The publication provides an overview of the current state of sustainable infrastructure in Asia with a view to helping policy makers identify the challenges and opportunities for Green Growth in the countries of the region. It provides regional experiences and points out the good practices that have the potential to be implemented in other locales. It also discusses water, waste management, and…
Contents: 1. Overview: New priorities for U.S. Asia policy 2. Recommendations of the study group on U.S. Asia policy 3. Conflicting perspectives: U.S. economic and security interests in Asia etc.
Buku kedua, yang berjudul "Politik di Melanesia," menggambar- kan sistem politik di negara-negara Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Kepulauan Solomon, Vanuatu dan Kaledonia Baru. Selain membicarakan struktur politik yang ada, seperti kepartaian, pemerintahan, dan lain-lain, penulis menggambarkan pula latarbelakang sosial-budaya, geografis, ekonomi, dan sejarah dari masing-masing negara. Hal ini penting s…
An edited collection of essays by a group of international experts and scholars that address the politics and policy of environmental change and sustainable development in East and Southeast Asia. The book pays particular attention to the ways in which foreign policy and international relations theories help explain eco-politics and sustainable development in the region. Case studies cover e…
This book contains: 1. The President on APEC 2. Building the spirit of community 3. Trade and investment liberalization and facilitation 4. Economic and technical cooperation 5. Select APEC 1996 documents
In the post-Cold War world, U.S.-Asian relations remain central to U.S. policy. Fault lines in the Taiwan Straits and on the Korean peninsula require the daily vigilance of U.S. and Asian policymakers. Asia's continued recovery from the 1997 financial crisis depends in part upon the health of the American economy. And as domestic political change accelerates across Asia, relations must be recal…
This book contains: 1. Education and skills development for poverty alleviation 2. Chinese experiences in poverty alleviation through human resources development 3. Women's empowerment and entrepreneurship development for poverty alleviation in South Asia 4. Popular education and the grassroots 5. Successful promotion of poverty alleviation through human resources development 6. Research…
The present volume seeks to fill this gap by offering synthesis papers stemming from the studies on international labour migration in twenty Asia-Pacific economies which were discussed at a joint PECC-ABAC conference held in Seoul, Korea, on 25-26 March 2008, organized by KOPEC. These papers examine the demographic transition, the associated pattern of international labour migration, the nation…
In this large-scale ISEAS study, Razeen Sally looks at Southeast Asia in the World Trade Organization, against the background of national trade policy trends post-Asian crisis, sluggish ASEAN economic integration, and the recent high-speed proliferation of bilateral and regional trade negotiations. ASEAN co-operation in the WTO has broken down, with little prospect of revival. Nevertheless, Sal…
This book attempts to create a conceptual understanding on the features and benefits of FTAs proliferating in Southeast Asia. It focuses on the debate of whether such FTAs are a building or stumbling block towards achieving global free trade. The book details the concluded as well as ongoing FTA initiatives of Singapore, highlighting the benefits to the Singapore economy. It further details the…