Economic Developments in ASEAN Countries

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This is a selection of resources on economic developments in ASEAN countries available from the NLB catalogue or the Internet and is not meant to be an exhaustive list.

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Globalization, Productivity and Production Networks in ASEAN

This book examines the challenges that ASEAN need to overcome in order to sustain and intensify economic growth. The ASEAN market is widely regarded as a new hub of growth, not least in light of increasing protectionism and declining economic growth of the three largest countries in Northeast Asia (China, Japan, and South Korea). Contributors address a range of issues with a concentrated focus on evidence from Indonesia.

Myanmar: Politics, Economy and Society

This book provides a sophisticated, yet accessible, overview of the key political, economic and social challenges facing contemporary Myanmar and explains the complex historical and ethnic dynamics that have shaped the country. With clear and incisive contributions from the world’s leading Myanmar scholars, this book assesses the policies and political reforms that have provoked contestation in Myanmar’s recent history and driven both economic and social change.

The socialist market economy in Asia

Three of the best global performers in terms of economic growth are authoritarian states led by communist parties. The ‘socialist market economy’ model employed in China, Vietnam and Laos performs better than the economic systems in countries at a similar level of income per capita on a wide range of development indicators, yet market reforms and governance failures have led to highly unequal societies and significant environmental problems.

The economy and business environment of Vietnam

This book provides an introduction to the economy and business environment of Vietnam, whose economy is rapidly growing. The introduction argues that though there may be perceived disadvantages in investing in Vietnam, there are a number of benefits as well, such as the country’s openness to trade and foreign direct investment, the increasing ease of doing business there and the dynamism of the economy.

Human resource management in an emerging South Asian economy: The case of Brunei

This book focuses on human resource management in the country context of Brunei Darussalam, analysing, comparing and contrasting domestic enterprises with multinational enterprises, and oil and gas with non-oil and -gas sectors, and draws out the comparative lessons for understanding the potential and performance consequences of HR interventions in resource-centred national economies.

Issues and challenges in the Malaysian Economy: Towards inclusive growth

Focusing on Malaysia’s shifting economic profile and position, this book offers new insights and perspectives to scholars and researchers on a range of new developments impacting on growth, such as the effects of the digital economy on job creation and the threats of environmental degradation and trade protectionism.

The Indonesian economy in transition: policy challenges in the Jokowi era and beyond

By any indicator, Indonesia, the fourth most populous nation on earth, is a development success story. The book discusses the many daunting challenges Indonesia faces and how it achieves faster economic growth along with more attention to environment sustainability, how it achieves more equitable development outcomes and how it develops and nurtures stronger institutional foundations.

Innovative Infrastructure Financing through Value Capture in Indonesia

Indonesia needs significant additional infrastructure investment to sustain its economic growth. However, COVID-19 pandemic has further limited the fiscal space of the government. This report proposes a new method to increase infrastructure investment. The report studies how Indonesia’s existing policies and regulations can be used to build a value capture framework that ensures the maximization of the social, economic, and environmental value of infrastructure investments.

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Green Finance Strategies for Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia Greening Recoveries for Planet and People

This book examines how coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has seen governments across developing Asia move significant amounts of capital into relief efforts that have saved countless lives and livelihoods. But emerging economic recovery packages must not upset the sensitive balance between economic growth and the region’s natural capital.

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An Evolving ASEAN Vision and Reality

The book discusses how the formation of ASEAN was originally driven by political and security concerns. In the decades that followed, ASEAN’s scope evolved to include an ambitious and progressive economic agenda. In December 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) was formally launched. Although AEC has enjoyed some notable successes, the vision of economic integration is yet to be fully realized.

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A regional economic history of Thailand

This book presents an economic history of Thailand from the signing of the Bowring Treaty in 1855 to the present. It looks at each of the principal regions (Bangkok, the Central region, the North, the South, and Northeastern regions), and concentrate on the long-term economic and social changes and the various forces that had promoted the changes.

Economic Developments in ASEAN Countries

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