Southeast Asia is a site of intense and ominous contradictions between economic growth and environmental protection, as well as between different social groups with competing interests in the natural resource base. Rapid industrialisation has brought both increased consumption of natural resources and increased competition for them.
Open Regionalism is regional economic co-operation without discrimination against countries outside the region. The concept grew from the experience of rapid growth, and expanding trade and investment across national borders, in East Asia and the Pacific. It became the guiding idea of Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation. It is now recognized as being the means through which the growing appeal of…
Buku ini membicarakan krisis dan upaya pemulihan ekonomi Asia dari sudut revitalisasi wilayah Asia. Bagian 1 : Jepang - Malaysia - Perspektif Jepang terhadap kebijakan berpaling ke timur Malaysia - Hubungan ekonomi Jepang - Malaysia menuju abad ke 21 Bagian 2 : Jepang - Singapura - Friksi-friksi perdagangan Jepang - Singapura : Sebuah studi tentang hambatan-hambatan non-tarif Jepang Bagia…
The grim state of the Myanmar economy in the second half of the 1980s forced the previous government of the Burma Socialist Programme Party to liberalize its external and internal trade. Since the military coup following political chaos in the later part of 1988, Japan, the European Community and the United States have suspended new economic aid to Myanmar. This has led to the present military …
Buku ini membahas isu ekonomi menjelang pemilihan umum 2004 dan memperikirakan implikasi pemilu 2004 terhadap kondisi ekonomi Indonesia
This book contains survey examines the region's key short- and medium-term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas, especially from the point of view of minimizing human sufering; be it form economic hardships or social instabillity. The survey also explores critical long-term development issues relevant to all developing countries in the region.
The book analyses modern tendencies in the development of regional economic cooperation in East Asia which is considered by regional countries as their response to growing challenges of globalization. Trying to protect their national interests by collective efforts they are promoting regional commercial, investment, and financial cooperation as measures aimed at improving the efficiency of thei…
The vibrance and optimism in Southeast Asia during 1993 was palpable. In the wake of the end of the Cold War, the region built upon the development that was already on track. Even so, the pace has been surprising. Not only did the ASEAN economies perform well generally, Vietnam surged ahead in economic development, and Myanmar registered strong sings of economic growth. Politically, the regi…
The contents of this book: 1. Political Outlook - Southeast Asia 1992-93 2. Economic Outlook - ASEAN 1992-93 3. Economic Outlook - Indochinese States and Myanmar 1992-93
The world is undergoing dramatic transformations in the wake of the crumbling of the Cold War order, and the ebbs and flows of these changes are not passing unnoticed in Southeast Asia. Indeed, the region is witnessing its own mini-versions of glasnot and perestroika, as countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, for instance, seek their niches in the emerging opportunities and constr…