Category: ASEAN

The issue of convergence is an ongoing debate. How the world trading systems (multilateral and regional trade arrangements) affect the speed of convergence of GDP per worker and total factor productivity (TFP) is an unaddressed issue in the literature. Hence, the objective of this paper is to examine the impact of multilateral and regional trading… Continue reading Trading Systems and Convergence Hypothesis: Evidence from ASEAN-5 Cou

Economists generally accept the proposition that the optimal level of holding international reserves is mandatory, to ensure the stability of balance of payment. However, examining the determinants of international reserves is an important challenge not yet satisfactorily confronted by the profession in developing countries, especially ASEAN countries. Based on a dataset covering five ASEAN countries… Continue reading The Demand for International Reserves in ASEAN-Five Economies: An Application of the ARDL Model

A harmonised or converged group of economies would ensure meaningful economic collaboration within that group. This study evaluates if ASEAN-5, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand is converging in time. The long run macroeconomic relationship of ASEAN-5 is measured by their respective real gross domestic product. Subsequently, the time-varying convergence of ASEAN-5 is… Continue reading The ASEAN-5 Economic Alliance: A Time Varying Convergence Analysis

The paper elaborate the peace keeping cooperation between Malaysia and Indonesia. Article written in Malay.  Publication: 4th International Malaysian Studies Conference; 3-5 August 2004, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi.  Author: Ayu Yudiati.  Download

This examination of aspects of the complex relationships between human rights and trade was inspired by our exposure to sincere expressions of confusion and alarm during recent visits to Southeast Asia. In particular, many business leaders in the region are openly concerned about reactions of the United States and other western states to alleged human… Continue reading Economic implications of the U.S.-ASEAN discourse on human rights

The 13 countries in ASEAN plus Three (‘APT’) can take pride in being one of the leading, if not the leading, groupings in the world where attracting investments in concerned.  Paper presented by Huzaime Hamid at the NEAT Working Group on East Asian Investment Cooperation held at Weihai, China on 28 July 2006.  Download

Far less attention has been paid to deficiencies in the foundations for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Although the ASEAN Charter views ASEAN economic integration as the basis for continuing integration in other areas, the draft charter does not support this goal with a sufficient framework.  Author: Sim, Edmund.   Publication: Opinion Asia, 03 Aug 2007.… Continue reading The other missing piece of ASEAN Integration

The Charter is the work of nation states; that ASEAN is being refurbished remains no more than the sum of its parts. If the idealism of the EPG recommendations is not fully reflected in the final document, it is because the drafting is the work of officials who have to be mindful of its acceptability… Continue reading The ASEAN Charter: A Mirror to their Domestic Selves

As a component of the study project on cross-regional trade agreements (CRTAs), this article explores recent free trade negotiations, first by Singapore, then in more detail by Thailand and Malaysia. The article notes that each government, while remaining committed to the regional trade liberalization processes manifest in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), the Association… Continue reading Southeast Asian cross-regional FTAs: origins, motives and aims

This paper is a discussion and evaluation of ASEAN’s efforts to manage its regional security environment (i.e., to affect the actors and events shaping security in Southeast Asia). The main argument of this paper is that ASEAN’s ability to manage regional security in Southeast Asia has been, and is, limited by two factors: one, the… Continue reading ASEAN and the management of regional security