“…In this regard, it was upheld during the First Asian Regional Conference organised by the NEA in October 2002 that the implementation of the new system must allow for regional, societal and cultural differences. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Subnational capacity building: An international perspective of the Asia Pacific region -- Introduction -- Current socio-economic and territorial organisation trends in Asia Pacific -- Fast urbanisation and diverse levels of development -- Economic development and impact of COVID-19 crisis -- Trends in decentralisation and territorial organisation -- Levels of government -- Number and size of municipalities -- Subnational government finance in Asia Pacific -- Subnational spending and revenue -- Subnational spending responsibilities -- Public investment at national and subnational levels -- Real degree of autonomy more limited than what fiscal indicators indicate -- Typical challenges in subnational capacities -- Broader enabling environment: Institutional quality -- Size and scale -- Challenges linked to fiscal decentralisation -- Challenges linked to administrative decentralisation -- Challenges linked to political decentralisation -- Enabling conditions to foster subnational capacity building -- Clarify the responsibilities assigned to different government levels, and ensure that all responsibilities are sufficiently funded -- Strengthen subnational fiscal autonomy to enhance accountability -- Support subnational capacity building -- Build adequate co-ordination mechanisms across levels of government -- Reaching the right scale by merging and/or cooperating…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…EU Intermodal freight transport""; ""Qualitative performance indicators""; ""Specific problems concerning intermodal transport""; ""Europe""; ""North America""; ""Japan and the Asia-Pacific region""; ""Chapter 3. Policies, Organisational Structures and Instruments: An Overview""; ""Introduction""; ""Intermodal policy statements""; ""Table 7. …”

“…It chronicles intense activity in the world trading system: the historic signing of the Final Act of the Uruguay Round; preparations for the entry into force of the new World Trade Organisation; and a deepening trend towards regional economic integration, marked by developments in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas…”

“…This international workshop brought together nearly 100 government experts, regulators, permit writers, industry permit holders and other private sector representatives from OECD Member and Observer countries in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. Considering the wide range of policies, practices and viewpoints discussed, the workshop represented a significant step toward a mutual international understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of current environmental permitting systems. …”

“…The Special Issue is associated with a broad coverage of the contemporary issues in Business and Economics in Vietnam and other emerging markets reflecting a key theme of VBER2019: Vietnam’s Place in the Asia Pacific Region. A total of 14 papers were published from more than the 120 submissions to the VBER2019 Conference. …”

“…Celebrating the theme 'Shared heritage', IKUWA6 (the 6th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology), was the first such major conference to be held in the Asia-Pacific region, and the first IKUWA meeting hosted outside Europe since the organisation's inception in Germany in the 1990s. …”

“…Celebrating the theme 'Shared heritage', IKUWA6 (the 6th International Congress for Underwater Archaeology), was the first such major conference to be held in the Asia-Pacific region, and the first IKUWA meeting hosted outside Europe since the organisation's inception in Germany in the 1990s. …”