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  • Asia Economic Monitor December 2007
    13 December 2007
    Economic growth in emerging East Asia will ease to 8.0% in 2008 from 8.5% in 2007, says the December issue of the Asia Economic Monitor. Moderating growth in key industrialized nations and some softening in the People's Republic of China rapid expansion-- to 10.5% from this year's 11.4%-- are behind the outlook. Volatility in global financial markets and elevated oil prices are expected to continue. Slower regional growth, however, is being accompanied by rising inflationary pressures, despite continued appreciation of many of the region's currencies.  Read more.
  • Asia Bond Monitor November 2007
    22 November 2007
    Jong-Wha Lee, Head of the Office of Regional Integration (OREI), launched the November edition of Asia Bond Monitor at the Asian Bond Summit in Singapore. The conference was opened by the Deputy Managing Director of Monetary Authority of Singapore and attended by 300 bankers, government officials, and investors. Read the report and news release. 
  • Research Workshop on Financial Volatility, Risk and Vulnerability: Assessment and Practice
    26-27 October 2007
    In a research workshop organized by the Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI), public and private sector representatives discussed recent developments in financial markets, evaluated methods of assessing financial vulnerability, and talked about country practices. Robert Barro, professor of Economics at Harvard University, delivered the keynote speech.
  • Seminar Series on Regional Economic Integration: Inequality and Growth
    26 October 2007
    Robert Barro, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, discussed the relationship between income inequality and economic performance in the context of globalization. See the presentation.
  • Training on Free Trade Agreements
    18-26 October2007
    As an integral part of ADB’s regional cooperation and integration (RCI) strategy, the Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI) launched its 3rd batch training course on designing, negotiating, and implementing free trade agreements (FTAs). The program aims to enhance capacity of selected Asian developing member countries (DMCs) involved in FTAs. A total of 35 DMC trade officials from Asia and the Pacific will attend the course which covers topics on trade databases and models, various coverage of FTA, and strategies for FTA negotiations and implementation.
  • Help Pledged for Poor Economies to Reap Benefits from Global Trade
    19 September 2007
    Top global and regional financial officials at a conference in Manila this week pledged to help small and weak states in Asia and the Pacific build and strengthen capacity to benefit from trade. Read more about the Mobilizing Aid for Trade conference.| Video | Podcast |
  • Aid for Trade: How ADB Can Help
    17 September 2007
    Well before Aid for Trade, ADB has been active in trade-related development. This booklet illustrates how ADB can help in Asia and the Pacific. Read more.Read more about the Mobilizing Aid for Trade conference.| Video | Podcast |
  • ADBI Discussion Paper - ASEAN+3 or ASEAN+6: Which Way Forward?
    03 October 2007
    Masahiro Kawai (Dean, ADBI) and Ganeshan Wignaraja (Senior Trade Economist, ADB) write on patterns and effects of FTAs in East Asia. They conclude that consolidation of multiple and overlapping FTAs into a single East Asian FTA could help mitigate the harmful “noodle bowl” effects of different rules of origin and standards and that consolidation at the ASEAN+6 level would yield the largest gains to East Asia—while the losses to non-members would be relatively small. Read more. 
  • Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus Asia and the Pacific
    19-20 September 2007
    The Asian Development Bank, in partnership with the World Trade Organization and the Philippine Government, will host a high-level dialogue on Aid for Trade (AfT) 19-20 September. For more information, please see the press release and visit the AfT website.
  • Asia Economic Monitor July 2007
    26 July 2007
    The July AEM includes theme chapters on managing capital inflows in emerging East Asia and on the region's banking systems 10 years after the crisis. AEM says emerging East Asian economies will continue strong growth in 2007 and 2008. Read more.
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