APEC 97 [NetShow], [RealSpace]
http://www.apec97.gc.ca/
Vancouver Sun APEC 97 news archive
http://www.vancouversun.com/newsite/apec-archive-c.html
APEC Secretariat Home Page [Word]
http://www.apecsec.org.sg/
International Institute for Sustainable Development APEC site
http://iisd.ca/apec/default.htm
_Currency crises_
http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/crises.html
Bahtulism: Who poisoned Asia's currency markets?
http://www.slate.com/Dismal/97-08-14/Dismal.asp


This week's In the News looks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The six resources above provide links
to issues discussed at that meeting. The APEC Leaders and Ministers meeting
was held in Vancouver, Canada from November 21 to November 25, 1997. APEC
is a grouping of 18 Asia-Pacific economies formed in 1989 to promote trade
and cooperation in the region. Traditionally, the APEC meeting has focused
on trade issues, but this year's focus was the economic crisis in Southeast
Asia and South Korea.

APEC 97 is the official site for the APEC Leaders and Ministers meeting. It
provides a short history of APEC, short biographical notes on the leaders
and ministers attending the meeting, in-depth information about the APEC
economies, listings of venues and events, and a news section with
up-to-date news of APEC 97. The _Vancouver Sun_ provides a comprehensive
news archive of the issues and events at APEC 97. The APEC Secretariat Home
Page contains several resources on APEC including Ministerial statements
and Leader's declarations from the past APEC meetings, information on the
various working groups and committees in APEC, and selected full-text
publications (HTML and Microsoft Word format). The International Institute
for Sustainable Development APEC site provides links to sustainable
development issues for APEC including a _Developing Ideas Digest_ issue on
APEC. _Currency crises_ is an article, written by Paul Krugman for the
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) conference held in October
1997, presents economic models of currency crises and several case studies.
"Bahtulism: Who poisoned Asia's currency markets?" is an article written by
Paul Krugman for _Slate_ on the recent currency crisis in Asia. [THN]