| 16 May 2008 |
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 | | How to Design, Negotiate, and Implement a Free Trade Agreement in Asia Asian Development Bank (April 2008) |
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 | | Bird flu mutations resistant to drugs Yahoo (16 May 2008) |
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 | | Brunei joins ASEAN team to assess Myanmar cyclone victims' needs Brunei Direct (16 May 2008) |
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 | | China-New Zealand FTA bill passes first reading tvnz.co.nz (16 May 2008) |
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 | | EU wants to enhance trade ties with Pakistan Daily Times (16 May 2008) |
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 | | FTIP and SAARC chamber to enhance mutual cooperation The Post (16 May 2008) |
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 | | Korea, EU to clinch FTA this year' english.chosun.com (16 May 2008) |
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 | | Myanmar junta says aid running smoothly Swiss Info (16 May 2008) |
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 | | Pakistan, Iran talks on pipeline on May 26 Daily Times (16 May 2008) |
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 | | Russia, India, China step up solidarity The Hindu (16 May 2008) |
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 | | SAARC chamber chief discusses trade issues with EU team The Post (16 May 2008) |
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 | | South Korea, Japan, China to seek cooperation in logistics Yonhap News (16 May 2008) |
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 | | APEC meeting on electrical/electronics mutual recognition Borneo Bulletin (15 May 2008) |
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 | | ASEAN meeting on reducing technical barriers to trade Brunei Direct (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Bird flu pandemic would require multi-drug approach news-medical.net (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Chinese defense minister stresses SCO's vital role in safeguarding regional security Xinhua News Agency (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Construction of Turkish part of BTK railway set to begin in July The New Anatolian (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Delay of Korea-US FTA to cause big loss The Korea Times (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Indonesia hands over bird flu data to new database Yahoo (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Korean Finance Minister calls for ratification of FTA with US Yahoo (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Lack of infrastructure major impediment in South Asia Asian Development Bank (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Ministry: South Korea to build bird flu vaccine factory next year Yahoo (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Vietnam, Mongolia discuss further cooperation Vietnam Net Bridge (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Central Asia: Kazakh, Tajik presidents show oil and water do mix Eurasianet.org (14 May 2008) |
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 | | Women Leaders' Network leaders exhort APEC leaders and ministers APEC (14 May 2008) |
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 | Opinion and Editorials |
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 | | China's embrace leaves US in cold Asian Times Online (16 May 2008) |
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 | | Trans-Afghan pipeline: will ambitions convert into the reality Journal of Turkish Weekly (15 May 2008) |
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 | Policy Forum |
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 | | Financial integration and risk-adjusted growth opportunities International Monetary Fund (01 May 2008) |
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 | | Government size and output volatility: should we forsake automatic stabilization? International Monetary Fund (01 May 2008) |
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 | | Mexico's integration into NAFTA markets: a view from sectoral real exchange rates and transaction costs International Monetary Fund (01 May 2008) |
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 | | Healthy, wealthy, and wise: socioeconomic status, poor health in childhood, and human capital development National Bureau of Economic Research (01 April 2008) |
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 | | On the evolutionary edge of migration as an assortative mating device Center for Development Research (01 February 2008) |
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 | | Shadow pricing market access: a trade benefit function approach Center for Development Research (01 January 2008) |
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| 15 May 2008 |
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 | Economic Reports |
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 | | Research Study on Poverty-Specific Purchasing Power Parities for Selected Countries in Asia and the Pacific Asian Development Bank (01 March 2008) |
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 | News |
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 | | All ASEAN foreign ministers to meet and discuss help for Myanmar Yahoo (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Better roads to improve trade with Iran and Pakistan Tehran Times (15 May 2008) |
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 | | Chamber welcomes first step towards FTA with Japan Scoop (15 May 2008) |
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 | | FTA with China: 'Poor cousin' gets recognition The New Zealand Herald (15 May 2008) |
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 | | FTA with China: risks are there, but so are rewards The New Zealand Herald (15 May 2008) |
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 | | MAS extends zero-fare offer to ASEAN routes The Star (15 May 2008) |
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 | | PM pushes to keep door to Asia open The New Zealand Herald (15 May 2008) |
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 | | UN chief trying to speed aid to Burma USA Today (15 May 2008) |
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 | | ASEAN to lead 'coalition of mercy" into cyclone-hit Myanmar Yahoo (14 May 2008) |
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 | | Albania heads Black Sea economic group Balkan Insight (14 May 2008) |
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 | | EU to propose new rules of origin for South Korea Yahoo (14 May 2008) |
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 | | Forum Fisheries Agency warns considerable gaps in the regions fisheries management Islands Business (14 May 2008) |
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 | | Headquarters agreement signed between ESCAP and Government of the Republic of Fiji United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (14 May 2008) |
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 | | High hopes for Thailand travel mart plus in June The Nation - Thailand (14 May 2008) |
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 | | India-US FTA talks hinge on opening of agricultural sector The Financial Express - India (14 May 2008) |
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 | | Kazakhstan and Lithuania to widen cooperation in transport and agriculture Gazeta (14 May 2008) |
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 | | New Zealand, Japan sign customs agreement China View (14 May 2008) |
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 | | Twelve Malaysian companies for Indonesia's ICT 2008 Bernama (14 May 2008) |
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 | | APEC seminar on understanding, implementing EEMRA Borneo Bulletin (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Kazakhstan, South Korea to work out plan of measures of strategic cooperation Kazinform (13 May 2008) |
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 | Opinion and Editorials |
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 | | Water politics in South Asia: technocratic cooperation and lasting security in the Indus Basin and beyond redorbit.com (14 May 2008) |
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 | Policy Forum |
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 | | The measurement of globalisation using international input-output tables Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (23 April 2008) |
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 | | Avoiding the value added tax: theory and cross country evidence Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (14 April 2008) |
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 | | Reforming social security with progressive personal accounts National Bureau of Economic Research (01 April 2008) |
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 | | The inflation-unemployment trade-off at low inflation National Bureau of Economic Research (01 April 2008) |
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 | | When is quality of financial system a source of comparative advantage? National Bureau of Economic Research (01 April 2008) |
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 | | Will subprime be a twin crisis for the United States? National Bureau of Economic Research (01 April 2008) |
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| 14 May 2008 |
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 | News |
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 | | Climate change forcing people to migrate to urban areas The Daily Star (14 May 2008) |
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 | | IPI and TAPI to change the economics of South Asia (14 May 2008) |
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 | | Pakistan, Sudan agree to enhance bilateral cooperation People`s Daily (14 May 2008) |
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 | | ASEAN aid meeting on Myanmar seen offering little Reuters (13 May 2008) |
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 | | ASEAN forms Emergency Rapid Assessment Team for Myanmar Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat (13 May 2008) |
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 | | ASEAN meets to promote labor safety Vietnam Net Bridge (13 May 2008) |
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 | | All poultry culled in Seoul to curb spread of bird flu Monsters and Critics.com (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Bird flu medicine toxic for teens The Korea Times (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Chinese, Democratic Pepole's Republic of Korea officials vow to deepen economic cooperation People`s Daily (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Experts still concerned about deadly bird flu ABC News (13 May 2008) |
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 | | High powered push for Japan trade deal bilaterals.org (13 May 2008) |
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 | | India, Malaysia to ink railway deal Business Standard (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Manmohan goes to Bhutan on energy diplomacy Friday Yahoo (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Massive deforestation of mangroves may have worsened scale of disaster in Burma Mongabay (13 May 2008) |
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 | | NOAA chief urges creating National Climate Service Associated Press (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Opposition links FTA ratification to beef renegotiation The Korea Times (13 May 2008) |
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 | | RI asks Australia, New Zealand to open their textile markets Antara (13 May 2008) |
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 | | UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar TerraDaily (13 May 2008) |
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 | | World tree planting drive sets goal of 7 billion Reuters (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Bintulu injects $62 million to double capacity by 2011 Cargonews Asia (12 May 2008) |
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 | | Iran, Azerbaijan signs protocol on cargo transit cooperation Trend Capital (12 May 2008) |
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 | | President Rakhmon: Tajikistan backs initiatives of Kazakhstan aimed at regional integration Gazeta (12 May 2008) |
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 | | Seven Pacific countries race against time as deadline to claim extra ocean space draws near Islands Business (12 May 2008) |
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 | | Update study on health of Pacific islanders Islands Business (12 May 2008) |
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 | | Who needs women? APEC women leaders consider their options at the 13th APEC Women Leaders' Network Meeting Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (12 May 2008) |
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 | Opinion and Editorials |
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 | | A tale of two disasters Forbes (13 May 2008) |
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 | | Elusive SAFTA Central Chronicle (12 May 2008) |
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 | | Preliminary comments on the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (AJCEPA) bilaterals.org (12 May 2008) |
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 | | Myanmar: A tragedy for Asia and the world Forbes (09 May 2008) |
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 | | Why a bright prospect looms large in China-Japan economic and trade ties People`s Daily (08 May 2008) |
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 | Policy Forum |
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 | | Quality of schooling, returns to schooling and the 1981 vouchers reform in Chile World Bank (01 May 2008) |
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 | | BankCaR (Bank Capital-at-Risk): a credit risk model for US commercial bank charge-offs Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (22 April 2008) |
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 | | Hepatitis B does not explain male-biased sex ratios in China National Bureau of Economic Research (16 April 2008) |
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 | | Does stabilizing inflation contribute to stabilizing economic activity? National Bureau of Economic Research (01 April 2008) |
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 | | Trade and labour market adjustments Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (25 March 2008) |
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 | | Agricultural trade reform and rural prosperity: lessons from China National Bureau of Economic Research (01 March 2008) |
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 | | A leverage-based model of speculative bubbles Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (03 January 2008) |
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 | | Hot issue and burning options in waste management: a social cost benefit analysis of waste-to-energy in the UK University of Cambridge (01 January 2008) |
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 | Studies and Research |
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 | | Deregulating energy markets in APEC: economic and sectoral impacts APEC Energy Working Group (01 January 2002) |
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