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Tourism to Create Millions More Jobs across APEC
Sunday, 12 May 2019, 12:27 pm | APEC
Growing at a rate of 3.9 per cent in 2018 – higher than 3.2 per cent growth for global GDP – tourism remains a bright spot for the global economy. More >>
Good Data Makes Good Policy for Women
Saturday, 11 May 2019, 12:37 pm | APEC
Dozens of statisticians and government officials deliberated over two days the steps to improve the collection of data that affect women. Good data makes for good policy, yet data that indicates how policies affect men and women differently is not common. ... More >>
Technology Helps to Fight Corruption – and complicate it
Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 3:36 pm | APEC
Advances in technology are helping the fight against corruption, by prompting governments and the private sector to improve transparency and citizens to demand more accountability. Potential whistle-blowers, for example, have more channels of reporting, including ... More >>
Ampuero: Multilateral Cooperation is Needed More than Ever
Saturday, 9 March 2019, 2:34 pm | APEC
Ampuero: Multilateral Cooperation is Needed More than Ever Issued by the APEC Secretariat Santiago, Chile, 8 March 2019 Regional and global threats need multilateral responses that APEC can lead, urged Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Roberto Ampuero to ... More >>
APEC Senior Officials Celebrate International Women’s Day
Saturday, 9 March 2019, 2:33 pm | APEC
APEC Senior Officials Celebrate International Women’s Day Issued by the APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting Santiago, Chile, 8 March 2019 Trade and sectoral officials from the 21 APEC members wrapped up their first cluster of meetings for 2019 today, during ... More >>
APEC prioritizes Women and Inclusive Growth
Saturday, 9 March 2019, 2:32 pm | APEC
It is about time we increased the focus on the women’s role in the economy. For too long it has been in the periphery. More >>
APEC Business Travel Card to be Further Modernized
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 1:53 pm | APEC
What: Efforts to modernize the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card – which allows card-holders multiple-entry short-term business travel among APEC economies – are underway. The modernization is in in response to the ... More >>
Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
Saturday, 2 March 2019, 6:30 pm | APEC
Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing to Reduce Poverty and Food Insecurity Issued by the Oceans and Fisheries Working Group Santiago, Chile, 1 March 2019 What: Representatives of APEC economies aim to raise global public awareness ... More >>
APEC Agrees Priorities for 2019
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 12:13 pm | APEC
“ We are committed to a new vision for APEC, one where we achieve full integration and where sectors that have lagged behind can benefit from integration, such as small- and medium-sized businesses and women,” said President Sebastian Piñera at the ... More >>
Prime Minister O’Neill Issues Era Kone Statement
Saturday, 24 November 2018, 11:21 am | APEC
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill issued a statement following the 26th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting . More >>
APEC Leaders Face Challenges Together for Stronger Growth
Sunday, 18 November 2018, 2:54 pm | APEC
Leaders of the 21 APEC member economies opened their annual meeting to take sustained collective action to strengthen Asia-Pacific trade for greater growth and prosperity for all. More >>
PM O’Neill to Private Sector: Invest in Digital, Innovate
Saturday, 17 November 2018, 11:00 am | APEC
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill encouraged the Asia-Pacific business community to invest in infrastructure that will increase digital access, a fundamental driver of inclusive growth. More >>
9 Things Prime Minister O’Neill said at APEC
Saturday, 17 November 2018, 10:59 am | APEC
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill delivered remarks in front of local and visiting members of the business community in Port Moresby on Friday, kicking off a two-day summit that brings together the region’s leaders and the private sector ahead of ... More >>
Top Malaysia Civil Servant to Lead APEC Secretariat
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 4:30 pm | APEC
During their meeting on Thursday in Papua New Guinea, APEC Ministers welcomed the successful selection and appointment of Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, former Secretary-General of Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry ... More >>
Finance Ministers Confront Mounting Disaster Risk
Monday, 22 October 2018, 6:30 pm | APEC
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 22 October 2018 – APEC Finance Ministers are strengthening their disaster risk financing and insurance regimes. They are intent on mitigating the torrent of natural catastrophes putting lives and economies in the Asia-Pacific ... More >>
Should We Regulate the Digital Economy?
Saturday, 20 October 2018, 11:42 am | APEC
Online platforms that are changing the business landscape and driving growth often play by a different rulebook. More >>
PM O'Neill to Finance Ministers: Accelerate Breakthroughs
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 1:38 pm | APEC
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 18 October 2018 – Against the backdrop of rising trade and debt risk, finance ministers from APEC member economies convened this week in Port Moresby to determine policy measures for ensuring growth in the changing ... More >>
APEC Finance Ministers Issue Joint Statement
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 11:35 am | APEC
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 17 October 2018 Finance Ministers from the APEC member economies issued a joint statement reflecting the outcomes of the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Port Moresby chaired by Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister ... More >>
Op-Ed: A Decade of Disruption Comes Home to Roost
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 4:20 pm | APEC
By Dr Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat in Singapore and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from 2002-2012. More >>
APEC Races to Contain Disaster Shocks
Monday, 1 October 2018, 2:32 pm | APEC
As Typhoon Trami barrels up the Pacific, officials from APEC member economies are racing to mitigate the explosion of climate-driven catastrophes that are putting tens of millions of lives in the Asia-Pacific at risk and the rattled trading landscape ... More >>
