[PUBLIC LECTURE 2014] ANCLAS Conference 2014 - Exploring the Latin America-Asia Pacific Nexus

The 2014 Latin American and the Shifting Sands of Global Power Conference held by the Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (ANCLAS) at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. The conference will explore the extent and nature of the Latin America-Asia Pacific nexus, focusing on the areas of economics, international relations and corruption and governance.

Latin America and the Asia-Pacific have rediscovered each other. In the wake of the global financial crisis, both regions have thrived while traditional economic centres have struggled. This has created a shift in focus, with Latin American businesses and policy makers looking beyond China to include other countries in the Asia-Pacific and vice versa. This growing mutual awareness is reflected in trade, investment and tourism, leading to an enhanced sense of trans-Pacific opportunities.

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Evelyn S. Devadason (University of Malaya)

Evelyn S. DEVADASON is Head, Centre for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her research focuses on international trade, with specific focus on production networks, trade–labour linkages, trade-environment issues, and regional integration issues. Her research work has seen print in international journals (indexed in SSCI and ASCI) such as the World Development, The China Review, The Pacific Review, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Journal of Contemporary China, Asian Economic Journal, Global Economic Review, Singapore Economic Review and Asia Pacific Education Review. She has also been engaged in a number of international and local collaborative research projects, including the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions-Asian and Pacific Regional Organization (ICFTU-APRO, Singapore), Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI, Japan), the Asian Development Bank (ADB, Manila), World Bank (WB, Washington DC) and more recently the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC, Kuala Lumpur).

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