We developed a conceptual framework exploring pathways between trade and investment
and noncommunicable disease (NCD) outcomes. Despite increased knowledge of the …

Fewer than 12 percent of US workers belong to unions, and union membership rates are
falling in much of the world. With tremendous growth in inequality within and between …

Small-and medium-sized states acquire significant influence when regional and global
orders are in flux, as in times of power transition. We have observed such dynamics …

Series Editor: Mark Beeson, Professor in the Department in Political Science and
International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK Critical Studies of the Asia Pacific …

For a long time, the Japanese government showed awkward and indecisive attitudes
towards trade policy. There was strong opposition from the two political actors—bureaucrats …

Regional trade institutions increase the local market size and attract higher foreign direct
investment (FDI) inflows. The new economic geography provides the theoretical model for …

This paper examines institutional and firm-level technological capabilities to assess the
capacity of Cambodia, Laos and Burma to sustain garment exports over the long term …

This article introduces the leading arguments on the promotion of garment manufacturing in
late industrialising or latecomer countries, spaces opened and closed from global trading …

Abstract The European Union imports over 22.4% of total Kenyan exports and is market to
over 51.3% of Kenya's untapped export potential. However, there is a dearth of knowledge …

This paper provides a diversification explanation in order understand the development of
PTAs in Southeast Asia. I argue that an important reason why ASEAN states participate in …