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Regional Development and regional blocks 1. Development of Regional blocks, goals and institutions ASEAN The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand ASEAN Declaration Founding Fathers of ASEAN (5 countries) Today – 10 Member States NAFTA The North American market increased, create a free trade, elimination of tariff barriers North American free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)was formed on 1 January 1994 Richest market in the

According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Bangladesh is a source, transit, and destination for human trafficking involving women, men, and children (1). Bangladeshi men and women are lured into work under false pretenses within their own country or into neighboring countries (2). A large proportion of cross- border trafficking in Bangladesh is due to migration in search of employment. Most are subjected to forced labor or forced prostitution (3). Thousands of unreported children

History Asia Pacific Economic Commission (APEC) was established in 1989, the regional economic forum to take advantage of the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific region. APEC idea was first brought by former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke in Seoul, Korea on 31 January 1989 during delivering a speech. After ten months 12 Asia-Pacific economies met in Canberra, Australia to establish APEC. Initially just 12 countries started APEC and the remaining pacific countries joined in 1991. And continues

Southeast Asia includes the countries of Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, and East Timor. These countries are comprised of both developed and developing countries and are among the most densely populated countries in the world with a total population exceeding 620 million people. United States foreign policy as well as significant global attention can attest to the strategic, economic, and political importance of this region (Gursky, Burkle

Term Paper Title Page for Postgraduate Program 上海大学2010～2011学年春季学期研究生课程考试 Spring Term, Academic Year 2010-2011, Shanghai University   课程名称/Course Name： International Trade Theory and Policy   论文题目/Paper Title: Trade Relationship between Thailand and China   研究生姓名/Name: Ms. Thip Koo-akarakul 学号/Student ID: 10760002 研究生班级/Class： 2010 论文评语/Reviewer’s Remark:       成 绩/Score: 任课教师/Reviewer:   评阅日期/Review Date: Abstract

In recent news reports about LNG development in British Columbia, First Nation communities are only depicted in a position of power when associated with the proposed wealth of the project and this is used to sway an undecided public. Furthermore, British Columbia is currently in a moment of transition deciding where they lie on neoliberal development decisions. Neoliberalism is a form of governance distinguished in its conjunction of particular practices and knowledge production that emphasize the

other foreign entertainers. The first local song in this genre was M. Osman’s 1964 hit “Suzanna”, which was soon followed by dozens of others. The Pop Yeh Yeh stars sold thousands of records and dominated the music scene in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei throughout the 1960s. Many sang only in Malay. Music in this era was more Western-sounding than much of the earlier Malay pop music. During this era, western popular music was heard increasingly on the radio, spreading the western pop culture

Deforestation has different levels of which I am going to try to outline in a simple manner. The deforestation begins on a local level, then to a regional, level and then last the global level. As you will read, the forest is home to people and wildlife, etc. The forest also has many purposes for which we need but “we” as a whole is a big picture. We can use it but we also abuse it. Every living creature needs the forest for oxygen, that is what the trees are for, but if we keep cutting

In Asia, the economic growth has been phenomenal and the deepening of economic integration and larger trade volumes have led to both developed and developing nations to experience steady economic growth, especially at 10.1% in 2007 (ADB, 2015). Nevertheless, especially with China’s economic slowdown, the Asian region is facing problems such as decrease in labor force, labor productivity, and overall trade growth (ADB Report, 2015). In order to consolidate economic integration of the region, the ASEAN

corporate representatives have been meeting, frequently in extreme secrecy, to outline their plans for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a substantial expansion and revision of the original 2005 Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement between Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore (Hsieh 368). The new agreement would include at least five other countries (Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Vietnam), with the potential for Japan and South Korea to join as well (Office of