Annex 2: Survey Results
STATE OF THE REGION SURVEY 2007
Section 1: Respondents’ Profile
No. of Respondents: 382
Business: 107
Government: 68
Academic/Research: 166
Media: 14
Civil Society: 5
Other: 22
Regional Breakdown
Northeast Asia: 124
Southeast Asia: 104
North America: 57
South America: 46
Australia & New Zealand: 50
No response: 1
Section 2: Regional Outlook
1) Please indicate your view on the economic outlook for the following regions:
Risks to Economic Growth
2) How would you rate the following as risks to the Asia-Pacific economic outlook?
Over the next 1-2 years
Over the next 3-5 years
Section 3: Asia’s Growing Economic Importance and its Global Impact
3) Please indicate your view on the following statements regarding Asia’s growing economic importance:
Section 4: Regional Economic Integration
4) Please indicate your view on the following statements regarding the degree of regional economic integration in the Asia Pacific.
5) How significant are each of the following impediments to doing business in the Asia Pacific region as a whole?
Please use a scale of 1-5, with 5 representing very significant and 1 being not significant.
Section 5: Regional Institutions
6) Please rate the following regional groupings in terms of their effectiveness in the following areas, using a scale of 1-5
(5 – highly effective; 1 – not effective; DK – don’t know).
7) Please indicate your opinion regarding the following statements:
8) What are the most important challenges facing APEC as an institution? Please use a scale of 1-5, with 5 representing very
important and 1 not important. Please select DK if you are not sure.
9) What do you think should be the top five policy priorities for APEC Leaders to discuss at their upcoming meeting in Sydney?
(Ranking by weighted results)
