In this large-scale ISEAS study, Razeen Sally looks at Southeast Asia in the World Trade Organization, against the background of national trade policy trends post-Asian crisis, sluggish ASEAN economic integration, and the recent high-speed proliferation of bilateral and regional trade negotiations. ASEAN co-operation in the WTO has broken down, with little prospect of revival. Nevertheless, Sal…
This book attempts to create a conceptual understanding on the features and benefits of FTAs proliferating in Southeast Asia. It focuses on the debate of whether such FTAs are a building or stumbling block towards achieving global free trade. The book details the concluded as well as ongoing FTA initiatives of Singapore, highlighting the benefits to the Singapore economy. It further details the…
This book teaches us about balancing work and family demands - Negotiating networks, setting goals, cutting back. Through this book we hope it will help raise awareness and, at least on a small scale, influence the shape of FTAs to better serve the public interest.
This book contains about: 1. Locating the right supplier 2. Export procedures and documentation 3. Incentives for export growth 4. Foreign investment 5. Export Processing Zones (EPZ) etc.
This book dwells upon a wide range of issues, including the nature of maritime trade of the Sassanids with India; the impact of maritime trade on the political processes of Goa; the social processes linked with the settlements of foreign merchant groups in India; the nature of the Portuguese expansion in coastal India; and the nuances of political assertions over maritime centres of exchange an…
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…
This directory will be useful in reaching the target of development as indicated in the Trilogy of Development towards social justice for all our people, economic growth and a sound and dynamic national stability. Repelita III expects to see private enterprise to play a significant role in development, particularly through capital investment, both domestic and foreign. Seen from the viewpoin…
The member states of CARICOM adopted a number of important initiatives designed to advance the process of regional integrations as evidenced by the 2006 launch of the Caribbean Single Market and the preparations for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Apart from the formal declarations of support for these processes however is recognition that specific strategies must be elaborated to…
The paper reviews aspects of the financial governance of the IMF, focusing on the equity implications of the manner of distributing the cost of running the Fund’s regular (nonconcessionary) lending operations as well as the modalities of funding its concessionary lending and debt relief operations. It is concluded that while the Fund charges borrowers roughly what it pays its creditor members…
This book examines the implications of some of the main features of the globalisation process for the developing countries. It also makes several proposals for developing countries in considering national-level policies to face the globalisation challenge, as well as coordination among developing countries in facing negotiations or making proposals at the international level. While there are…