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Vol.5, March 2005 |
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APEC Outcomes and Outlook 2004/2005 provides a comprehensive summary of the outcomes of APEC Chile 2004, at both the policy level, set by Leaders and Ministers and at the working level, implemented through APEC?s committees, sub-committees, working groups and special task groups.
The publication also provides a thorough overview of the themes, priorities and expected outcomes of APEC Korea 2005, as well as a calendar of key events for this year and up-to-date economic indicators for all 21 APEC Member Economies.
APEC#204-SE-05.1, ISSN 0219-3752, 106pp
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Key APEC Documents 2004 is the eleventh in a series produced by the APEC Secretariat to provide a reference set of the key policy decisions and initiatives endorsed by APEC Leaders and Ministers each year. Collectively, these documents frame the policy directions for APEC's annual work programs.
This issue presents a compilation of the statements from each of the APEC Ministerial Meetings held during 2004 together with the APEC Economic Leaders? Declaration from their recent meeting in Santiago, Chile. The Executive Summary of the annual APEC Business Advisory Council Report to APEC Economic Leaders is also included for easy reference.
A CD-ROM is included with the hardcopy of the report and provides the complete text of all documents contained in this publication together with supplementary policy papers and selected key APEC 2004 Reports.
APEC#204-SE-05.2, ISSN 0219-1105, 112pp
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In 2001, APEC leaders meeting in Shanghai announced a goal to reduce transaction costs across the region by 5% over five years. Responding to this challenge, officials the following year developed a Trade Facilitation Action Plan (TFAP), operating under the auspices of the Committee for Trade and Investment. Member Economies agreed on a set of trade facilitation measures covering customs procedures, standards and conformance, business mobility, and electronic commerce, and have reported annually on their progress in these areas. Under the TFAP, a mid-term review was slated to take place in 2004. The APEC Secretariat contracted the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada to undertake this assessment, which took place in August and September 2004.
This report provides an assessment of progress in the implementation of APEC's TFAP by Member Economies. The report is based on the "2004 Individual Action Plan/Highlights on Trade Facilitation Work cum Mid-Term Review," which have been dubbed "Trade Facilitation Individual Action Plans" (TFIAP). TFIAPs were submitted by 18 Member Economies. For the three economies that did not submit 2004 TFIAPs in time for the assessment, the report draws on trade facilitation submissions for 2003 and, where applicable, on their 2003 APEC Individual Action Plans. Information has also been drawn from the reports of relevant APEC sub-fora, in particular the sub-committees on customs procedures, standards and conformance, business mobility, and e-commerce.
Based on the best available information, the economies are assessed on cumulative improvements since the 2001 Shanghai Accord in the four trade facilitation areas: Customs Procedures, Standards and Conformance, Mobility of Business People, and Electronic Commerce. Information from the TFIAPs and from other APEC documents has been taken at face value, accepting the accuracy of information provided.
In addition to a quantitative assessment based on metrics used in the TFIAP, the report also provides a qualitative assessment of improvements in the four major areas of trade facilitation. The report also identifies commonalities and differences in the TFIAPs and highlights the respective roles of the private and public sectors. The report includes a discussion on measurement issues and capacity building needs, and concludes with a list of recommendations.
APEC#204-CT-01.12, ISBN 0-9695327-8-4, 32pp
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This report to APEC Ministers by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) was commissioned by APEC Senior Officials in 2004 to provide an assessment in implementing the e-APEC Strategy.
ICT is the driving force of the e-APEC Strategy but it involves much more. The Strategy brings together a comprehensive set of policy actions required to make economies more productive and efficient and more able to provide services to the community. It involves all aspects of government, the business sector and education and training institutions.
The Strategy embodies many APEC goals and initiatives and gives them greater operational context. It provides the means to achieve an open and seamless trading environment, to establish good governance and transparency, to open more opportunities for small business and to give more choice to consumers and the labor force.
The Strategy can also profoundly change the development and capacity building process by providing new avenues for delivering information, education, health and other government services to more people at lower cost.
The e-APEC Strategy is therefore wide ranging and comprehensive. Many APEC economies are still at the early stages of implementation and, as a consequence, PECC has given more focus in this first assessment to the delivery and performance of e-infrastructure. The Brunei Goals on Internet access are a cornerstone of the Strategy and PECC has examined progress toward the 2005 interim target set by APEC Leaders. The assessment reviews briefly progress on issues affecting trade facilitation, the use of e-commerce and e-government.
The report is supported by three detailed background papers on CD-ROM.
APEC#204-SO-01.1, ISBN 981-05-2247-9, 24pp
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