Bulletin on Asia-Pacific Perspectives
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/4410
2024-03-29T11:28:18ZBulletin on Asia-Pacific perspectives 2001/02 : Asia-Pacific economies : coping with new uncertainties
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/4569
Bulletin on Asia-Pacific perspectives 2001/02 : Asia-Pacific economies : coping with new uncertainties
Although evidence of a sharp slowdown in the economy of the United States of America and an interruption in the recovery of the Japanese economy had emerged in late 2000, the consensus was that only a modest deceleration in the rate of growth of the global economy was to be expected from these developments in 2001. Moreover, ESCAP member countries would remain largely unaffected by any deceleration given the resilience of the regional economy. In the event, the slowdown in the United States has turned out to be much sharper than predicted and its adverse impact on the ESCAP region has been very severe. Furthermore,<br />recovery has petered out in Japan and the slowdown is now becoming apparent even in the European Union (EU) so that this could be the most geographically synchronized since before the Second World War. The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 are likely to intensify the global downturn in the short term through a major loss of business and consumer confidence in the United States and elsewhere. The extent of the global slowdown and its impact on the developing countries are likely to remain uncertain for some time. Nonetheless, several issues of critical importance arise for the ESCAP region.
2001-11-01T00:00:00ZBulletin on Asia-Pacific perspectives 2002/03 : Asia-Pacific economies: sustaining growth amidst uncertainties
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/4413
Bulletin on Asia-Pacific perspectives 2002/03 : Asia-Pacific economies: sustaining growth amidst uncertainties
<p>This issue of the Bulletin provides an assessment of the recent developments in the global economy and their impact and implications for various economies or group of economies within the UNESCAP region. The concepts of social protection, globalization in the new economy, their relationships and impacts are discussed. The weaknesses of existing labour market policies and social programmes are analysed. The role of good governance is examined. Policy issues for SME development, competitiveness, export diversification, and women empowerment are featured. Regional financial cooperation in East Asia is highlighted.</p>
2002-01-01T00:00:00ZBulletin on Asia-Pacific perspectives 2003/04 : Asia-Pacific economies: maintaining dynamism
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/4412
Bulletin on Asia-Pacific perspectives 2003/04 : Asia-Pacific economies: maintaining dynamism
<p>The annual Bulletin on Asia-Pacific Perspectives 2003/2004 examines the effects on the region's outbreak of the SARS epidemic, trade expansion in the region and implications for SME financing. With the theme Asia-Pacific Economies: Maintaining Dynamism, issues raised in the Bulletin are related to global and regional interdependence and the promotion of sustainable development.</p>
<p>Articles provide a perspective on some of the major policy challenges facing countries in managing stable and equitable economic growth and social development against the backdrop of the Millennium Development Goals as well as unexpected, adverse external shocks. I. Global and regional economic developments: implications and prospects for the ESCAP region (Shahid Ahmed, ESCAP secretariat) II. Sustainable development – an Asian perspective (Bibek Debroy) III. Beyond “subsistence affluence”: poverty in Pacific island countries (Marin Yari, ESCAP secretariat) IV. The Bangkok Agreement: prospects for trade expansion in the Asia-Pacific region (Harish Iyer, ESCAP secretariat) V. Coping with epidemiological disease outbreaks: lessons from SARS (Amarakoon Bandara, ESCAP secretariat) VI. The development of e-financing: implications for SMEs (Seok-Dong Wang, ESCAP secretariat) VII. Basel II: the path to promoting financial stability in the Asian and Pacific region? (Lene Andersen)</p>
2003-01-01T00:00:00ZBulletin on Asia-Pacific perspectives 2004/05 : Asia-Pacific economies: living with high oil prices?
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/4411
Bulletin on Asia-Pacific perspectives 2004/05 : Asia-Pacific economies: living with high oil prices?
<p>The annual Bulletin examines the effects on the region's outbreak of the SARS epidemic, trade expansion in the region and implications for SME financing. It provides an assessment of the most recent developments in the global economy and their impact and implications for various economies or groups within the ESCAP region. The articles in the Bulletin provide a perspective on some of the major policy challenges facing countries in managing stable and equitable economic growth and social development against the backdrop of the Millennium Development Goals as set forth by world leaders in 2000 as well as unexpected, adverse external shocks.</p>
<p>This issue of the Bulletin therefore embodies the ongoing and concerted efforts that are being made to enhance the role and relevance of the secretariat the ESCAP region. I. Global and regional economic developments: implications and prospects for the ESCAP region (Shahid Ahmed, ESCAP secretariat) II. China’s economic rise: implications for East Asian growth and integration (John Wong) III. South-East Asia and East Asian community: the nucleus of binding glues (Djisman S. Simandjuntak) IV. Business process outsourcing: impact and implications (Biswajit Nag) V. A perspective on entrepreneurship, intellectual property creation, enterprise development and competitiveness in ASEAN (N.V. Lam, ESCAP secretariat) VI. Food security: a development issue for Pacific island countries (Marin Yari, ESCAP secretariat and Ron Duncan) VII. Poverty in countries of Central Asia (Amarakoon Bandara, Muhammad Hussain Malik and Eugene Gherman, ESCAP secretariat)</p>
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