动态一：东亚东盟经济研究中心（ERIA）最新动态
1. ERIA Participates in ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2018
The President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura, led the ERIA delegation attending this year’s ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) held in Singapore on 12-13 November 2018.
Prof Nishimura participated in a session entitled ‘New Regional Insights from Structural and Macroeconomic Perspectives by ERIA and OECD’ together with Director of the OECD Development Centre Mr Mario Pezzini. The session was moderated by the Head of OECD Tokyo Centre Ms Yumiko Murakami.
During the session, Prof Nishimura presented the roles that ERIA has played in the last ten years through a video that was made in commemoration of ERIA’s tenth anniversary. Afterwards, he introduced the ASEAN SME Policy Index 2018, which was jointly developed by ERIA, OECD, and the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME), with the support of the Government of Canada. The report was launched on the margin of the 50th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meetings in Singapore.
2. ERIA Attends the 36th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting and Associated Meetings
President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura, and a high-level delegation of ERIA’s energy experts attended the 36th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) and Associated Meetings in Singapore on 29 October 2018.
Prof Nishimura presented ERIA's energy research activities at the 12th East Asia Summit Energy Ministers Meeting (EAS EMM) that was held as part of the 36th AMEM. Starting from 2017, ERIA has been conducting its various studies on energy policy based on the Mid-Term Energy Policy Research Roadmap.
动态二：东亚东盟经济研究中心最新出版物
1. World Trade Evolution ：Growth, Productivity and Employment
The book provides theoretical and empirical evidence on how world trade evolves, how trade affects resource allocation, how trade competition affects productivity, how China shock affects world trade and how trade affects large and small countries. It is a useful reference which focuses on new approaches to international trade by looking into country-specific as well as firm-product level-specific cases.
2. Project 2045 Executive Summary Indonesia - Japan 2045 : A Joint Project of Two Maritime Democracies
The Executive Summary of ‘Our Common Future: A Joint Project of Two Maritime Democracies’ is projecting the bilateral relationship between Japan and Indonesia with three main goals: first, to uphold democracy and become maritime global players; second, to rank amongst the world’s top five economies; and third, to achieve high quality of life beyond SDG 2030. The strategy developed to address the above mentioned development challenges is expected to contribute to meeting the common targets that Indonesia and Japan have set on the occasion of the commemoration of 100 years of Indonesian independence in 2045.
动态三：国际货币基金组织 (IMF) 最新动态
1. The Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda: Rising Risks: A Call for Policy Cooperation
Global growth remains strong. The recovery has created jobs and increased incomes. But growth momentum is moderating. Previously identified risks have partly materialized or have become more pronounced. A rapid reversal in financial market conditions, ten years after the global financial crisis, could again expose debt vulnerabilities at a time when many countries have more limited policy space. The window of opportunity to guard against risks and raise medium-term growth prospects is narrowing. Now is the time for policymakers to act to rebuild policy space, strengthen resilience, and implement structural reforms for the benefit of all. Waning support for multilateralism is fueling policy uncertainty. However, improved global cooperation is precisely what is needed to boost inclusive growth by modernizing the trade system, reducing excess global imbalances, improving debt dynamics, and leveraging technology. We will continue to review our policies and strategies to enhance Fund advice and support multilateralism. This includes surveillance, program conditionality, capacity development, debt limits, and anti-money laundering and the combatting of terrorism financing.
2. Keeping Asia at the Forefront Amid Growing Risks
Asia continues to drive the global economy, with growth forecast at 5.6 percent this year and 5.4 percent in 2019. But there are risks ahead, brought on by tighter financial conditions, rising trade tensions, and slowing momentum in China, according to the IMF’s latest regional report.
动态四：联合国粮食及农业组织(FAO)最新动态
FAO’s latest titles on climate change
Climate change threatens our ability to ensure global food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development.
On the occasion of COP24, have a look at a selection of publications that look into FAO’s work to support countries to both mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change through a wide range of research based and practical programmes and projects, as an integral part of the 2030 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
FAO’s work on climate change
This publication brings together FAO’s most up-to-date knowledge on climate change, including the tools and methodologies (e.g. achieving food security, promoting sustainable agriculture, and taking coordinated climate action) used to support countries’ climate commitments and action plans.
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018: Building climate resilience for food security and nutrition
This report analyses the drivers of hunger and malnutrition, and this year focuses on how climate extremes and variability are threating to erode and reverse gains made in ending hunger and malnutrition
The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2018: Agricultural trade, climate change and food security
This report focuses on the intersection between agricultural trade, climate change and food security, providing an important contribution on how to strengthen the mutually supportive role of trade rules and climate interventions.
The State of the World's Forests 2018: Forest pathways to sustainable development
Launched on 6 July, this year’s edition provides new information on the interlinkages between forests and trees and the Sustainable Development Goals, shedding light on their significance for water quality, climate, biodiversity, future energy needs and designing sustainable cities.
Climate-Smart Agriculture training manual
This manual provides agricultural extension agents with a range of information and strategies to achieve climate-smart outcomes, including sustainable agricultural practices (e.g. zero-tillage, drip irrigation), and how to communicate about climate change.
Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture: Synthesis of current knowledge, adaptation and mitigation options
This report indicates that climate change will significantly affect the availability and trade of fish products, especially for those countries most dependent on the sector, and calls for effective adaptation and mitigation actions encompassing food production.
Tackling climate change through livestock: A global assessment of emissions and mitigation opportunities
Relying on life cycle assessment, statistical analysis and scenario-building, this report provides a comprehensive global assessment of the livestock sector’s greenhouse gas emissions and its climate change mitigation potential.
Soil organic carbon: The hidden potential
This publication highlights how better information and food practices may be implemented to support ending hunger, adapting to and mitigating climate change and achieving overall sustainable development.
Tackling Climate Change through the Empowerment of Rural Women
This booklet introduces the key gender-related challenges, existing data and evidence and international commitments, and highlights extensive related FAO work aimed at achieving sustainable and inclusive agricultural development for food security and nutrition under a changing climate.
动态五：亚洲开发银行(ADB)最新动态
1. New ADB Project to Showcase Elderly Care Options in the PRC
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $150 million loan to help develop a comprehensive elderly care system in Yichang in central-eastern Hubei province to showcase ways that other cities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) can look after their aging citizens.
“The project in Yichang will serve as a model for a comprehensive elderly care system in the country and help promote the provision of suitable care for older people with good facility design and efficient services,” said ADB Senior Social Sector Specialist Ms. Hiroko Uchimura-Shiroishi.
To address these problems, the project will improve home- and community-based care services and facilities, including for those suffering dementia; build a geriatric hospital and nursing home; and help develop a management scheme to ensure proper services and monitoring.
2. ADB PRC Project Demonstrates Green Development in Yangtze River City
A new project in Ziyang Municipality in Sichuan Province in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will demonstrate for the first time how medium-sized cities in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River can tackle ecological and green growth challenges. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $200 million loan for the Sichuan Ziyang Inclusive Green Development Project.
The project is part of ADB’s Yangtze River Economic Belt Framework which will provide $2 billion in targeted, integrated, and high impact investments over 2018–2020 in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The ADB framework supports the Government of the PRC’s Yangtze River Economic Belt development plan that prioritizes ecological protection and green development in the area.
