... Facilitating Electronic Commerce in APEC: A Case Study of Electronic Certificate of Origin (e-CO) APEC Policy Support U... ...ommons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-s... ...would like to thank Tammy L. Hredzak, Belinda Chng, Carlos Kuriyama and Denis Hew of the APEC Policy Support Unit for their helpful comments. We are... ...YSIS 25 6. OTHER RECENT E-CO DEVELOPMENTS IN APEC ...................... 27 6.1. Hong Kong, China and the UK .......................................... ... Advanced‖ Economies adopt e-CO. Assume Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; New Zealand; Philip... ...imate of 25%, based on information gathered through informal interviews held with government Executive Summary v representatives in the APEC reg... ...e rapidly – namely the ASEAN-6, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, US, Canada, Hong Kong, China. Establishing a set of suitable KPIs for evalu... ...nsaction costs to the costs that are directly imposed by or largely influenced by government, and aligns the measurement task with the actions that h... ... Approach and Methodology 7 includes time costs; excludes the costs that governments impose directly on international trade associated with...

...The aim of the study is to assess the contribution of the actions and measures of APEC‘s Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG) towards reducing trade transaction costs in the region through a case study of an Electronic Certifica...

...nancial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of ... ...t is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr. Andin Hadiyan... ...d Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr. Andin Hadiyanto, who is also the Project Overseer of FMP 02/2009. Our gratitude also goes to Mr. Yoopi Abimanyu, ... ...ch and policy dialogues focused on strengthening institutions, regulatory frameworks, government policies and market conditions has contributed subs... ...indebted household sector that needs more deleveraging, large budget deficit and high government debt, and large current account deficit. Australia s... ...or Economies of Origin, 2009 ………………………………………...…………………………………… 39 3.3 Ownership of Government Securities (2004 – 2010)…………………………… 41 3.4 Foreign ... ...4.1 46,215 Chile 17.2 203.3 11,828 People’s Republic of China 1,341.4 5,878.3 4,382 Hong Kong, China 7.1 225 31,591 Indonesia 234.4 706.7 3,015 J... ...red by the value of assets, loans, deposits, and liabilities, with Australia; Canada; Hong Kong, China; and Japan being the other key major provider... ...8 2009 Australia 2,451,565 3,857,679 2,880,143 Canada 2,414,569 2,985,204 2,502,802 Hong Kong, China 1,326,588 1,387,442 1,371,244 Indonesia 210,9...

...The purpose of this project is to contribute to ongoing efforts tailored toward promoting greater financial markets stability and integration in APEC economies, achieved by: 1) undertaking research to determine the conditions that foster...

... APEC’s Achievements in Trade Facilitation 2007-2010 Final Assessment of Second Trade Facilitation Action Plan (TFAP II) APEC Policy ... ...ommons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-s... ...e Electronic Commerce Steering Group. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC Memb... ...ional trade declined as a result; consequently, economic growth slowed worldwide. Governments and central banks responded with unprecedented fiscal s... ...ly trade transactions costs that are directly imposed by or largely influenced by governments. The endorsed definition of trade transaction costs ... ...FAP II Final Assessment therefore: includes time costs; excludes the costs governments directly impose on international trade associated with ... ... a pilot program that is expected to lead to full implementation in 2012, whereas Hong Kong, China is conducting a review on its pilot program which ... ...joining): Australia (1997); Brunei Darussalam (2001); Chile (1998); China (2002); Hong Kong, China (1998); Indonesia (2002); Japan (2002); Korea (199... ...ticipating in the Data Privacy Pathfinder include Australia; Canada; Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Korea; Mexico; New Zealand; Peru; Philipp...

...This report presents the estimates of trade transaction costs in APEC for each year from 2006 to 2010. The estimates are to form part of the Final Assessment of TFAP II and are to be based on the methodology and approach that was developed for the Interim Asse...

...1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Context For The Estimation Of Trade Transaction Costs -- 3. Estimates Of Trade Transaction Costs -- 4. Sensitivity Tests Of Critical Assumptions -- 5. Conclusions & Recommendations --...

...ommons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-s... ....org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/sg/. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC Memb... ...ance in preparing this report and the Economic Committee, particularly its Friends of the Chair on Ease of Doing Business, for valuable comments and ... ...ealing with Permits: Singapore • Getting Credit: Japan • Trading Across Borders: Hong Kong, China 3 and Singapore • Enforcing Contracts: Korea ... ...enary Session, 9 November 2009. 2 See http://www.doingbusiness.org/about-us 3 Hong Kong, China served as champion economy during Phase 1 only. ... ...ess start-ups in Brunei Darussalam; Chile; Indonesia; Mexico and Viet Nam The Government of Brunei Darussalam introduced e-Registry, a system tha... ... purview of the Registrar of Companies (ROC), Brunei Darussalam. In addition, the government established a committee to facilitate coordination amon... ...ether 13 licensing processes into a single online window. This system will ensure government agencies process business applications concurrently, th... ...ts are shown with negative values. In terms of capacity building, Singapore and Hong Kong, China, as champion economies in Trading Across Borders,...

...APEC Leaders in 2009 endorsed an APEC-wide improvement of 25 percent by 2015 in five key areas of doing business: 1) Starting a Business; 2) Getting Credit; 3) Enforcing Contracts; 4) Trading Across Borders; and 5) Dealing with Permits, with an interim 5 percent improvement by 20...

...ve Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-... ...mons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/sg/. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC ... ... the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC Member Economies. Table of Contents i TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents .............. .......................................................................... 53 Table C.7. Hong Kong, China: Transaction costs on merchandise trade, 2006-... ...1 117 132 98 126 24.7 China, People’s Republic of 1,908 2,289 2,638 2,253 3,007 57.6 Hong Kong, China 706 750 774 680 833 18 Indonesia 175 198 274 ... ...Chile 1.96 2.44 2.66 2.33 2.61 33.2 China, PR of 74.73 90.81 99.98 93.14 110.43 47.8 Hong Kong, China 12.95 13.20 13.34 11.57 13.03 0.7 Indonesia 5... ...luded from the figures. This trade is generally the subject of minimal regulation by government customs and border agencies in APEC economies and is... ...n of the sales contract; preparation the relevant documentation to customs and other government agencies; presentation of the documentation to the... ... Many transaction costs are attributable either to processes that are undertaken by government agencies or by the private sector to comply with go...

...This report presents the estimates of trade transaction costs in APEC for each year from 2006 to 2010. The estimates are to form part of the Final Assessment of TFAP II and are to be based on the methodology and approach that was developed for the Interim Asse...

...1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Context For The Estimation Of Trade Transaction Costs -- 3. Estimates Of Trade Transaction Costs -- 4. Sensitivity Tests Of Critical Assumptions -- 5. Conclusions & Recommendations --...

...om: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value ... ...T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value of Stocks of a Company III. The Process of Due Diligence IV. Financial Investor, Strategic Investor V. ... ...ised of two elements: one is the risk-free rate (normally, the interest payable on government bonds), the other being the risk-related rate (the ra... ...itled "The Impact of Short Selling on the Price-Volume Relationship: Evidence from Hong Kong", the authors, Michael D. McKenzie or RMIT University ... ... "The Impact of Short Selling on the Price-Volume Relationship: Evidence from Hong Kong", the authors, Michael D. McKenzie or RMIT University - Sch... ...t of free markets seems to have gone bankrupt. This was implicitly acknowledged by governments as they rushed to nationalize banks and entire finan... ...Press International (UPI) The recent implosion of the global equity markets - from Hong Kong to New York - engendered yet another round of the semi... ...fferings and won the implicit acquiescence and collaboration of successive Israeli governments. The banks used deposits, their capital, retained ea...

...oduce it provided the source is acknowledged. We will appreciate if a copy of reproduced materials is sent to us. 4 Fixing Global Finance Contents Ac... ... Fixing Global Finance Contents Acronyms 6-7 Data Notes 8 1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 9 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing ... ...nds in International Finance and Developmental Implications 30 4. The Rise of New Global Players 36 5. Financial Derivatives and the Globalization of ... ...Council GDP Gross Domestic Product HNWI High Net Worth Individual HSBC The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation IFSL International Financial Serv... ...erican Free Trade Agreement NBFCs Non-Banking Financial Companies NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations NIM Net Interest Margin NPAs Non-Performing Asse... ... restore confidence and liquidity in the banking system, central banks and governments undertook various policy measures such as nationalizing banks, ... ...most equivalent to country’s annual GDP. In major developed economies, the governments also undertook unprecedented fiscal stimulus, monetary policy e... ...also played an important role. 9 China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong have been running persistent trade surpluses for many years as a ... ...specific sectors to capital controls) to regulate such flows. In May 2010, Hong Kong imposed new measures in an attempt to curb soaring real estate pr...

...The financial crisis which erupted in mid-2007 has been widely viewed as the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic a...

...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. ...

.../08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 372... ...8 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial... ...the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2... ...re dubious about the way pop- ular choice gets formed, you prefer it to some government funding body or coterie of art mavens. At the same time as you... ...s year, or turning the entire path of national innovation policy over to the government, intellectual property decentralizes the choices about what cr... ...he history of patents includes a wealth of attempts to reward friends of the government and restrict or control dangerous technologies. T rade- mark l... ...ortrayed the patent system as actively harmful. At the annual meeting of the Kongress deutscher Volkswirthe held in Dresden, September 1863, the follo... ... Middle East, and—bizarrely—Greenland. Region 3 is South Korea, T aiwan, and Hong Kong; and so on. The CSS scheme can be used to restrict a movie to a... ...le East, and—bizarrely—Greenland. Region 3 is South Korea, T aiwan, and Hong Kong; and so on. The CSS scheme can be used to restrict a movie to a play...

...e ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws. In a series of fascinat...

...URE UNIQUE CROPS WIND POWER WELCOME APEC DELEGATES DISCOVER ANOTHER SIDE OF HAWAI‘I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee 3 ... ...itton Prada Salvatore Ferragamo Tiffany & Co. Hawaii’s largest collection of luxury retailers amidst 290 STORES AND RESTAURANTS. Walking distance fr... ...mber Production Manufacturing Jobs Electronic Tree Tracking/ Secured Chain of Custody Research & Development Eco-Tourism Funding Sources for Non-Pro... ...can Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) and United Public Workers (UPW)... ...OVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE Hoku Solar works with high-profle companies and government agencies on major photovoltaic projects. PHOTO: MICHAEL TORRES ... ...e Big Island, Hoku secured fnancing, took advantage of federal and state government tax credits to build and operate the solar panels, and now sel... ...on range to supply polysilicon to major PV panel manufacturers in China, Hong Kong and Japan. In essence, Hoku secured advance-purchase contracts ... ...Fiji • Finland • France • French Polynesia • Germany • Greece • Guatemala Hong Kong • Hungary • India • Indonesia • Iraq • Ireland • Israel • Italy •... ... 53 minutes (one-stop) MANILA 10 hours, 28 minutes (7 fights a week) HONG KONG 10 hours, 58 minutes (one-stop) TAIPEI 10 hours, 1 minute (...

Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

...- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America’s Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions -- 56 Winners of the Hawai‘i Business Innovation Showcase -- 60 Breakthroughs in Health and Medicine -- 68 Hawai‘I Di...

...The long-awaited third edition of the Atlas of Hawai'i is entirely revised in content and design. It is divided into six sections, five of which are abundantly illustrated. The first contains detailed reference maps with place names for towns, mountains, b...

...Eo e ku'u lei mokupuni o na kai 'ewalu- I call to you, acknowledge O my lei islands of the eight seas. Located between 19 and 22 degrees north latitude, Hawai'i is the southernmost state in the United States and has the same general latitude as Hong Kong and Mexico City. It is situated almost in the center ...

...ai'i and Atmospheric Change -- 60 -- Paleoclimate and Geography -- 64 -- Natural Hazards -- 67 -- Earthquakes -- 69 -- Volcanic Hazards on the Island of Hawai'i -- 72 -- Hurricanes -- 74 -- Tsunamis -- 76 -- Coastal Hazards -- 79 -- The Ocean -- 82 -- Water -- 87 -- Soils -- 92 -- Astronomy -- 97 -- Biogeography -- 103 -- Evolution -- 107 -- Marine Ecosystems -- 111 -- Te...