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that can be realistically acted upon. Instead of focusing on building consensus around every aspect and level of the … regulation for land use/zoning. Finance: reduce taxation on financial institutions. Education: curriculum changes to include more education on Asia, Canada's Asian heritage, and Asian languages; more …

of Calgary. At APF Canada, he works as a researcher on the Foundation’s Trade, Investment, and Innovation file, … of statistics, new sources of non-official statistics on FDI have emerged. As a member of the Investment Monitor … of Calgary. At APF Canada, he works as a researcher on the Foundation’s Trade, Investment, and Innovation file, …

2020, the Ministry of Finance published a cabinet order on the implementation of the amended FEFTA review threshold, … industry giants, including Toyota and Mitsubishi, are also on the 'core sector' list. Accordingly, general investors, … approval. With the pandemic, India amended its policy on FDI on April 17 to prevent opportunistic foreign takeovers …

far outstripped by global demand. While more supplies are on the way globally, Canada is just one country among many … importance of even one more mask could make a different on the frontlines of this indiscriminate disease. We can … government announcing measures to secure medical supplies on March 20, this review presents a potential roadmap to …

the digital economy . Indonesia had already set its sights on becoming Asia’s largest digital economy by 2020, with its … pandemic, the importance for MSMEs to digitize was already on the agenda. The country has launched initiatives such as … of all Indonesian MSMEs, the rate of digitalization is on a clear upward trend that will continue through 2021. The …

Women's Day and the latest session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which ran this week in New York. … Policy Briefs Investment Monitor: The Impact of the CPTPP on Canada-Asia Pacific Foreign Direct Investment Flows … Because the care economy is highly female-dominated, both on the supply and demand sides, expansion of this sector …

for the local government of their residence with limits on the amount of donations, up to C$5,223 (5 million won) per … government projects and responsibilities are being passed on to the public in the name of donations.  The South Korean government has set various restrictions on the amount of donations and tax deductions to dispel …

On November 8, Myanmar held its second election since the end … successfully held elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 14, the Union Election Commission (UEC), … Aung Sang Suu Kyi for failing to make significant progress on constitutional reform and the peace process, two key …

lockdown measures have inflicted serious pain on the city’s poor, especially those who work in the … League for Democracy (NLD) party was hoping to campaign on as it enters the final week before the general election on November 8. But despite these economic hardships, the NLD …

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) data on international trade missions conducted by federal, … their trade missions away from energy and instead focused on sectors such as agriculture and innovation. For Alberta, … which launched 23 missions focused at least in part on the energy sector between 2010-2015, there have only been …