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Forward-looking‧Professional‧International

May 2009

In this edition of Taiwan Econ, you will read an interesting story featuring the developments
of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in 20 years. This month's policy analysis will
also discuss how would governments invigorate economies through enlarging investments
in public infrastructure.

Best regards,
TIER Webletter Team

TIER forecast bottom-out in 2009

Recent inventory correction and market rally will kick-start growth recovery

Taiwan’s exports for March continued to contract as the weakening global demands persists. March exports figure totalled USD 15.59 billion, which is some 35.7% decline year-on-year from last March. Import figures for March also reflected the fall in demands for exports...Read more

‧	2009.6.8-9 APEC Symposium on SME Strategies to manage the Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis

‧	2009.6.10-12 28th Meeting of the Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group

The Study on Korean and Taiwanese Investment Patterns in China” is the most recent research paper produced by a joint project between Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) and TIER... Read more

	How to invigorate economy
	‧Through investing in public infrastructure

	20 Years of APEC
	‧Making Compromises and Building Consensus