ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
| Item title | Author | Description | Language | Accession Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security for Migrant Labour in the Greater Mekong Subregion | Pasadilla, Gloria O. | Reviews background on labour migration in ASEAN and Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by looking at the social protection access of migrants in the region and social security. Discusses labour migration trends in ASEAN and in the GMS to note changing patterns and direction of labour migration. Studies social protection and the access status of GMS migrant workers, the legislative and legal barriers in accessing social security in host countries. ...Continue Reading | English | 86664 |
| Social Security for Migrant Labour in the Greater Mekong Subregion | Pasadilla, Gloria O. | Reviews background on labour migration in ASEAN and Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by looking at the social protection access of migrants in the region and social security. Discusses labour migration trends in ASEAN and in the GMS to note changing patterns and direction of labour migration. Studies social protection and the access status of GMS migrant workers, the legislative and legal barriers in accessing social security in host countries. ...Continue Reading | English | 86664 |
| Social Security for Migrant Labour in the Greater Mekong Subregion | Pasadilla, Gloria O. | Reviews background on labour migration in ASEAN and Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by looking at the social protection access of migrants in the region and social security. Discusses labour migration trends in ASEAN and in the GMS to note changing patterns and direction of labour migration. Studies social protection and the access status of GMS migrant workers, the legislative and legal barriers in accessing social security in host countries. ...Continue Reading | English | 86664 |
| Health and Environmental Impacts from the 1997 ASEAN Haze in Southern Thailand | Studies the existing problems of changes in meteorology, air quality, health effects in order to prepare for proper mitigation measure in the future. Introduces background of air pollution and health research in Thailand. Describes the forest fires and forest management from 1997 haze in Southern Thailand. Discusses the national and local attempts to prevent and control forest fires in the context of sound forest management. Compares meteorol ...Continue Reading | English | 86658 | |
| Health and Environmental Impacts from the 1997 ASEAN Haze in Southern Thailand | Studies the existing problems of changes in meteorology, air quality, health effects in order to prepare for proper mitigation measure in the future. Introduces background of air pollution and health research in Thailand. Describes the forest fires and forest management from 1997 haze in Southern Thailand. Discusses the national and local attempts to prevent and control forest fires in the context of sound forest management. Compares meteorol ...Continue Reading | English | 86658 | |
| Study Project on Trade Preference for Indochinese Countries (Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar), Final Report | Aims to study the possibility of Thailand in trade preference for Indochinese countries (Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia) and Myanmar. Discusses current forms of trade preference, and possibility of Thailand in trading with Indochinese countries and Myanmar under trade agreements (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)). Provides rules of trade preferences of the U.S. and European Union (EU). Analyzes impacts ...Continue Reading | Thai | 86653 | |
| Learning Management by Modern Teachers Towards ASEAN Community | Sukon Sintapanon | Provides background and general information on ASEAN Community related to its history, symbol, objectives, structure, roles in society, and ASEAN Charter. Discusses the relationship between the Basic Education Core Curriculum B.E. 2551 (A.D. 2008) and ASEAN studies, dealing with characteristics of Thai students in ASEAN, analysis of curriculum related to ASEAN studies, analysis of curriculum implementation and management learning standards and i ...Continue Reading | Thai | 86617 |
| Ideas, Identity, and Institution Building: From the ASEAN Way to the Asia-Pacific Way ? | Amitav Acharya | Examines the extent to which the development of multilateral institutions in the Asia-Pacific region may be viewed as an exercise in identity-building. Argues that institution-building in this region is more of a process-orientated phenomenon, rather than simply being an outcome of structural changes in the international system, such as the decline of American hegemony. Explains that the process combines universal principles of multilateralism ...Continue Reading | English | 86616 |
| Charm of ASEAN | Teeraparb Lohitkun | Presents information on cultural places and heritages in five ASEAN countries: Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Focuses on eight world heritage sites, including Angkor, Town of Luang Prabang, Prambanan Temple Compounds, Borobudur Temple Compounds, Cultural Landscape of Bali, Vat Phou, Hoi An Ancient Town, and Complex of Hue Monuments. Covers places that show faith of Buddhists and Hindus i.e. Shwedagon Pagoda, Kyaikhtiyo, Phra T ...Continue Reading | Thai | 86589 |
| ASEAN Studies | Narong Phophueksanand | Gives basic information on ASEAN, focusing on objectives of establishment of ASEAN, cooperation in ASEAN community, and general ASEAN information. Discusses the current and future situation in ASEAN, ASEAN+3, and ASEAN+6. Presents information on ASEAN Declaration, ASEAN Charter, ASEAN Summit, and structure in ASEAN community. Deals with the development of ASEAN Security Community (ASC), ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), and ASEAN Socio-Cultural ...Continue Reading | Thai | 86575 |
| Enhancing ASEAN's Connectivity | Presents the example of people-to-people sharing by bringing together the experts and thinkers from ASEAN countries to review the cooperation and collaboration. Details the main components for Master Plan of ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) such as physical connectivity, institutional connectivity, and people-to-people connectivity. Gives an overview of the current state of ASEAN infrastructure concerning transports, information and communication te ...Continue Reading | English | 86559 | |
| Measuring the Comprehensibility of Englishes within ASEAN among ASEANS | Wilang, Jeffrey Dawala | Designs a comprehensibility test and a questionnaire for spoken world Englishes in Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, where English is used as a second language (Outer Circle). Offers advice on the utilization of the designed test to investigate the comprehension of Burmese, Cambodians, Indonesians, Laotians, Thais and Vietnamese, who practice English as a foreign language (Expanding Circle). Demarcates the region's English users ...Continue Reading | English | 86535 |
| Country Report of the ASEAN Assessment on the Social Impact of the Global Financial Crisis: Lao PDR | Presents the result from a project implemented by World Bank and the ASEAN Secretariat.Deals with the impact of the crisis and the Lao government's response. Summarizes that there has been no substantial impact in Lao PDR. Notes some negative effects on trade and the natural resource sector households' vulnerabilities caused by increasing global market integration negative implications for workers in the garment and jewelry industries and ex ...Continue Reading | English | 86534 | |
| Country Report of the ASEAN Assessment on the Social Impact of the Global Financial Crisis: Lao PDR | Presents the result from a project implemented by World Bank and the ASEAN Secretariat.Deals with the impact of the crisis and the Lao government's response. Summarizes that there has been no substantial impact in Lao PDR. Notes some negative effects on trade and the natural resource sector households' vulnerabilities caused by increasing global market integration negative implications for workers in the garment and jewelry industries and ex ...Continue Reading | English | 86534 | |
| Surveys on ASEAN Community Building Effort 2012 | Draws on interviews with industry associations and civil society organizations, as well as on surveys conducted with the general public and business leaders in all ASEAN capitals. Measures current effectiveness of the ASEAN Community Building Effort, concerns of ASEAN citizens, and key communication channels to reach target audiences. Recommends ASEAN outreach strategies to ensure that its Community Building Initiative communicates more effectiv ...Continue Reading | English | 86527 | |
| India's Engagement with ASEAN: Beyond Trade in Goods | Shankaran Nambiar | Reviews the ASEAN-India economic relationship from the early 1990s up to the free trade agreement (AIFTA) concluded in 2009, adding India's plans for bilateral FTAs with ASEAN member states. Compares ASEAN's comparative advantage in manufacturing with that of India in services, suggesting they exploit their complementarities. Looks beyond trade in goods and finds that trade in services, security, the environment and infrastructure offer opportu ...Continue Reading | English | 86526 |
| Impact of Production Linkages on Industrial Upgrading in ASEAN, the People's Republic of China, and India: Organizational Evidence of a Global Supply Chain | Machikita, Tomohiro | Presents a simple model of industrial upgrading as a result of backward and forward information linkages between upstream and downstream relations. Investigates the impact of mutual knowledge exchange on the knowledge production function, using data on customers and suppliers of firms in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam. Discusses the development of South-South trade within ASEAN. Finds that there are strong spillover effects betwe ...Continue Reading | English | 86523 |
| Preparation for Flow of Labor in the ASEAN Community, Final report | Provides background information on ASEAN Community, focusing on ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Compares organizational structure, administration, and working method between European Union (EU) and ASEAN. Explains preparedness and strategies of Thailand before moving forward to ASEAN, focusing on preparedness under strategies of the 11th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2012-2016), the government policy, and roles of Thai ministri ...Continue Reading | Thai | 86522 | |
| Navigating a Changing World Economy: ASEAN, the People's Republic of China, and India | Petri, Peter A. | Serves as a background paper to an Asian Development Bank report. Notes that most projections envision continued rapid growth in the ASEAN member states, China, and India (collectively, ACI) over the next two decades. Forecasts that by 2030, ACI could quadruple their output, virtually eliminate extreme poverty, and dramatically transform the lives of their more than 3 billion citizens. Examines the likely effects of ACI's growth on trade, reso ...Continue Reading | English | 86511 |
| ASEAN Human Rights Declaration and the Phnom Penh Statement on the Adoption of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) | Contains the entire text of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD), adopted at the 21st ASEAN Summit held Phnom Penh in November 2012. Begins by affirming general principles such as non-discrimination rights of vulnerable groups such as women, children, the disabled, and migrants and universality of all human rights. Notes that 'the realization of human rights must be considered in the regional and national context bearing in mind differen ...Continue Reading | English | 86507 |
