Conferences
PAFTAD conferences, generally held every 18 months, are each organised around a clearly defined theme. PAFTAD’s International Steering Committee, with the assistance of major research and academic institutions in the host country, sets the theme, defines research plans and commissions research papers. Researchers are given up to two years to carry out their research before presentation for discussion and refinement at the PAFTAD conference.
It is through discussion and debate at conference that PAFTAD research papers are refined and prepared for publication as part of the PAFTAD Conference series. This collection of volumes includes work which has had a very far-reaching impact on policy thinking in the Pacific region, both within governments and in regional organizations such as APEC and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.
The most recent PAFTAD themes, locations, programs and draft papers are available below.
Please note: papers attached are draft versions and are not for citation.
PAFTAD 34
China’s Role in the World Economy
6-9 December 2010
China Centre for Economic Research, Peking University
- Cai, Fang & Wang, Meiyan (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Four topics on wage changes in the Chinese economy
- Dobson, Wendy (University of Toronto), History matters: China and global governance
- Howes, Stephen (ANU), Climate change mitigation: a defining challenge for China
- Huang, Yiping, Wang, Xun, Wang, Bijun & Lin, Nian (Peking University), Financial reform in China: progresses and challenges
- Lardy, Nicholas & Douglass, Patrick (Peterson Institute for International Economics), Capital account liberalization and the role of the RMB
- Sally, Razeen (ECIPE), Chinese trade policy after (almost) ten years in the WTO: a post-crisis stocktake
- Shi, Li (Beijing Normal University), Issues and options for social security reform in China
- Song, Ligang (ANU), China's rapid growth and development: an historical and international context
- Wolf Jr., Charles (RAND Corporation), Reversing the flow: China's recent and future cross-border investments and acquisitions
- Yang, Yao (Peking University), The double transition and China's export-led growth
PAFTAD 33
The Politics and the Economics of Integration in Asia and the Pacific
6-8 October 2009
Grand Formosa Regent, Taipei
- Armstrong, Shiro (ANU) & Drysdale, Peter (ANU), The influence of economics and politics on the structure of world trade and investment flows
- Aswicahyono, Haryo (CSIS), Managing deeper integration in Asia and the Pacific
- Liu, Tristan (Taiwan Institute of Economic Research), The cross-Strait Economic relations after the Global Financial Crisis
- Nesadurai, Helen (Monash University), The varying fortunes of ASEAN economic integration: what does the historical experience reveal
- Paprzycki, Ralph (Hitotsubashi University) & Ito, Keiko (Senshu University), Investment, production and trade networks as drivers of East Asian integration
- Petri, Peter (Brandeis University), Beyond the golden era: Asia Pacific cooperation after 2007
- Sally, Razeen (LSE), Regional economic integration in Asia: the track record and prospects
- Thangavelu, Shandre (NUS) & Chongvilaivan, Aekapol (ISEAS), Free trade agreements, regional integration and growth in ASEAN
- Xu, Xinpeng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) & Sheng, Yu (ANU), Trade potential between mainland China and Taiwan
PAFTAD 32
The Impact of International Arrangements and Organizations on Development in Asia and the Pacific
17-19 December, 2007
Hanoi, Vietnam
Program
PAFTAD 31
Multinational Corporations and the Rise of a Network Economy in the Pacific Rim
10-12 June, 2006
Guadalajara, Mexico
PAFTAD 30
Does trade deliver what it promises?
10-21 February, 2005
The East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
PAFTAD 29
Reshaping the Asia Pacific Economic Order
15-17 December, 2003
Jakarta, Indonesia