Trade Facilitation and a Northeast Asian Free Trade Arrangement

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangkyom Kim ◽  
Innwon Park
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Northeast Asian

What will be the most efficient way of building a regional trade arrangement (RTA) in a globalizing world, especially for countries in Northeast Asia? We strongly suggest that the RTA should stress trade facilitation rather than following common guidance on tariff reduction. In order to support our argument, we attempted to analyze the net trade creation effect of trade facilitation among the countries in Northeast Asia including China, Korea, and Japan by using a survey analysis and a Gravity analysis. We found that each of the four trade facilitation indices we consider (customs procedures, standards and conformity, business mobility, information and communication technology) shows significantly positive effects on bilateral trade between the three Northeast Asian countries.

Experiences in the Blue Economy Development of Northeast Asia Countries in the Context of Industrial Revolution 4.0 – Implication for Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2167-2175
Author(s):  
Dr. Pham Ngoc Tram Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
National Development ◽  
Coastal Development ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Marine Economy ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Northeast Asian

In the 21st century, in addition to the growing population and the depletion of land-based mineral and energy resources, the development of coastal economic sectors has become a new global concern.  Therefore, all marine countries in the world consider the development and use of marine resources an essential part of their national development strategy. The marine economy gradually stimulates competition among nations. This article is based on the synthesis of documents to learn and analyze experiences of coastal development in some Northeast Asian countries in the context of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. From there, draw reference lessons for Vietnam.

Environmental Regime-Building in Northeast Asia: A Catalyst for Sustainable Regional Cooperation

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-wha Lee
Keyword(s):  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Opportunity ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Environmental Cooperation ◽  
Environmental Regime ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Northeast Asian

There are two opposing views regarding the prospects of establishing a regional environmental regime in Northeast Asia. The first view considers the environment as a dependent variable of progress towards regionalism and suggest that regional environmental cooperation is impeded by political rivalries, historical animosities and economic disparities among Northeast Asian countries. The opposing view treats the environment as an independent variable of sustainable regionalism. The premise of this view is that inter-state environmental cooperation can become a confidence building measure that will pave the way for improved regional relations. Regardless of which view proves in the end to be right, the high environmental interdependence of countries in Northeast Asia makes it imperative to create a framework to promote greater cooperation within the region. Given that the region lacks institutions for region-wide dialogue and cooperation, the formation of an effective regional environmental regime will be a long-term process. However, the process itself is pivotal as it can increase dialogue and exchanges from which a regional environmental regime can evolve, and hopefully, if given the political opportunity, will promote security and peace in the region.

scholarly journals Study of Information Communication Technology and Economic Growth Performance in Southeast Asian Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
Muhamad Ferdy Firmansyah ◽  
Muhammad Ihsaan Rizqulloh ◽  
Haikal Zulian Maulana
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Information and communication technology is a set of tools or technology which in terminology includes all technical tools for processing and also disclosing informationInformation and communication technology, including media technology, has been growing in the era of globalization. The development of this technology has an impact on changes in people's behavior in the use of mass media and in the end also changes the pattern of effective community development in the digital era as it is today. The development of information and communication technology has brought many changes to human life in the world. Humans are able to penetrate time and space by using technology based on information and communication technology. This study uses secondary data obtained from the World Bank Indocator and the International Telecommunication Union. The method used is a quantitative method with panel data regression from 2010-2019 in eight Southeast Asian countries namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The variables used in this study are Economic Growth, ICT Trade Export, ICT Trade Import, Landline Telephone, Mobile Phone, Internet Users, Internet Secure Servers, Fixed Broadband, and Foreign Direct Investment. This study forms three models, namely model 1 for research on Trade Export of ICT, model 2 for research on Trade Import of ICT and model 3 for research on Economic Growth and ICT. The results showed that model 1 found only Fixed Broadband which had a significant influence on ICT exports. In model 2 there are Mobile Phone and Fixed Boradband which have a significant influence on the import of ICT. While in model 3 only Foreign Direct Investment has a significant influence on economic growth.

scholarly journals Can ICT Reduce Poverty and Unemployment and Elevate Development Integrating Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Bangladesh? – Sharing Asian Experiences

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mozammel Haque ◽  
Abd. Rahman Ahlan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Society Today

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can boost the performance of people and improve overall human capital for the alleviation of poverty in a society. Today, ICT is considered as one of the major sources of driving force for the overall economic development integrating with Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The e-Commerce has a great role in achieving business performance in the emerging Asian countries. However, MSMEs are experiencing more challenges that prevent them from further increasing their business. The earlier studies question to which extent MSMEs have benefited from these businesses. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of ICT in developing MSMEs based on the success stories of emerging Asian countries. This study based on subjective/argumentative i.e., idea generation in Information Systems (IS). The findings of the study reveal that the MSMEs utilizing ICT can alleviate poverty and unemployment. It also reveals that MSMEs with ICT and e-Commerce can enhance employment and new job creation that can contribute to the overall economic development. This study is expected to extend for further an empirical investigation broadly on the same issue to validate the research results.

scholarly journals On the Demand for Female Workers in Japan: The Role of ICT and Offshoring

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kozo Kiyota ◽  
Sawako Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Variable Factor ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

This paper examines the determinants of the demand for female workers, focusing on the role of information and communication technology (ICT) and offshoring. Estimating a system of variable factor demands for manufacturing industries between 1980 and 2011, we find that, whereas the ICT capital stock has significantly positive effects on the demand for low-, middle-high-, and high-skilled female workers, it has significantly negative effects on the demand for middle-low-skilled female workers. In contrast, offshoring has insignificant effects on the demand for female workers, which suggests that offshoring is at least neutral on the demand for female workers.

Women in Politics, Protecting the Environment in Northeast Asia

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miranda A. Schreurs
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Northeast Asian

Women are under-represented in politics in Northeast Asian countries. Yet, in the environmental realm, women have assumed prominent political, bureaucratic, and NGO positions. This article examines some of the forms that women's participation in environmental protection has taken in Japan, Korea, and China and attempts to assesses the reasons why women are engaging more actively with environmental issues than they are with many other policy areas.

scholarly journals The Influence of ICT on the Control of Corruption

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Government Information ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Auto Regressive ◽  
Ict Development ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The Government ◽  
Control Of Corruption

Corruption might occur in many places within the government. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be used to create a more open and transparent government enabling the Control of Corruption (CoC). The research presented in this paper aims to analyze the effect of ICT on CoC in open government. Using panel data of ASEAN countries over 33 years from 1984 to 2016, this study examined the data utilizing panel Auto-Regressive Distributed Lags (ARDL). The results of this study reinforce the existing literature on the positive effects of ICT on CoC. However, the assumed relationship is more complicated than often assumed. This study shows the presence of a quadratic (non-linear) inverted u-shaped relationship between the ICT development and CoC, which implies that there is no further opportunity for ICT alone to reduce corruption once a threshold is reached. ICT might even be used to facilitate corruption. Hence, ICT needs to be complemented by institutional and organizational measures and education to fight corruption.

Information and Communication Technology in Education Researches across Asian Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
HELEN B. BOHOLANO ◽  
GRETCHEN M. ARCIPE ◽  
JURI R. JUDILLA ◽  
TIFFANY ANN A. RUELAN
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Ict In Education ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Curriculum Assessment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Emerging Themes

The role of Information and Communication Technology in economic, social, and educational change in the 21st century must be studied within the broader context. This study investigates the emerging themes of researches on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education in Asia for the last five years (2008-2012). Data were gathered from the different international research journals and conferences. Descriptive method was used in the study with the randomly selected 75 researches per year across the 24 Asian countries. Three emerging themes were revealed in the study, namely: curriculum, assessment and pedagogy. Results showed that the prevailing theme for the last five years was pedagogy and that most research outputs were from Asian countries with a developing economic status. It was found out that collaborative researches were done within countries, Asian region and other regions throughout the world. ICT Education research had the theme which confirmed the distinct desires of the country to access quality education. Furthermore, the United Nations (2005) revealed the potential of ICT to expand access to quality education, to boost literacy, and to provide universal education in developing countries.Keywords: ICT in education, curriculum, assessment, pedagogy, descriptive design, Philippines

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technology Development and Foreign Trade in the Region of South-East Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Ines Kersan-Škabić
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Gravity Models ◽  
East Europe ◽  
South East Europe ◽  
Information And Communication

Abstract This paper provides an analysis of the influence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure, usage and skills on the export and import of goods and services in the region of South-East Europe (SEE) by applying gravity models to bilateral trade flows through the panel data analysis. The results show that GDP per capita and Internet usage have a significant positive impact on import, and in addition, the digital infrastructure and digital skills have a positive, but small impact on export. Distance has a negative impact on trade. These countries faced relatively poor development and usage of the ICT sector, which indicates unexplored potential which could be used to improve international trade if exploited by businesses, government and households.

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