Beyond the metropoles: the Asian presence in small city New Zealand examines the impacts and trends of Asian migration in six areas: Invercargill and Southland; Queenstown; Nelson; Napier-Hastings; Rotorua; Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty. The report provides an overview of demographic change in each of the six cities and provides case studies of specific...

This Great Southern Regional Investment Blueprint will guide the region’s progress towards its vision for the period to 2040. To do this, it establishes a strategic framework for development across the region in all facets of life.

This paper presents an examination of economic and financial linkages for a selection of economies in the Asia-Pacific region for the period 2001 to 2012. The countries examined are the ASEAN5 group of nations - Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; the three large northeast Asian economies of China, Japan and South Korea; and...

While deeper financial integration is often considered conducive to the efficient allocation of resources and risk sharing, an increasingly important policy concern is whether it brings greater vulnerability to shocks. To address the latter concern, this paper uses a different approach to measuring financial integration, highlighting interconnectedness in a network of financial flows. Applying an...

Australia’s financial connectedness with the Asia-Pacific region lags behind its deepening economic, diplomatic and cultural ties with the region, according to this report by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. The report finds that while the Asia-Pacific region represents roughly two-thirds of Australia’s global trading relationships, it still accounts for less than one-third of Australia’s...