Spotlight Archives
- Upcoming Event: Understanding ASEAN with Prof. Amitav Acharya - "Power-seeking, Money-making, or Community-building?", 3 Oct 2014 (8:30-16:00 Manila time), New World Hotel, Makati CitySep 2014Amitav Acharya, a leading expert in ASEAN studies and international relations, will share his extensive knowledge and insights at the 3 Oct seminar to be held in New World Hotel, Makati City, organized by FPLA and AIM ASEAN 2015 Project. Download brochure.
- Visit ARIC's new webpage: Regional Cooperation and Productivity Gains for AllSep 2014ARIC launches a new information portal- 'Regional Cooperation and Productivity Gains for All' that aims to provide a deeper understanding of Asia's slowing productivity, its impact on future growth, and RCI's potential in tackling the problem. Visit the page. Follow ARIC on FB and Twitter.
- RCI Chat September 2014Sep 2014ARIC releases September 2014 issue of its monthly newsletter, RCI Chat. It tracks regional cooperation and integration news in Asia focusing on cross-border infrastructure, trade and investment, money and finance, and regional public goods. This issue has a Special Feature on ARIC's new information portal 'Regional Cooperation and Productivity Gains for All'. Subscribe to RCI Chat.
- ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 138 - World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Facilitation: Assessing the Level of Ambition and Likely ImpactsSep 2014In this paper, S. Hamanaka assesses the level of ambition of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF) and examines the likely legal, economic, capacity-building, and reform-inducing impacts of the ATF. Read more.
- ARIC takes part in the #UnderstandingASEAN talk seriesAug 2014ARIC - Project Leader James Villafuerte drew from a regional economic analysis of ASEAN from his work at ADB and painted an ASEAN with countries that are in different states of readiness. He took part as one of the speakers at the 'Undertanding ASEAN, Part 1: ASEAN Identity' held 14 August in Makati City, Philippines. Read more.
- New ILO-ADB Report--ASEAN Community 2015: Managing Integration for Better Jobs and Shared Prosperity19 Aug 2014The report ASEAN Community 2015: Managing Integration for Better Jobs and Shared Prosperity examines the impact of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on labor markets using economic model simulations. It highlights the challenges and opportunities that will accompany the AEC, including managing labor migration, boosting productivity and wages, improving job quality, and supporting the required structural changes and regional cooperation. The report also offers policy recommendations for creating better jobs and ensuring that the benefits of the AEC are equitably shared. Read more.
- RCI Chat August 2014August 2014ARIC releases August 2014 issue of its monthly newsletter, RCI Chat. It tracks regional cooperation and integration news in Asia focusing on cross-border infrastructure, trade and investment, money and finance, and regional public goods. This issue includes a feature on CAREC program's Senior Officials Meeting highlights. Subscribe.
- FTA database update: Asian FTAs now total 278; 119 in effectJuly 2014Free trade agreements (FTAs) in Asia and the Pacific continue to grow rapidly. With only 55 FTAs in 2000, there are now 278 FTAs in various stages of development as of July 2014. Of these FTAs, 119 are in force while the rest are either proposed, under negotiation, or signed. Go to FTA database.
- RCI Chat July 2014Jul 2014ARIC releases the maiden issue of its monthly newsletter, RCI Chat. It tracks regional cooperation and integration news in Asia focusing on cross-border infrastructure, trade and investment, money and finance, and regional public goods. This issue includes a feature on the SASEC program. Subscribe.
- Assessing Impact of Regional Integration on Productivity and Income Inequality, 4 July (2:00-3:30 Manila time), ADB HeadquartersJul 2014David Roland-Holst, professor, University of California at Berkeley is speaking on RCI's potential to promote more sustained and inclusive growth in Asia and the Pacific, including the role of policies at the national and regional levels. See program.
