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REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON HARNESSING TRADE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH FOCUS ON ASIA-PACIFIC LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Bangkok, 2nd - 3rd December 2019
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The Regional Consultation was organized in preparation for the 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which will be held from 8 to 11 June 2020 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The ESCAP Regional Consultation provided a platform to discuss the state of play on the preparation of the WTO Ministerial Conference and its relevance for all and especially graduating least developed countries. Participation by Government officials, representatives of civil society, selected business representatives and ARTNeT advisors facilitated capturing the current dynamics of negotiations and possible innovative options for reforming the global trade regime to be fit for purpose - as requested for accelerating progress for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. The capacity building session focused on the application of newly developed tools, such as the Trade Intelligence and Negotiation Advisor (TINA) helping decision making for trade policy options, and datasets on non-tariff measures.
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MEETING OF ASIA-PACIFIC FDI NETWORK
Bangkok, 4th December 2019
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The Ninth Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Network discussed current developments and challenges in FDI policy-making, promotion, and facilitation in the region. It also explored ways to improve the national legal frameworks and international investment agreements (IIAs) system to ensure it better supports the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Network members discussed thoroughly national experiences, best practices and challenges related to sustainable inward FDI to and outward FDI from Asia and the Pacific. At the meeting, the publication Foreign Direct Investment trends and outlooks in Asia and the Pacific was also launched.
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4TH ASEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION FORUM 2019
Bangkok, 9-10th December 2019
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The 4th ASEAN Economic Integration Forum 2019 aimed to provide a platform that allows leaders from the society, industry, academia and government to discuss innovative solutions and to tackle obstacles that are shared among all members of AEC. Like in previous years, we strived to produce actionable policy takeaways to facilitate the implementation of a sustainable development framework for AEC that benefits all ASEAN. The AEIF 2019 highlighted keynote addresses from distinguished speakers and forums on selected sub-themes including business and human rights, rural economic and community-based development, aviation industry, entrepreneurship, trades, and investment. Parallel sessions to present applied research papers on both days. This year, ASEAN Economic Integration Forum strived to feature the identification of and proposals for bridging inter- and intra-regional development gaps in the ASEAN region, to contribute to policymaking that looks at holistic and bottom-up approach within the region, to promote meaningful discourse on AEC that goes beyond economic imperatives and to highlight the importance of social forces in promoting ASEAN community.
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The Regional Outlook Forum (ROF) is the flagship event of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute held every year in January. The Regional Outlook Forum 2020 will examine global and regional trends and highlight domestic developments in key Southeast Asian countries to shed more light on what lies beyond the horizon, including the pitfalls and opportunities ahead.
“Disruption, Competition, and Collaboration” is the theme for ROF 2020. In this forum, participants will deep-dive into the big power rivalry reverberating in Europe, Asia and beyond, and look into the challenges faced by the Southeast Asia and East Asia region as a result of US-China tensions. Participants will also discuss the political and economic outlook for Vietnam, Thailand, and Myanmar, and have dedicated sessions for Indonesia and Malaysia that focus on domestic preoccupations and their implications for foreign policy.
Full program can be found here
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India’s Challenges in the Global Landscape of Start-Up Ecosystem
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By Reji K. Joseph and Thankom Arun
December 2, 2019
" According to the Hurun’s report and some other reports, India ranks third in terms of global start-up ecosystem, after US and China. Although it ranks third, India is way behind US and China not just in number of unicorns but in some other respects as well."
To compete with giant players like China and US, what hassles are India facing. Click here to read the rest of this interesting article.
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This Special Issue of Sustainability invites research papers to discuss and analyze specific problems of sustainability in light of tourism, economic growth, and development. The Special Issue will cover suitable topics that are related to one or more dimensions of sustainability, and economic growth and tourism. The issue welcomes studies from various disciplines and broad scientific methods. Authors of research papers focusing on tourism and sustainability can conduct investigations using approaches like theoretical constructs and models, econometric analysis, comparative studies, environmental mitigation strategies, environmental compensation measures, and case studies. Studies applying approaches such as these are welcomed in the Special Issue.
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DEADLINE FOR MANUSCRIPT DESCRIPTION: 1 September 2020.
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open-access journal is 1700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
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ARTNeT PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
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Mia Mikic, Director of Trade, Investment & Innovation Division of UNESCAP, coordinator of ARTNeT was featured on Women in GovTech Special Report 2019. Click here to read the full interview and know more about the inspiring work of her division.
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Dr. Ronald Kumar was appointed as a co-Guest Editor of a special issue on “Sustainability in Tourism and Economic Growth “ for the journal, Sustainability (MDPI) (IF: 2.592).
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