The Australian APEC Study Centre has created an indicative list of resources
that should not be considered exhausive.
APEC Secretariat
This is the key site for all official APEC bodies and activities. It includes
all APEC publications and a calendar of APEC and related events.
APEC 2003 in Thailand
Official site for Thailand as APEC's host in 2003
Bizapec
Information for business working in the APEC region, including business
opportunities, industry information, regional export markets
ABAC APEC Business Advisory
Council
The Council, consisting of three representatives from each economy provides
advice to APEC L eaders and other fora.
APEC Energy
Working Group
APEC's work on regional energy cooperation.
APEC Telecommunications
Working Group
The APEC Telecommunications Working Group (TEL) address the issues
of human resource development, technology transfer telecommunications
standardisation.
APEC Trade Promotion Working Group
The WGTP’s work centres on trade promotion activities, trade financing,
trade skills and training, trade information and networking business cooperation
between the private sector and public agencies.
APEC Transportation Working
Group
The APEC Transportation Working Group (TPT-WG) fosters economic development
in the Asia-Pacific region through recommendations to increase the efficiency
of the regional transportation system.
APEC Industrial Science and Technology
Working Group
This site contains a directory of organisations, discussion forums and
a calendar of events relating to science and technology activities in
APEC and its member economies.
APEC
Tourism Working Group
Contains information about past, present and future activities of the
ATWG as well as a directory of contacts
Human Resource Development in Industrial
Technology (HURDIT) Network
APEC's Human Resource Development in Industrial Technology (HURDIT) Network
supports the design, development and delivery of training in the field
of industrial technology.
APEC Labour Market
Indicators Database
Initiated by the HRD Working Group, this site contains statistics
on economic structure, demography, education and training and labour force
in APEC economies.
APEC
Working Group on Agricultural Technical Cooperation
The ATC’s work program focuses on seven priority areas to enhance the
role of agriculture in contributiong to the region's economic and social
well being.
APEC Subcommittee on Customs Procedures
Includes updates of "Blueprint for APEC Customs Modernization"
APEC Center for Technology Foresight
The APEC Center for Technology Foresight is a Center established and supported
by APEC, hosted at Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development
Agency (NSTDA).
APEC Center for Technology
Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises
The ACTETSME web site contains information on APEC activities of interest
to small business.
APEC Tariff Database
This site provides access to tariff information for the APEC member economies.
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Information, statistics and analysis on Australia's foreign and trade
policy can be accessed and downloaded from this site.
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade APEC Page
Information about Australia's APEC involvement and key documents such
as Australia's IAP.
Experts
Group on Agricultural Technical Cooperation (ATCEG)
Activties of this group in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry - Australia (AFFA).
Australian
Department of Immigration APEC Business Travel Card
The APEC Business Travel Card cuts though the red tape of business travel,
and gives accredited business people pre-cleared entry to participating
APEC economies.
Australian
Department of Telecommunications
The Department leads Australia's involvement in the
APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group
National
Office for the Information Economy
NOIE, in cooperation with other Government bodies, represents Australia
in world forums where decisions are made that may affect national interests
in the information economy
Australian
Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs
Information about Australia's activities in the APEC
Human Resources Development Working Group.
The APEC Industrial
Science and Technology Working Group (ISTWG)
Cordinated by the International Science and Technology Branch of
the Department of Industry Science and Resources.
Australia World Direct - Austrade
The Australian Trade Commission provides information on its programs to
assist exporters and importers.
Australian Parliamentary Library
The Parliamentary Library publishes a range of background papers, current
issues briefs, research notes and research papers.
Australian Agency for International
Development (AusAID)
AusAID's APEC Support Program supports Australian government departments
and statutory authorities in projects to support developing member economy
participation in APEC.Australian Productivity
Commission The Commission is a review and advisory body on microeconomic
policy and regulation.
University
of Wollongong Centre for Research Policy and Innovation Studies
The CRP is the National Lead Institution for the APEC Human Resource Development
in Industrial Technology (HURDIT) Network.
University of Adelaide
Centre for International Economic Studies
The CIES researches and publishes on a wide range of trade issues.
Macquarie University APEC Human Resource
Development (HRD) Working Group Information about projects to foster
regional activities promoting the development of human resources.
The Centre for Asia Pacific Studies
at VUT
CAPS at the Victoria University of Technology promotes and conducts research
and other activities to enhance Australia's Knowledge of and relations
with countries of Asia and the Pacific
World Trade Organization
(WTO)
Set up at the end of the Uruguay Round, the WTO administers the multilateral
trading system. The site contains information and analysis of global trade
issues.
ASEANWEB
The official site of the Association of South East Asian Nations. It contains
information about the political and security aspects of ASEAN as well
as the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).
Asian Development Bank
Statistics and information about research relating to development issues
in Asia.
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
PECC is a partnership of business, government and research representatives
from 23 Asia Pacific economies who work on policy issues to increase trade,
investment and economic development in the region.
World Bank
The Bank's site contains information on and research reports on international
development issues.
International Monetary Fund
The IMF site contains many publications about international economic and
financial issues
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
The OECD is an association of developed countries. The site contains information
relevant to developed and developing countries.
Australian Committee of the
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (AUSPECC)
PECC is a partnership of business, government and research representatives
from 23 Asia Pacific economies who work on policy issues to increase trade,
investment and economic development in the region.
North South Institute
A Canadian body which researches and analyses international development
issues.
Department
of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
News, publications, calendar and other activities of Canadian DFAIT in
relation to APEC.
Japan
JETRO's APEC information
page
The Japan External Trade Organisation's page is informative and contains
valuable links to other APEC information.
New Zealand
New
Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade
A good source of information on New Zealand trade
issues including APEC.
Thailand
Thai government's official site for APEC
2003
United States
Department
of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
A key resource with links to large amounts of US material on APEC and
the region.
Centre
for Independent Studies
The Centre for Independent Studies is a leading independent public policy
'think tank' within Australasia which focuses on economics and social
policy issues.
The
Australia Institute
The
Australia Institute is an independent public policy research centre funded
by grants from philanthropic trusts, memberships and commissioned research.
The Asia-Australia
Institute
The Asia-Australia
Institute is an independent international relations and foreign policy
think-tank based at the University of New South Wales.
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies
The Centre was
established by the Council of Victoria University, in May 1993 within
the Faculty of Business. It mission is to explore economic policy and
aid in its implementation.
Strategic and Defence Studies
Centre
The centre's
aim is to advance the study of strategic problems, especially those relating
to the general nregion of East Asia and the Pacific.
National Centre for Social
and Economic Modelling
NATSEM
is a world leader in developing microsimulation models and in undertaking
a wide range of social and economic research.
Commitee
for Economic Development of Australia
CEDA is a leading business network with a strong interest in the Asia
Pacific Region.
Coombsweb
- ANU Social Sciences Server
The Coombsweb system is a Social Sciences and Asian Studies networked
research facility which delivers information via a variety of electronic
formats maintained by the Australian National University.
Worldgrowth.org
Worldgrowth.org has been established to provide balance to debate about
trade, globalization, development and sustainable development. The site
will makes the case for market-based approaches to enable developing countries
to improve the condition of their people, and their environment using
trade and economic growth.Online
Opinion
A website devoted to a broad
range of opinions and argument with regard to social and economic policy
both in Australia and abroad.
INTERNATIONAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTES, THINK-TANKS AND
OTHER RESOURCESAsian Economic
Monitor
A review of East Asia's growth and recovery, financial and corporate
sector reforms, and social developments in 10 ASEAN member countries
and China and Republic of Korea.
Brookings
Institution
Research organisation which publishes material
about US foreign policy issues.
Cato
Center for Trade Policy Studies
The mission of the Center includes an aim to increase
public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs of
protectionism.
The Development
Gateway is an interactive portal for information and knowledge sharing
on sustainable development and poverty reduction. The Gateway offers
a database of development projects, an international procurement marketplace
and knowledge sharing on key development topics.
Economic
Strategy Institute.
Whether
you are looking for information on the United States' trade relationship
with Japan, China, Korea, or Europe, transcripts of addresses by the
movers and shakers in global business and trade, the latest on the U.S.
economy, or information on various economic sectors, including telecommunications
and information technology and passenger aviation, we believe this site
will provide you with timely and thought-provoking information.
Europe
Asia Cyberforum
Managed by the Brussels-based European Institute
for Asian Studies (EIAS) to explore links between the European Union
(EU) and Asia.
The
Evian Group
A useful site with links to investigate European-Asian
perspectives.
Inomics
Inomics is an Internet service especially tailored
to the needs of economists. It contains information resources
and a conference database.
Institute
of International Economics
A Washington-based think tank on international
economic policy.
The
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISEAS researches and publishes about strategic and economic issues in
the Southeast Asian area.
New
America Institute.
The New America Foundation
is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy institute
that was conceived through the collaborative work of a diverse and intergenerational
group of public intellectuals, civic leaders, and business executives.
The purpose of the New America Foundation is to bring exceptionally
promising new voices and new ideas to public discourse.
rationalexpectations.com
An online directory of economics resources
Resources
for Economists on the Internet
This site acts as a link for a multitude of economic resources on the
Internet. It is good place to try if you are seeking harder-to-find
information.
