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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2006
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| Author(s):
Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division (MPDD)
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| Economic Sector(s):
(1) Global, regional and multisectoral economic and social development strategies and policies |
| ESCAP Reference
No.: ST/ESCAP/2396 |
| Division/Office:
Macroeconomic Policy and Development |
| Published Date:
March 2006 |
| Country:
{Non-country Specific Publication} |
| Hard Copy Price:
N/A
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| The principal policy issues and challenges facing the region over the next
12 months are concerned with the course of oil prices, the threat of global
external payment imbalances unwinding precipitously, the impact of higher interest
rates and the potential for the avian influenza to develop into a human pandemic.
Longer-term issues relate to the ongoing challenge of poverty reduction, utilizing
the benefits of home remittances to simultaneously improve social indicators and
macroeconomic fundamentals, and re-energizing the trade liberalization agenda
following the Sixth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, held in Hong
Kong, China, in December 2005. |
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