LATEST REPORT July 31, 2002 Volume 2, #06 Ethical Goverenance Of Investment Network Bulletin 1. World Summit Attracts 106 Leaders, Not USA 2. New Interpretation of NAFTA Chapter 11 Provisions 3. State employees’ pension fund flexes its muscle around the world 4. WRI report warns environmental risks could reduce shareholder value of […]
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Civil Society and Clean Shared Growth in Asia: Towards a Stakeholder Model of Environmental Governance 2-3 August 1999
1. Introduction The financial and economic crises which swept East Asia in the late 1990s signaled the need — and provided an opening for — a change of course in development strategy for Asian NICS. Central to this change is a new emphasis on the importance of “good governance,” not least to attract future foreign […]
Communities, Markets and City Government: Innovative Roles for Coastal Cities to RedApril 14-16, 1998uce Marine Pollution in the Asia-Pacific 14-16 April 1998
Abstract As large agglomerations of both people and industry, coastal cities are important sources of marine pollution problems as well as of marine pollution solutions. Coastal cities can play a pivotal and creative role in financing water infrastructure and regulating water pollution by industry. Even if national governments are slow to act, cities can make […]
Tumen River Area Development Program and Transboundary Water Pollution 7 January 1998
I. Northeast Asia: a Region of Regions In the late 1990s, the Tumen River Area Development Program (TRADP) has emerged as Northeast Asia’s predominant intergovernmental economic cooperation effort. The program-coordinated by the United Nations Development Program(UNDP) and comprising China, Russia, North Korea, Mongolia, and South Korea-was launched in 1991 to foster cooperation and economic development […]
North Korea’s Political Problem
“North Korea’s Political Problem: The Regime Survival Strategy” By Young Whan Kihl I. Introduction The following essay was originally prepared for the conference on “Korea In The 21st Century: In Search for Peace, Unification and Prosperity,” held at Chongju University, ROK, June 2-3, 1997, and appeared in the summer 1997 issue of “The Economics […]
ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION AT APEC: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS
Founded in 1989, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) has emerged as the leading multilateral framework for trans-Pacific diplomacy. Focused primarily on economic cooperation-especially the liberalization and facilitation of regional trade and investment–APEC has included environmental issues within its purview almost since its inception. Since 1991, it has spawned a host of initiatives, including […]