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Indonesian Minister for Trade, Dr Mari Pangestu at the APEC Australia 2007 Business Summit (Image courtesy of the Australian Government, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet)

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APEC Centres Conference 2008
Papers from the ASC conference in Peru are now available. Highlights include defining a new regional architecture, the pursuit of structural reform, trade and infrastructure costs and the trade liberalisation agenda.

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Anouncements
14.7.08
Ministerial: APEC Structural Reform
During APEC Australia 2007, Leaders agreed to convene a ministerial wholly dedicated to structural reform. The meeting will take place in Melbourne this August.

12.7.08
Paper: Economic Structural Change in APEC
APEC’s mission of promoting economic integration among member economies will not be completed until domestic policies which build flexibility and openness have been implemented, contends Alan Oxley.

10.7.08
Presentation: Convergences and Divergences in APEC's FTAs
Diego Urbina Fletcher from Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism analyses divergence and convergence of FTAs in APEC, and outlines the convergence challenges that remain.

10.6.08
Paper: Feeding Asia
John McKay from the APEC Centre considers scientific, regulatory and developmental responses to the complex food challenge.

24.4.08
Website: APEC Study Centres (ASC) Consortium Conference 2008
The network of Peruvian APEC Study Centres (REDAP) will host the annual ASC conference in Piura and Tumbes 19-21 June. REDAP is calling for papers.

18.4.08
Paper: A new microfinance initiative for APEC
John Conroy seeks to get microfinance back on the FMP agenda by addressing the systemic problem of financial exclusion.

26.9.07
Report: The development costs of the Stern Review findings
New research shows strategies proposed by British economist Sir Nicholas Stern to tackle climate change would cause severe economic damage to developing countries and concludes they will not be acceptable as the international community embarks on a mission to find a successor to the moribund Kyoto Protocol.

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