Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific

Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-06-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789292707828

This report emphasizes that open and fair trade is essential for Asia and the Pacific's transition to low-carbon economies and outlines the important role of Aid for Trade in this transition. With the climate crisis threatening the multilateral trading system and potentially accelerating global trade fragmentation, the report argues that national trade policies and regulations need to be aligned with climate action. This will help overcome barriers in the trade of environmental goods and services, facilitate green technology transfers and adoption, and enable energy-intensive goods to be produced in locations with low-carbon energy potential. The report underscores the importance of developing integrated policy frameworks, mobilizing climate finance, fostering public-private partnerships for sustainable infrastructure, and building capacity to strengthen resilience and trade competitiveness.

Pacific Dynamism and the International Economic System

Pacific Dynamism and the International Economic System
Author: Marcus Noland
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This edited volume contains papers presented at the Twentieth Pacific Trade and Development Conference. The editors contribute an introductory article; a dozen additional papers are organized into three sections: the international economic system, regional institutional arrangements, and systemic implications of Pacific dynamism. In the first section John Whalley has an insightful article on GATT, and Soogil Young discusses the place of an East Asian trading bloc in a global economic system. In the next section, H. Edward English and Murray G. Smith examine NAFTA and conclude that NAFTA may foster the formation of new regional trading arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region. Peter Drysdale and Ross Garnaut survey and analyze trade in the Pacific region and see additional gains from trade liberalization in the region. The final section of this work contains articles on direct investment, the Japanese yen, human capital flows, environmental issues, and post-Cold War security implications. An excellent work for those interested in the economic dynamics of the Pacific region.

The Pacific Century

The Pacific Century
Author: Staffan Burenstam Linder
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1986
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780804713054

Spectacular economic growth in the Pacific Basin--comprising the countries in or bordering on the Pacific Ocean--is transforming world politics and economics. This growth in production, international trade, and overall economic achievement has brought about a shift in the world's political and economic center of gravity, a shift away from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

The Legal Framework for International Economic Relations

The Legal Framework for International Economic Relations
Author: Paul J. Davidson
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian
Total Pages: 215
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789813055407

International economic law on the one hand and national economic laws and policies on the other, form the borderlines of the "playing ground" within which the design for closer economic cooperation can be drawn. Before anything can be done, it is of utmost importance to know and study these "borderlines". This book is an attempt to set out the "borderlines" not only for intra-ASEAN economic co-operation but also for economic cooperation between that region and Canada by considering the legal framework for international economic relations within ASEAN and between ASEAN and Canada.

Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World

Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World
Author: Zmarak Shalizi
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821351505

TheWorld Development Report 2003addresses how to lift from poverty the three billion people now living in severe deprivation. It also explores how to improve the quality of life for everybody today and for the two billion more who will join mankind in the next thirty years. Substantial increases in growth and productivity will be necessary to achieve this goal. The current scale of economic activity and speed of change is such that ecosystem and social structures cannot keep up. TheReportputs forth two main messages: the first point is that enhancing prosperity and reducing poverty requires better care of the planet's ecosystem and social fabric. And secondly, that stronger collective action at all levels--from local to global--is essential for generating and scaling up the institutions that can transform growth.

Sustainable and Dynamic Graduate Employability

Sustainable and Dynamic Graduate Employability
Author: Mona Khare
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2023-09-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000931773

This volume presents a theoretical and strategic discussion on the linkages between sustainable graduate employability and economic growth. With case studies from India, South Africa, Taiwan, UK, Germany, USA, UAE, Australia, and France, it looks at the skills training and education landscape around the world, examines the state of employment, and offers case-specific recommendations. The book analyzes the role of higher education and vocational education policies and strategies in integrating skill training in education in order to achieve quality education and sustainable employment for all. An important critique of skills training, education policy and planning, the volume will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of sustainable development, development studies, public policy, political economy, labour studies, and education. It will also be useful for policymakers.