SMEs and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Economic Integration

scholarly journals ASEAN 2025: Toward Increased Investment in the Southeast Asia Region?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Ziegenhain
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Asean Member ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
Near Future ◽  
To Receive

<p>One of the major targets of the ASEAN Economic Community is to achieve a higher influx of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the region. By analyzing recent economic developments and weighing opportunities and challenges, this paper argues that there are good chances for a higher level of FDI in ASEAN until 2025. There are, however, several hindrances including the resistance of the ASEAN member states to accept further economic integration and a missing common regulatory framework, which will make it difficult to receive significantly more FDI in the near future.</p>

Neo-liberalism and the Working People of Southeast Asia

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rene Ofreneo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Development Direction ◽  
Working People ◽  
Corporate Interests ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
Working Populations

AbstractThe ASEAN Economic Community is marked by a range of specific programmes to make economic regionalism a successful reality. Yet, the economic liberalisation programme is a narrow one, without any clear economic development direction outside of its confines. Economic integration is also being driven by select corporate interests. States are not paying sufficient attention to ASEAN's working populations. For ordinary persons to benefit from economic liberalisation and integration, ASEAN states would need to put them at the centre of their development programmes.

Development Assistance, Strategic Interests, and the China Factor in Japan's Role in ASEAN Integration

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIDETAKA YOSHIMATSU ◽  
DENNIS D. TRINIDAD
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
China Policy ◽  
Simultaneous Existence ◽  
Over Time

AbstractIn this article, we have examined how Japan has supported ASEAN's economic integration through ODA and other diplomatic measures, and showed how Japan's engagements in ASEAN economic integration evolved over time. In addressing these issues, we took into account the growing influence of China's ascent in Southeast Asia, and assumed that Japan's China policy of mixed ‘accommodation and balance’ became explicit in Japan's ASEAN policy. The pronouncement of support for ASEAN integration, disbursement of aid to the region, forging of bilateral and regional FTAs/EPAs with ASEAN, and its recent initiatives and proactive involvement in the Mekong regional development are indicative of Japan's reactive posture on China's growing influence in the region. Japanese diplomatic initiatives in ASEAN are intended, in part, to accommodate and balance China's increasing prominence in Southeast Asia. This explains the simultaneous existence of competitive and cooperative initiatives of the two countries with ASEAN.

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