Zero growth: A grand challenge for the Asia-Pacific region

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 632-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Groen
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Grand Challenge ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Global Consensus ◽  
Late 18Th Century ◽  
Zero Growth

This article presents a systematic and scientific literature review of the topic ‘zero growth’. Since its origins in the late 18th century, growth economics has expanded significantly in recent decades, leading to the development of ecological economics, political economics and growth and degrowth economics. It is apparent that humankind is now running out of time to develop a global consensus as to what approaches should be taken to transition from growth to zero growth and degrowth. Zero growth is the grand challenge of this century, particularly for the Asia-Pacific region where economic growth has been an imperative for emerging economies. Using Japan as an illustrative example, this article explores the scenario of a no-growth economy that is now confronted with potentially a zero-growth or even a degrowth future. The grand challenge for not just Japan but the entire Asia-Pacific region is how to survive a zero-growth future. Furthermore, this article also identifies emerging themes for future research to progress the zero-growth and degrowth discussions. JEL Classification: F64, N5, Q32, Q5

The power of crowds: Grand challenges in the Asia-Pacific region

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Weiyi Cai ◽  
Jennifer Gippel ◽  
Yushu Zhu ◽  
Abhay Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Innovative Solutions

Technology is enabling organizations across the globe – large and small, for-profit and not-for-profit, governments and scientific groups – to harness the resources, knowledge, talent and creativity of crowds, in their effort to find innovative solutions to vexing problems. As contributors to solving grand challenges, crowds are providing data and funds, generating novel ideas and evaluating and developing concrete solutions. This article proposes a conceptual model for understanding the utility of crowdsourcing in the context of grand challenges. The article further identifies some boundary conditions where crowdsourcing may not be useful and discusses significant barriers to applying crowdsourcing in the Asia-Pacific region. We conclude by recognizing some empirical considerations and avenues for future research. JEL Classification: O31, O35

Intergroup Communication: Asia/Australasia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Liu
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Intergroup Communication ◽  
The Past ◽  
Asian Immigration ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
History Of

Located in the Asia Pacific region, Asia and Australasia have established a long and close relationship over the past centuries. Asian immigrants play a key role in the development and maintenance of this relationship between the two continents. As Australia not only occupies 86% of the Australasia region but also has a long history of receiving Asian immigrants, dating back to the 18th century, research on intergroup communication between Asian immigrants and host nationals tends to be concentrated in Australia. Under the early White Australia Policy, restrictions on Asian immigrants were imposed to protect the White Australia. This reflected the values and attitudes at the time when many Australians considered Asia as a threat and defined themselves as separate from it. Since the removal of this policy in 1973, particularly in the past four decades, there has been a substantial boom of Asian immigration to Australia. They transformed Australia’s economy, society, culture, and more importantly, Australians’ attitudes toward Asia and Asians. Asian immigrants are therefore central to the study of intergroup communication in Australasia.

scholarly journals Organisation of primary health care in the Asia-Pacific region: developing a prioritised research agenda

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (Suppl 8) ◽  
pp. e001467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Palagyi ◽  
Rebecca Dodd ◽  
Stephen Jan ◽  
Devaki Nambiar ◽  
Rohina Joshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Primary Health

Health system planners in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) of the Asia-Pacific region seeking to reorient primary health care (PHC) systems to achieve universal health coverage may be hindered by lack of knowledge of what works in their setting. With limited resources for research available, it is important to identify evidence-based strategies for reorganising PHC delivery, determine where relevant evidence gaps exist and prioritise these for future study. This paper describes an approach for doing this using the best available evidence combined with consultation to establish evidence priorities. We first reviewed PHC organisational interventions in Asia-Pacific LMICs and ascertained evidence gaps. The largest gaps related to interventions to promote access to essential medicines, patient management tools, effective health promotion strategies and service planning and accountability. Evidence from Pacific Island countries was particularly scant. We then engaged an expert panel of 22 PHC stakeholders from seven Asia-Pacific LMICs in a Delphi exercise to identify priority questions for future research. Research priorities were: (1) identifying effective PHC service delivery models for chronic diseases; (2) devising sustainable models of disease integration; (3) optimising task shifting; (4) understanding barriers to care continuity; (5) projecting future PHC needs; and (6) designing appropriate PHC service packages. Notably, stakeholder-determined priorities reflected large, context-dependent system issues, while evidence gaps centred on discrete interventions. Future research on the organisation of PHC services in Asia-Pacific LMICs should incorporate codesign principles to engage researchers and national PHC system stakeholders, and innovative methods that build on existing evidence and account for system complexity.

scholarly journals The History of Enterovirus A71 Outbreaks and Molecular Epidemiology in the Asia-Pacific Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiratchaya Puenpa ◽  
Nasamon Wanlapakorn ◽  
Sompong Vongpunsawad ◽  
Yong Poovorawan
Keyword(s):  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Enterovirus A71

Abstract Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) is one of the common causative pathogens for hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) affecting young children. HFMD outbreak can result in a substantial pediatric hospitalization and burden the healthcare services, especially in less-developed countries. Since the initial epidemic of predominantly EV-A71 in California in 1969, the high prevalence of HFMD in the Asia-pacific region and elsewhere around the world represents a significant morbidity in this age group. With the advent of rapid and accurate diagnostic tools, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of laboratory-confirmed EV-A71 infection over the past two decades. The population, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity among countries in the Asia-Pacific region all influence the transmission and morbidity associated with HFMD. This review summarizes the current state of epidemiology of EV-A71 in Asia-Pacific countries based on the most recent epidemiological data and available information on the prevalence and disease burden. This knowledge is important in guiding the prevention, control and future research on vaccine development of this highly contagious disease of significant socioeconomic implications in public health.

The Energy Politics of the Asia-Pacific Region

2019 ◽  
pp. 589-615
Author(s):  
Mirza Sadaqat Huda ◽  
Saleem H. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
International System ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Future Research Agenda ◽  
Energy Politics

This chapter provides a critical overview of extant literature on energy politics in the Asia-Pacific region and proposes a future research agenda for the field. It argues that traditional, security-centric analyses of energy issues in Asia have been complemented in recent years by a small but growing body of literature that addresses environmental and social aspects of energy. While these nascent fields require further development, scholars have yet to comprehensively address crucial contemporary developments in international energy relations, among them the peace-building potential of transnational energy projects, the cybersecurity of energy infrastructure, and competition around deep-sea resources. Addressing these and other research gaps, the chapter formulates eleven broad focuses of the proposed future research agenda, including, among other topics, non-Western IR theories, Arctic resources, energy subsidies, and transnational infrastructure. These research areas will be placed in a rapidly evolving international system underpinned by a simultaneous increase in the securitization of energy and progress in regional cooperation, integration and trade.

Review of Counseling in the Asia-Pacific Region.

1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-384
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson
Keyword(s):  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region
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