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Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Edited by:
Ron Duncan

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature (APEL) is an essential resource for anyone interested in economic development in the Asian-Pacific region.

With original articles on topical policy issues, literature surveys, and abstracts of articles from over 300 journals, APEL makes it easy for you to keep ahead of the proliferating research on this dynamic and increasingly important region.

Read by politicians, journalists, businesspeople, policy-makers, industrialists and academics, APEL avoids technical jargon, and is the only journal devoted to one-stop, in-depth reporting of research on the development of Asian-Pacific economies.

TopNews and Announcements

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature now accepting online submissions
The editors are pleased to announce that Asian-Pacific Economic Literature is now accepting online submissions. To submit a paper, simply go to ScholarOne Manuscripts and follow the instructions. You can also view the instructions for authors online.

Read Ross Garnaut's climate change article free online
Will Climate Change Bring an End to the Platinum Age?

SSCI acceptance for Asian-Pacific Economic Literature
Wiley-Blackwell is pleased to announce the acceptance of Asian-Pacific Economic Literature into the Social Sciences Citation Index and congratulates the Editors and Editorial Board for their efforts in achieving this status.

Free access to institutions in the developing world
Access to Asian-Pacific Economic Literature is available free online within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

TopHighlights

Read the top 5 Asian-Pacific Economic Literature articles accessed online:

• The Global Financial Stability Architecture Fails Again: sub-prime crisis lessons for policymakers (May 2009)
  Sitikantha Pattanaik
• The Role of Education in Economic Growth in East Asia: a survey (May 2009)
  Risti Permani
• The Total Factor Productivity Debate: Determinants of Economic Growth in East Asia (May 1997)
  Edward K.Y. Chen
• Climate Change Economics and Policy in the Asia Pacific (November 2008)
  Frank Jotzo
• Measuring the Immeasurable: the costs and benefits of climate change mitigation (November 2008)
  Ross Garnaut

Last updated 29 January 2010.

Regular features in the Journal include:

• Policy Issues
• Literature Surveys
• Book Reviews
• Abstracts of journal articles and books published on Asian-Pacific economic issues

TopEndorsements

We at ISIS Malaysia do find APEL to be an excellent source of contemporary economic and social issues relating to countries in the Asia Pacific region. The policy issues and literature surveys, are definitely informative and stimulating and, together with the book reviews and abstracts of journal articles, fulfil an important need of serious researchers in the Asia Pacific region.
Ong Hong Cheong, Senior Analyst, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia.

'APEL is an excellent journal for Asia section's purposes, clarifying issues and allowing us to identify essential reading. Very useful in determining what to add to the collection on Asian economies.'
Peter Callan, Director, Asia Section, The Treasury, Canberra.

'APEL is highly valuable for anyone who is interested in the Asia-Pacific region and, especially, for economists doing research on the regional economic issues. I, for one, find the literature surveys, annotated list of books, abstracts of journal articles in the Journal very useful in keeping up with other economists' researches on the region. The information is well and kindly organized for the user.'
Yoo Jung-ho, Senior Fellow, Korea Development Institute.

'Exceedingly helpful and reader-friendly. APEL is also the journal I recommend most often to my students, especially those working on theses and academic exercises. APEL is an invaluable addition to the academic literature. It keeps me abreast of new studies.'
Pang Eng Fong, Singapore's Ambassador to Brussels.

'It is wonderful to see the continued improvements and the high quality of the journal. I would like to congratulate you and wish that the journal continues to reach an ever wider audience.'
Hadi Soesastro, Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia.

'I find the APEL journal very useful for all Asia-Pacific students of economic development.'
Mohammad Sadli, Emeritus professor of economics, University of Indonesia.