ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from August 2008

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from August 2008

EAFTA or CEPEA: which way forward?(East Asia Free Trade Agreements )(Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia )(Report)
August 1, 2008... I. Introduction East Asian economies have grown rapidly over the last four decades, driven by the expansion of international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). They have also moved toward formal economic integration through...

The triad in Southeast Asia: What determines U.S., EU and Japanese FDI within AFTA?(foreign direct investment)(ASEAN Free Trade Areas)(Report)
August 1, 2008... I. Introduction Though foreign direct investment (FDI) has been mainly a phenomenon among the advanced OECD economies, the so-called newly industrialized economies (NIEs) of Southeast Asia (for example, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand,...

The structure of protection in Indonesian manufacturing sector.(Report)
August 1, 2008... I. Introduction Trade and industrialization have been the engines of economic growth for East Asian expansion. Following the "flying geese" (FG) formation (1) (Akamatsu 1961, 1962), Japan had high economic growth based on exports in the...

International trade and regional income convergence: the ASEAN-5 evidence.(Report)
August 1, 2008... I. Introduction This paper proposes the hypothesis that multilateralism (non-discriminatory) and regionalism (regional trade agreements, or RTAs) are complementary and that regional income convergence is likely to occur with like-minded...

The influence of ownership structure on the corporate performance of Malaysian public listed companies.(Report)
August 1, 2008... I. Introduction Shareholders have been grappling with the issue of corporate governance and transparency in the companies they have invested in for many years. Both factors are of great importance to shareholders as Bacon Report (1992) has...

The role of ASEAN Economic Community as a commitment to policy certainty.(RESEARCH NOTES)(Report)
August 1, 2008... I. Introduction and Summary In January 2007 at the Cebu Summit, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) committed to establish the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015, five years earlier than envisaged. This stems from a...

Cambodia's persistent dollarization: causes and policy options.(RESEARCH NOTES)(Report)
August 1, 2008... For a long time it seemed that the extent of... dollarization was impervious to improved economic performance. Now however we have several examples of countries that have dedollarized successfully..., including Israel, Poland, Mexico, Egypt,...

Colonial Legacies: Economic and Social Development in East and Southeast Asia.(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Colonial Legacies: Economic and Social Development in East and Southeast Asia. By Anne E. Booth. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2007. Pp. 241. Taiwan and South Korea, both former Japanese colonies, managed to have a faster economic...

Essays in Macroeconomic Policy: The Indonesian Experience.(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Essays in Macroeconomic Policy: The Indonesian Experience. By Miranda S. Goeltom. Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2007. Pp. 594. Indonesia, with a population of 230 million, has witnessed several milestones in its economic history....

ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks. Edited by Rohan Samarajiva and Ayesha Zainudeen.(Book review)
August 1, 2008... ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks. Edited by Rohan Samarajiva and Ayesha Zainudeen. New Delhi: Sage Publications India; Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 2008. Pp. 333. Drawing on...

Infrastructure Development in the Pacific Region.(Book review)
August 1, 2008... Infrastructure Development in the Pacific Region. Edited by Akira Kohsaka. New York: Routledge, 2007. Pp. 256. This volume has an overview and eleven country chapters comprising Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,...

The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means to All of Us.(Book review)
August 1, 2008... The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means to All of Us. By Robyn Meredith. W. W. Norton, 2007. Pp. 256. China and India are nowadays the fastest growing economies in the world having growth rates of 10 per...