ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from April 2000

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from April 2000

ASEAN after the Financial Crisis.
April 1, 2000... Links between Foreign Direct Investment and Regulatory Change I. Introduction Foreign direct investment (FDI) was revealed by the Asian crisis to be a relatively stable form of capital compared to foreign portfolio investment and...

Money, Output and Causality The Case of Singapore.
April 1, 2000... I. Introduction A well-known area of debate in economics literature has been the precise relationship between money and income. This article addresses and tests for any empirical relationship between money and income in Singapore. Other...

Analysing International Trade Data in a Small Open Economy.
April 1, 2000... The Case of Singapore I. Introduction Considerable attention has been paid in the literature on the issues of direction, composition and linkages in international trade flows, at both the bilateral and multilateral levels. However,...

Cointegration and Granger Causality Tests of Stock Price and Exchange Rate Interactions in Malaysia.
April 1, 2000... I. Introduction Recent high exchange rate fluctuations in the sphere of growing trade and financial liberalization have attracted a great deal of interest from both economists and policy-makers. Of particular interest has been the question...

Learning Behaviour and Co-operation of Small High Technology Firms in the ASEAN Region.
April 1, 2000... Some Evidence from the Singapore-Johor Agglomeration I. Introduction During recent decades there has been a renewed interest in understanding innovation and learning in regional agglomerations. Learning has become one of the most...

Productivity in the Indonesian Automotive Industry.
April 1, 2000... I. Introduction There is a long tradition of government intervention in Indonesia's industrialization and economic development. A state-led development strategy has been pursued since independence, partly as a result of a general mistrust...

ASEAN and the Andean Community: Cooperating in the New Millennium.
April 1, 2000... Presentation of H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General Of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, At the 1st Symposium on ASEAN-Andean Cooperation in the New Millennium Bangkok, 8 May 2000 The Association of Southeast Asian...

Developing the Greater Mekong Sub-Region: The ASEAN Context.
April 1, 2000... Statement of Mr. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the Greater Mekong Sub-region Business Workshops Bangkok, 10 February 2000 Efforts to develop the Mekong Sub-region far antedate...

Building Knowledge Societies: ASEAN in the Information Age.
April 1, 2000... Keynote Address by H. E. Mr. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the ASEAN Regional Workshop on Building Knowledge Societies Kuala Lumpur, 26 January 2000 There are, at this time, few...

A Regional Outlook for ASEAN Business.
April 1, 2000... I am deeply grateful to the ASEAN Business Forum for inviting me to join you at this luncheon on the occasion of the meeting of ABF's Board of Governors. I thank in particular Mrs. Jannie Tay, your president-our president, as I am proud to...

Singapore: Towards a Developed Status.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Singapore: Towards a Developed Status. Edited by Linda Low. Singapore: Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore and Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. 401. Singapore: Towards a Developed Status is an ambitious book. It...

Competitiveness of the Singapore Economy: A Strategic Perspective.(Review)
April 1, 2000... Competitiveness of the Singapore Economy: A Strategic Perspective. Edited by Toh Mun Heng and Tan Kong Yam. Singapore: Singapore University Press and World Scientific, 1998. Pp. 354. Singapore has come a long way in an economic sense to...

A Siamese Tragedy.(Review)
April 1, 2000... A Siamese Tragedy. By Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham and Li Kheng Poh. London: Zed Books, 1998. 256 pp. Sub-titled "Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand", A Siamese Tragedy depicts various disappointments and adverse...

French and Japanese Economic Relations With Vietnam Since 1975.(Review)
April 1, 2000... French and Japanese Economic Relations With Vietnam Since 1975. By Heinrich Dahm. Surrey, UK: Curzon Press, 1999. Pp. 193. This book provides an evaluation of the strategies employed by France and Japan in conducting economic relations with...

ASEAN CHRONOLOGY 1999.
April 1, 2000... Date Event Place JULY 1999 1-2 Senior Officials Meeting on Energy Bangkok (SOME) 3 17th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Bangkok ...

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.
April 1, 2000... Arndt, H. W. and Hal Hill, eds. Southeast Asia Economic Crisis: Origins, Lessons and the Way Forward. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1999. The Asia Competitiveness Report, 1999. Geneva: World Economic Forum, 1999. ...