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New Zealand played a major role in the promotion of regional economic cooperation in November 1989. From 12 to 15 November New Zealand hosted the Seventh General Meeting of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (PECC VII) in Auckland. Economic growth in the region is briefly noted. Establishment, growth, functions and organisations of the PECC are described. PECC VII is reported and PECC's links with Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). (DÜI-Sen)

Pt. 1: Introduction and background. I: Introduction. II: Macroeconomic overview. Pt. 2: Regional sector reviews. III: The energy sector. IV: Transportation. V: Telecommunications. VI: Trade and payment systems. VII: Summary and conclusions. Strategies for increasing economic cooperation in Central Asia. Pt. 3: Toward implementation. VIII: Project profiles. IX: International donor programs. X: Toward implementation. Recommendations for phase II

Mongolian Journal of International Affairs Vol.1 1994: 4-8

Asia faces many non-traditional security challenges at the subnational level that are closely linked to domestic, economic, political, and social issues within different countries. These challenges have important ramifications beyond national borders: from environmental degradation, natural disasters, and trafficking-in-persons to maritime security, ethnic and religious conflict, and failed systems of governance. The Asia Foundation's International Relations and Regional Cooperation Programs work to strengthen relations between the United States and Asia, and among Asian nations to foster peace, stability, and prosperity.

Grissa, A.: Internal economic reforms as a precondition for free trade: the case of Tunisia. - 20 S. Chikhaoui, A.: International cooperation, economic reforms and stability in Algeria. - 20 S. Navon, B.: Recent adjustment steps in Jordan: Breaking old structures or paying lip-service to external investors? - 26 S. Luciani, G.: Where to start with multilateralism: an agenda for cooperation between Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. - 16 S. Göpfrich, P.: Trade in the MENA-region: Towards Europe or within the region? - 16 S

"Assesses how regional financial institutions can help developing countries, often at a disadvantage within the global financial framework, finance their investment needs, counteract the volatility of private capital flows, and make their voices heard"--Provided by publisher

"A readable, balanced, and provocative view of the prospects for fruitful international economic cooperation. The papers are realistic: each discusses the difficulties involved in reaching cooperative solutions or procedures as well as the benefits of doing so. The discussion among the conference participants is lively, interesting, and insightful."--William H. Branson, Princeton University

Yang Jiang opens the black box of China's policymaking for free trade agreements and key regional financial initiatives. Using first-hand interview data, she sheds light on the key trends of China's trade and financial politics after its WTO entry in 2001. In particular, she highlights the influence of competing domestic interests, protectionist and conservative forces vis-à-vis liberal and reformist forces; government agencies, ministries and national commissions, local governments; and different ideas on China's foreign economic policy. In doing so, she also provides interesting comparisons between China and other countries in international negotiations. Her investigation offers a fresh look into China, its changing decision-making under different generations of leadership, and the basis for its current and potential contribution to international economic cooperation.

This paper examines the extent to which economic crises facilitate the development of more effective regional institutions and whether such institutions can shield regions from crises. It compares six regional economic crises over the last four decades and the institution building—or decay—that followed. The analysis concludes that five conditions are especially important in generating a constructive regional response: (i) a significant degree of regional economic interdependence; (ii) an independent secretariat or intergovernmental body charged with cooperation; (iii) webs of interlocking economic agreements; and, as elements of the multilateral context, (iv) conflict with the relevant international organization (such as the International Monetary Fund [IMF]); and (v) the support of the United States. The paper then reviews three episodes of crises in Europe, concluding that the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has deflected balance of payments and currency crises but not crises of other types, such as sovereign debt crises. Asian regionalism would be well served by heads of government taking the lead and delegating tasks to intergovernmental networks and secretariats, central banks and finance ministries retaining substantial collective autonomy in their fields of responsibility, and the use of concentric circles to accommodate countries with different levels of commitment to regionalism.