bangladesh: An Update on Recent Cyclone, December 2007

 

ADB

Budget of the Asian Development Bank for 2008, November 2007

 

ADB

Poverty Reduction in the New Asia and Pacific: Key Challenges of Inclusive Growth for the Asian Development Bank, November 2007

 

ADB

Economic Analysis Retrospective 2006: Improving Diagnostic Quality of Economic, Thematic, and Sector Work Underpinning Country Partnership Strategies, November 2007

 

ADB

Policy-Based Lending: Emerging Practices in Supporting Reforms in Developing Member Countries, August 2007

 

ADB

China Media Research, Volume 3 No. 4, October 2007.

 

CMR

The Women's Active Museum on War and Peace: Its Role in Public Education, December 2007

 

APJ

Promoting Peace and Reconciliation as a Citizen of East Asia: The Collaborative East Asian Workshop and the Grassroots House Peace Museum, December 2007

 

APJ

Japan as a Plutonium Superpower, December 2007

 

APJ

Look Back in Anger. Filming the Nanjing Massacre, December 2007

 

APJ

Ruth Benedict's Obituary for Japanese Culture: An Exchange, December 2007

 

APJ

Revising the Past, Complicating the Future: The Yushukan War Museum in Modern Japanese History, December 2007

 

APJ

The Question of the Other: Kara Juro and Letters from Sagawa, December 2007

 

APJ

Policy Studies, No. 41 - Muslim Perspectives on the Sri Lankan Conflict, 2007

 

EWC

Integrated Financial Supervision: an Institutional Perspective for the Philippines, December 2007

 

PIDS

Toward Measuring Household Vulnerability to Income Poverty in the Philippines, December 2007

 

PIDS

Market Access Limitations of the Philippines in the EU Market, November 2007

 

PIDS

Assessing the Competitiveness of the Philippine Auto Parts Industry, November 2007

 

PIDS

Has Liberalization Strengthened the Link between Services and Manufacturing? November 2007

 

PIDS