动态一：东亚东盟经济研究中心
1.In commemorating the 50th anniversary of ASEAN, ERIA with support from the Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs published the ASEAN@50 book series. This commemorative publication comprised of five volumes. Volumes two to five are available to download for free on ERIA's website. Volume one, which presents insights and reflections from former ASEAN leaders and officials, will be published in October.
Volume 2: Voices of ASEAN: What Does ASEAN Mean to ASEAN People?
Edited by Ponciano Intal, Jr. and Lydia Ruddy
This volume presents the results of the region-wide survey conducted to determine the aspirations, expectations, concerns, and hopes of ASEAN peoples for their respective countries. The survey involved 2,322 respondents.
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Volume 3: ASEAN and Member States: Transformation and Integration
Edited by Ponciano Intal, Jr. and Lurong Chen
This volume discusses the remarkable economic transformation of ASEAN during the past 50 years. The country papers discuss the evolving role of the ASEAN economic integration in the domestic policies of ASEAN Member States. (Download PDF here.)
Volume 4: Building ASEAN Community: Political-Security and Socio-cultural Reflections
Edited by Aileen Baviera and Larry Maramis
This volume presents insights and perspectives of academics and officials on significant issues related to the ASEAN Political- Security Community and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. (Download PDF here .)
Volume 5: The ASEAN Economic Community Into 2025 and Beyond
Edited by Rebecca Sta. Maria, Shujiro Urata, and Ponciano Intal, Jr.
The papers in this volume elaborate on several critical policy measures for moving the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) into 2025 and beyond. Written by academics and officials, the papers sharpen the logic and deepen the insights for said policy measures, which are identified and presented in the AEC 2025 Blueprint and other ASEAN blueprints. (Download PDF here .)
动态二：国际货币基金组织最新出版物
1. Unleashing Growth and Strengthening Resilience in the Caribbean
"This important publication is a must-read for anyone who cares about the creation of policies that encourage greater economic prosperity for all segments of Caribbean society, and anyone interested in the development of deeper understanding between these island nations and the global economic institutions that exist to help them achieve stability."
Peter Blair Henry, Dean, New York University Stern School of Business
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2. The Official IMF Research Journal
IMF Economic Review , published with Palgrave Macmillan , is the official research journal of the International Monetary Fund . The journal provides a rigorous analytical forum for discussing some of the most important policy questions of our time.
The next issue of the IMF Economic Review (Vol. 65, No. 3) is a special issue on "Exchange Rates and External Adjustment" that features key papers presented at a conference organized with the Swiss National Bank. Articles look at issues such as the impact of portfolio choice on external rebalancing; the role of financial fragmentation and fiscal policy on the adjustment process; and why trade flows seem so unresponsive to exchange rates.
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3. IMF annual report 2017 promoting inclusive growth now available
An in-depth look at IMF policy advice, financial support, and capacity development to strengthen economies
Spotlights on key activities, including trade, productivity, inclusive growth, and women in the work force.
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动态三：FAO 联合国粮食及农业组织最新动态
1. Shedding light on migration
Recent FAO titles illustrate the role of resilient agricultural livelihoods in addressing the drivers of migration, including rural poverty, food insecurity, inequality, unemployment and climate change. Migration is a growing and complex global phenomenon, with millions of people moving each year. In 2017, the number of international migrants worldwide has reached 258 million, up from 248 million in 2015.
The booklet Migration, agriculture and rural development gives FAO’s perspective on migration and sheds light on the role that agriculture, rural development and the sustainable management of natural resources play in curbing migration pressure in rural areas. It also discusses possible areas of further engagement to maximize the potential benefits of migration on agriculture.
Focusing on a region particularly exposed to migration, the atlas Rural Africa in motion: dynamics and drivers of migration south of the Sahara includes maps and infographics showing rural migrants’ profiles, migration drivers and patterns, remittance flows and much more.
The selection of titles below covers issues such as conflict- and climate-driven migration and rural youth migration due to the lack of employment opportunities. It addresses the challenges of migration for agricultural development and highlights FAO’s efforts in integrating migration issues into policy-making.
· Migration and protracted crises
· Guidance note: Forced migration and protracted crisis
· Guidance note: Distress migration and youth in protracted crises
· Policy guidance note on rural migration
· Agriculture and migration in the context of climate change
· Addressing rural youth migration at its root causes: a conceptual framework
· World Food Day 2017 Brochure
· World Food Day 2017 Activity Book - Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development
· Evidence on internal and international migration patterns in selected African countries
· Reducing distress migration through decent rural employment
2. A deep dive into the trends and challenges affecting agricultural development
FAO recently launched the Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study series, which provides policy-oriented assessments and analyses on food security and nutrition, resilience, climate-smart agriculture, agribusiness and rural transformation.
The series explores the implications of the global trends and challenges that affect the sustainability of agricultural and food systems development, laying the groundwork for major FAO reports. For example, the second title in the series, Sowing the seeds of peace for food security, provided invaluable background material for the thematic section on conflict, food security and nutrition for the report on The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017.
These studies are produced by FAO’s Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA), often in partnership. The first in the series, Leveraging institutional food procurement for linking small farmers to markets, was produced in collaboration with FAO’s Nutrition and Food Systems Division and the World Food Programme (WFP).
Titles foreseen for early 2018 include new studies on agriculture and structural transformation in different development contexts, as well as background studies on the nexus between climate change, food security and nutrition for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018.
3. Recent FAO publications on trade for the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires
In a context of increasing global agricultural trade, FAO’s data and analyses provide timely insights into key policy questions. Based on country case studies, the Commodities and Development Report 2017, co-published with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), discusses how commodity dependence affects economic growth, macroeconomic stability and Human Development Index values in developing countries. The selection below covers topical issues that include agricultural commodity, food and feed markets around the world; FAO and WTO efforts to set international food standards; and the need for better alignment of trade, agriculture and food security policies.
· Commodities and Development Report 2017: Commodity Markets, Economic Growth and Development
· FAO Trade Policy Briefs No. 22 - 30 (series)
· FAO E-Learning Course: Trade, food security and nutrition
· Policy Guidance Note: Trade
· Trade and Food Standards
· Food Outlook Biannual Report on Global Food Markets November 2017
· The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2015–16 - Trade and food security: achieving a better balance between national priorities and the collective good
动态四： ADB亚洲开发银行最新动态
1. ADB Approves Third Loan to Establish Facility for Improved Air Quality in Greater Beijing Area
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a €428 million ($499 million) loan to set up a regional emission-reduction and pollution-control facility as part of a multiyear and multisector support program to improve air quality in the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region, which suffers from heavy air pollution in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
“We remain committed to helping the PRC government improve air quality and reduce pollution in the greater BTH region, where a third of the country’s economic growth comes from,” said Lin Lu, Senior Energy Specialist at ADB’s East Asia Department. “Air pollution poses an enormous health risk to people living in the region and hurts economic development. The proposed facility will help the region adopt sophisticated green technologies to improve air quality.”
Cities in the greater BTH region have consistently been reported to have the highest concentration of particulate matter and other air pollutants, following decades of emissions from pollution-intensive industries in the area, as well as the region’s heavy reliance on coal for energy generation.
While the PRC government has been actively addressing this challenge since the launch of the Comprehensive Action Plan for Air Pollution in 2013, which introduced the PRC’s most stringent measures to reduce air pollution, more than 95% of the cities in the BTH region still suffer from air pollution above the World Health Organization and national ambient air quality standards.
The third ADB loan will build on previous efforts to improve air quality in the region. ADB’s first policy-based loan worth $300 million, approved in 2015, focused on strengthening policy reforms and regulatory capacity in Hebei province. The second ADB loan worth €458 million ($499.6 million), approved in 2016, aimed at improving small and medium-sized enterprises’ access to finance and helped them scale up investments in pollution-reduction projects in the region.
The Regional Emission-Reduction and Pollution-Control Facility will showcase how advanced technologies, including hydrogen-based low-emission transport, geothermal-based district heating, biogas and organic fertilizer production facilities, and smart micro-grids, can be adopted on a large scale by major emitting industries and enterprises. The facility will draw on three types of complementary investment funds: a regional fund, provincial or municipal funds, and technology- or industry-specific funds targeting high-polluting sources. This structure will help attract large cofinancing from domestic institutional investors and commercial banks, local government investors, and technology providers.
The facility will be managed and administered by the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, the PRC’s largest state-owned enterprise focused on energy conservation and environmental protection. The company will identify subprojects, match them with appropriate business models for deploying advanced technologies at scale, and provide financing, including debt and equity investments, to eligible subprojects. The facility will also set up an industry-specific fund to support energy-saving and emission-reduction subprojects in the iron and steel industry.
ADB’s assistance is expected to attract nearly €1.3 billion ($1.53 billion)—almost three times the original loan amount—in cofinancing from public and private sectors. By 2023, the project will train at least 200 people in the use of advanced technologies, the selection of business models appropriate for the subprojects, and the investment decision-making in selected industries.
ADB, based in Manila, is dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Established in 1966, ADB is celebrating 50 years of development partnership in the region. It is owned by 67 members—48 from the region. In 2016, ADB assistance totaled $31.7 billion, including $14 billion in cofinancing.
2. PRC Finance Minister Xiao and ADB President Nakao Meet at ADB
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) Finance Minister and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Governor Xiao Jie met ADB President Takehiko Nakao at ADB headquarters on 14 November and exchanged views on enhanced cooperation between ADB and the PRC, the PRC’s macroeconomic policies, and ADB’s role in sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
Minister Xiao and Mr. Nakao agreed to promote regional cooperation through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, and the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation (GMS) Program. They also agreed to launch a joint study by the Ministry of Finance and ADB on experiences of using ADB loans and technical assistance for economic and social development in the PRC.
The PRC became an ADB member in 1986. Between 1986 and 2017, ADB provided close to $38 billion in loan assistance to the PRC, comprising $34 billion for the public sector and $4 billion for the private sector. ADB has also been supporting the country through knowledge work, with $334 million in technical assistance grants approved since 1986.
ADB, based in Manila, is dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific through inclusive economic growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Established in 1966, ADB is celebrating 50 years of development partnership in the region. It is owned by 67 members—48 from the region. In 2016, ADB assistance totaled $31.7 billion, including $14 billion in cofinancing.
