Arbeitspapier
The Challenge of Structural Change in APEC Economies
Improving New Zealand's economic performance is one of the key outcomes driving the work of the New Zealand Treasury and international connections are an important means of achieving that. The promotion of sustainable economic growth and improved living standards in the Asia-Pacific region through enhanced trade and economic integration lies at the heart of APEC's mission. While APEC's focus has traditionally been on trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation, it is increasingly turning its attention also to the role played by "behind-the-border" policies in enabling or impeding regional economic integration (also commonly referred to as "structural policies" or "structural barriers"). This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on economic growth and income convergence processes in the Asia-Pacific region. The review suggests that structural policies are impeding growth and convergence, and that structural policy reforms could bring about large economic gains to the region. The paper also looks at the role that APEC can play in promoting and managing the challenges of structural change in the region. It concludes that structural change is an important challenge facing the Asia- Pacific region, and APEC provides New Zealand and other member economies with an important forum to promote improvements in economies' domestic structural policies.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: New Zealand Treasury Working Paper ; No. 07/06
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economic Integration
International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- Thema
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Structural reform
APEC
income convergence
economic growth
regional integration
Economic Committee
Wirtschaftswachstum
Wirtschaftliche Anpassung
Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration
Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz
APEC-Staaten
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Buckle, Robert A
Cruickshank, Amy A
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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New Zealand Government, The Treasury
- (wo)
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Wellington
- (wann)
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2007
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Buckle, Robert A
- Cruickshank, Amy A
- New Zealand Government, The Treasury
Entstanden
- 2007