The State of the Region report is an annual statement of PECC’s views on the major developments affecting Asia Pacific regional cooperation. The report contains a broad overview of economic state of relations and other issues as they relate to economic state of the region. The project's objective is to provide an easily accessible update on the progress being made in community building in the Asia Pacific.

The report draws on the following core components:

• The economic outlook for the region from PECC's panel of expert forecasters
• An annual survey of opinion-leaders from across the Asia-Pacific
• An index of economic integration in the Asia-Pacifc
• Essays and analysis and views from the region's thought-leaders

• Survey on The Global Economic Crisis New (updated 13-05-09)

• State of the Region Survey 2008

• Economic Outlook 2009

• Index of Economic Integration
  • A full description of the composite index is found in Chen, Bo and Woo, Yuen Pau (2008), A Composite Index of Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific Region, available at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada website

• First Quarter Economic Outlook Update

• State of the Region Report 2007

• State of the Region Report 2006

Coordinator

• Yuen Pau Woo, Chairman of CANCPEC and President and co-CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Editorial Committee

• Yuen Pau Woo (State of the Region Report Coordinator, President & Co-CEO Asia Pacific
  Foundation of Canada)
• Mark Borthwick (Director, US Asia Pacific Council)
• Gary Hawke (Head, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
• Charles Morrison (PECC Chair, President East-West Center, USA)
• Eduardo Pedrosa (Secretary General, PECC International Secretariat)
• Jusuf Wanandi (Member, Board of Trustees, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia)
• Soogil Young (President, National Strategy Institute, Korea)

Australia
Professor Philip ADAMS
Director, Centre of Policy Studies
Monash University

Canada
Dr. Peter HALL
Vice-President & Deputy Chief Economist
Export Development Canada

Chile
Sergio Daniel LEHMANN
Head of International Analysis
The Central Bank of Chile

China
Professor YANG Ping
Institute of Investment
National Development and Reform Commission

Colombia
Juan Mauricio RAMÍREZ
Director
Department of Macroeconomic Analysis and Inflation
Republic Bank

Ecuador
Maria Belen FREIRE
Director General for Economic Research
Central Bank of Ecuador

Hong Kong
Dr Edward LEUNG
Chief Economist
Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Indonesia
Dr. Muhammad Chatib BASRI
Director of the Institute for Economic and Social Research
University of Indonesia

Korea
Dr. Dong Chul CHO
Senior Fellow
Korea Development Institute

Japan
Prof. Yoshihisa INADA
Professor of Economics
Konan University

New Zealand
Brent LAYTON
Director
New Zealand Institute of Economic Research

Peru
Elmer CUBA
Senior Economist
Macroconsult SA

The Philippines
Dr. Cayetano PADERANGA Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
CIBI Information, Inc.

Singapore
Dr. Mun Heng TOH
Associate Professor, Department of Business Policy
National University of Singapore

Chinese Taipei
Dr. Miao CHEN
Associate Research Fellow
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

United States of America
Prof. Saul H. HYMANS
Director, Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics (RSQE)
Professor Emeritus of Economics
University of Michigan

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