Asia Regional Integration Center

Personal data is "digital data created by and about people". This can take various forms, such as the data more traditionally collected by public and private service providers, including information on a person's identity, age, gender, place of birth, next of kin etc.

Many have noted that Asian countries need to rebalance their economies. Several have argued that the best way to rebalance growth is by increasing productivity.

In the last few years, economic policy rhetoric and actions in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus have been notably tilted towards regional economic integration.

The time seems ripe for more South-South inter-regional cooperation. While Korean food may be notoriously hard to pair with wine, Chilean wines are now regular features at the Korean dinner table served alongside popular Korean dishes.

Becoming a member of the WTO is not always easy. Accession is a complicated and cumbersome process, taking an average of 10 years to complete.

What are the key steps in countering a global economic slowdown? Businesses typically cut costs through layoffs and price adjustments.

Following the success of Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the recent by-elections in Myanmar and the easing of sanctions by a number of developed countries, foreign investors are increasingly expressing interest in the country.

Three dimensional printers can make everything from solid-fuel rockets to nano-particles. This technology is part of a set of processes known more generally as digital manufacturing.

The 2012 Olympics will cost the host country, Britain, an estimated 14.4 billion dollars. In 2008, the People’s Republic of China is reported to have spent more than 42 billion dollars on the Beijing Olympics.

For two decades, the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) processing trade has made it the “world’s factory”