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1 ISEAS DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICE. No reproduction without permission of the publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, SINGAPORE FAX: (65) ; TEL: (65) ; APEC as an Institution 191 GLOSSARY ABAC ABARE ABTC ADB AFS AFTA AIFN AMF APEC APERC APIAN ASC ASTWeb ATC EG ATTT BMN BOOT BVP CAPs CBN CGE CGP CTASC CTI EBN EC APEC Business Advisory Council Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economies APEC Business Travel Card Asian Development Bank APEC Food System ASEAN Free Trade Area APEC Infrastructure Facilitation Network Asian Monetary Fund Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Asia-Pacific Research Centre APEC International Assessment Network APEC Study Centre APEC Science and Technology Web Agricultural Technical Cooperation Experts Group Agriculture Technology Transfer and Training Business Management Network build-own-operate-transfer Business Volunteer Programme Collective Action Plans Capacity Building Network computable general equilibrium Centre for Global Partnership Chinese Taipei APEC Study Centre Committee on Trade and Investment Energy Business Network European Community

2 192 Glossary Ecotech EDFOR EDNET EGMEED EPG ESC EVSL EWG FAO FDI FEEEP GATS GCP GDP GOS HRD HRDWG HURDIT IAP IEG IEGBM IFAT IGCC ILO IMBN IMF IQAS IST ISTWG IT IWS JAPET KFTC LMI LSP MAPA MFN MRA MRC WG NAFTA NBIP Economic and Technical Cooperation Education Forum Education Network Expert Group on Minerals and Energy Exploration and Development Eminent Persons Group Ecotech Subcommittee Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization (APEC) Energy Working Group Food and Agriculture Organization foreign direct investment food, energy, environment, economic growth and population General Agreement on Trade in Services Good Clinical Practice gross domestic product Group on Services human resource development Human Resource Development Working Group Human Resource Development Industrial Technology Individual Action Plan Investment Expert Group Informal Experts Group on Business Mobility Implementation Facilitation Assistance Team Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation International Labour Organization International Molecular Biology Network International Monetary Fund International Quality Assurance Systems Industrial Science and Technology Industrial Science and Technology Working Group information technology Infrastructure Workshop Japan-APEC Partnership for Education and Training Korean Fair Trade Commission Labour Market Information (Group) Labour and Social Protection (Network) Manila Action Plan for APEC most-favoured-nation mutual recognition agreement Marine Resources Conservation Working Group North American Free Trade Agreement Non-Binding Investment Principles

3 APEC as an Institution 193 NEDM Network on Economic Development Management NGOs non-governmental organizations NPLs non-performing loans NTBs non-tariff barriers OAA Osaka Action Agenda OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PAFTAD Pacific Trade and Development Conference PECC Pacific Economic Cooperation Council RGCs regional growth centres RISE Regional Integration for Sustainable Economies SAT science and technology SCSC Standards and Conformance Subcommittee SIAPs Summary of Individual Action Plans SMEs small and medium enterprises SOM Senior Officials Meeting SSCs Summary of Specific Changes TIER Taiwan Institute of Economic Research TILF Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation TRIMs trade-related investment measures UMAP University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development WTO World Trade Organization

4 APEC as an Institution 195 INDEX A agriculture see also food system agriculture financing Agriculture Technical Cooperation Experts Group (ATCEG) Agriculture Technology Transfer and Training (ATTT) 114 biotechnology Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 3, 8 10 achievements challenges institution actions at international level actions at national level key initiatives questionnaire results recommendations institutional structures 5 evaluation 21 recommendations 5 6, APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) 79 food system 108 Informal Experts Group on Business Mobility (IEGBM) 80 APEC Finance Ministers Meeting seventh 156 sixth , APEC International Assessment Network (APIAN) viii, 3 establishment Issue Reports see Issue Reports mission 3, 6 8 policy report 3 36 APEC Leaders Meetings 3,11 APEC Science and Technology Web (AST Web) 12, APEC Study Centres (ASCs) vii, 7, 40 Asian economic crisis corporate governance energy development financial stability infrastructure 145

5 196 Index B Bogor Declaration 11, 71, 107, 177 energy development business mobility actions by member countries APEC Business Travel Card APEC Business Travel Handbook 81 business migration 80 collective initiatives evaluation temporary business entry 80 C Chinese Taipei APEC Study Centre (CTASC) 7, 40 Collective Action Plans (CAPs) 42 investment competition policy actions by member economies Indonesia Philippines South Korea 73 evaluation limitations strengths corporate governance APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) report APEC Finance Ministers report Asian Bankers Association report 161 Australian symposium Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) paper 161 actions by member economies 163 Asian economic crisis, contribution evaluation 163 key APEC initiatives recommendations E early voluntary sectoral liberalization (EVSL) 15, Economic and Technical Cooperation (Ecotech) 4 5, 17 20, 179 evaluation human resource development , energy development actions by member economies APEC Energy Forum APEC Energy Regulators Forum 139 APEC public/private sector dialogue on infrastructure 140 Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC)

6 APEC as an Institution 197 electricity capacity growth forecasts, Southeast Asia 128 Energy Ministers Meetings Energy Working Group (EWG) 127, 129, business network 139 expert groups policy principles publications 138 evaluation key initiatives questionnaire responses F financial stability importance to APEC questionnaire questionnaire analysis financial institution regulation 169 general questions international financial architecture short-term capital flows 170 transparency issues food system ; see also agriculture individual actions 117 mutual recognition agreement (MRA) recommendations Regional Integration for Sustainable Economies (RISE) project H human resource development (HRD) activities in APEC effectiveness 95 96, HRD Ministerial Meetings 93 HRD Working Group (HRDWG) 93 co-operative actions 96 projects 94 95, key initiatives summary I Individual Action Plans (IAPs) 4 commitments in services electronic IAP 41 industrial science and technology actions by member economies Australia 123 Korea 123 Singapore Thailand 124 APEC Agenda for Science and Technology Industry Cooperation 121 evaluation Industrial Science and Technology Working Group (ISTWG) key initiatives infrastructure

7 198 Index actions by member economies APEC Infrastructure Facilitation Network (AIFN) 149 APEC public/private sector dialogue 140, evaluation 151 key initiatives 146 finance skilled personnel workshop (IWS) 149 investment actions by member economies 64 APEC commitments APEC initiatives APEC Investment Guidebook 60, 61, 63 APEC non-binding investment principles bilateral investment agreements Collective Action Plan (CAP) projects evaluation facilitation Issue Reports 7, APEC competition and regulatory reform 25 26, corporate governance 29 30, economic infrastructure ; see also infrastructure energy 29, finance 30, food and agriculture 27 28, human resource development (HRD) 27, industrial science and technology (IST) 28 29, investment policy 25, mobility of business people 26, 79 89; see also business mobility services 24 25, tariffs 24 trade facilitation M Manila Action Plan for APEC (MAPA) 61 Marine Resources Conservation Working Group (MRCWG) 116 Mexico Declaration 121 O Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) corporate governance task force 155 Osaka Action Agenda (OAA) 9, 71, 79, 107, 129, 177, 179 Osaka Action Programme for Energy 129 P Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) energy forum reports

8 APEC as an Institution 199 IAPs in APEC investment regimes 64 Q questionnaires 7 APEC institution energy development financial stability food system 110 industrial science and technology 122 investment 60 61, R Regional Integration for Sustainable Economies (RISE) project regional growth centres (RGS) S Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) Framework for the Integration of Women in APEC 179 services trade evaluation of progress Group on Services (GOS) IAP commitments research Summary of Individual Action Plans (SIAPs) 44 Summary of Specific Changes (SSCs) 44 T Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation (TILF) 4, evaluation , 16 17

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