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...en Street; Melbourne, Victoria, 3000 Australia Akhmad Bayhaqi Policy Support Unit Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat 35 Heng Mui Ke... ...apec.org Website: www.apec.org Produced for: Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC#211-SE-01.10 ... ... Sub- Committee on Customs Procedures (SCCP) for his strong support. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessaril... ...ADING ACROSS BORDERS SURVEY.................. 65 ANNEX C: ACTIONS ON CUSTOMS PROCEDURES IN INDIVIDUAL ACTION PLANS, 2006 TO 2009....................... ......................................................................... 8 Table 3 Change in average customs clearance times, selected APEC economies, ... ...ucting Time Release Studies’, Presentation to CAREC Time Release Study Seminar, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program of the As... ...e necessary. d) Participate in the APEC Food Sectoral MRA e) Participate in the APEC Telecommunications MRA f) Participate in the Asia Pacific L... ...rk in APEC TEL on developing regulatory frameworks that facilitate the convergence of telecommunications, information technology and broadcasting....

...perspectives — the specific objective that was set for their sub-area of the Plan and their contribution to the overall goal for the Plan of a 5% cut in trade transaction costs....

...upport Unit October 2011 Prepared by: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit Asia-Pacific... ...org │ Website: www.apec.org Produced for: Committee on Trade and Investment Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC#211-SE-01.08 This ... ...s Mobility Group, and the Electronic Commerce Steering Group. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily repr... ......................................................... 33 iv APEC’s Achievements in Trade Facilitation 2007-2010 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Following the c... ...Following the conclusion of APEC’s Second Trade Facilitation Action Plan (TFAP II) in 2010, the APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) conducted the Final As... ... standards and conformance arrangements have on trade and investment flows in the Asia-Pacific region. Through the work of the SCSC, APEC member ... ...n APEC TEL on developing regulatory frameworks that facilitate the convergence of telecommunications, information technology and broadcasting. Spee...

...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 Assessment of that Plan....

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...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

...al Report Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies APEC Study ... ... August 2011 Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies ii ... ...h Muyanja Ssenyonga A. Ika Rahutami Laksmi Yustika Devi Rosa Kristiadi Center for Asia Pacific Studies Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Indon... ...05-0 APEC#211-SO-01.5 Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of... ...dential Regulation Authority (APRA), Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA), Asia and Africa Study Center Colegio de Mexico, Gerencia de Es... ...ncy), Brookings Institute, Caravel Management LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., IMF Asia and Pacific Division, and Peterson Institute for Internat... ...while, the US is still the major source of technological innovations in computing and telecommunications for the APEC region. Generally, APEC member... ...and regional trading arrangements, and facilitating integration of transportation, telecommunications, mining and energy, increasing economic effi... ...reached IDR 3,247.10 trillion. The 10 biggest market capitalizations are dominated by telecommunications companies (Telekomunikasi Indonesia), mining...

...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 financial market stability to enhance integration of financial markets across the region; and 2) drawing on the findings of the r...

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...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 wo...

...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. Financial Derivatives and the Globalization of Risk 6. Global Financial Crisis and India 7. Guid...

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... be accessed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congr... ...served mockery. “Want that insignia torn off your car, Dad? Then it would be in the public domain, right?” My colleagues at Duke are one of the main i... ... at Duke are one of the main influences on my work. I am lucky enough to work in the only “Center for the Study of the Public Domain” in the academic w... ... a certain prejudice on that point. And some of them, like the design of our telecommunications networks, or the patenting of human genes, or the rela... ...onsoon season kills hundreds and causes massive property damage in Southeast Asia. One set of monsoon rains alone killed 660 people in India and left ...

...ll depend on a delicate balance between those 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,...