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Structural Reform and Residents' Income Growth in APEC Economies: Empirical Assessment and Case Studies
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific.
APEC ensures that goods, services, investment and people move easily across borders. Members facilitate this trade through faster customs procedures at borders; more favorable business climates behind the border; and aligning regulations and standards across the region.
APEC ensures that goods, services, investment and people move easily across borders. Members facilitate this trade through faster customs procedures at borders; more favorable business climates behind the border; and aligning regulations and standards across the region.
APEC has helped drive economic growth and cooperation across the Asia-Pacific by reducing trade barriers, improving the ease of doing business and strengthening connectivity among economies. These efforts have contributed to rising incomes, expanded trade and greater opportunities for businesses and communities across the region.
APEC has helped drive economic growth and cooperation across the Asia-Pacific by reducing trade barriers, improving the ease of doing business and strengthening connectivity among economies. These efforts have contributed to rising incomes, expanded trade and greater opportunities for businesses and communities across the region.
APEC brings together governments, businesses and stakeholders to collaborate on shared priorities. Explore opportunities to participate in events, contribute to initiatives and engage with APEC’s work across the region.
APEC brings together governments, businesses and stakeholders to collaborate on shared priorities. Explore opportunities to participate in events, contribute to initiatives and engage with APEC’s work across the region.

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The Asia-Pacific region faces the challenge of addressing pollution caused by plastic waste, due to a proliferation of single-use plastic items, over-packaging, littering, and the lack of appropriate labeling and adequate solid waste management infrastructure. Compostable bioplastics are seen as an innovative solution to help reduce plastic pollution in the environment while offering new opportunities for economies to use agricultural feedstocks, including low value byproducts in the production of bioplastics. Additionally, the growing market for compostable bioplastics products presents APEC economies with an opportunity to harness the potential of a growing circular economy to address the increasingly harmful societal impacts associated with plastic pollution. This study examines the current commercial landscape for compostable bioplastics, as well as related policy and market conditions, to provide a compendium of best practices to guide economies’ efforts in the trade and investment of compostable bioplastics products while reducing plastic pollution throughout the APEC region.
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Structural Reform and Residents' Income Growth in APEC Economies: Empirical Assessment and Case Studies
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