ASEAN Economic Community
| Item title | Author | Description | Language | Accession Number |
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| Taiwan and Southeast Asia: Realpolitik Par Excellence? | Lee, Lai To | Discusses Taiwan's difficulties in Southeast Asia in the 1970s, and practical relations between Taipei and the ASEAN countries. Presents tables showing percentages of Taiwan's total trade which came from the ASEAN countries, and approved overseas Chinese investment by area. Details information on Taiwan's problems in approaching the ASEAN states, tabulating on technical missions sent out by Taiwan to some of the ASEAN states. Includes appendic ...Continue Reading | English | 40165 |
| Concepts and Theory on Integration and Regionalism | Sida Sonsri | Contains the meaning of terms used in the survey article. Concerns with concept and socio-political integration theory, covering transactionalism, functionalism and nonfunctionalism. Considers the implementation of socio-political integration theory to less developed countries. Cites concepts and economic integration theory as well as concepts and regionalism. Notes the possibility of integration theory and regional cooperation system. Inclu ...Continue Reading | Thai | 40164 |
| Thailand's Role in the South East Asian Region | Attempts to answer the following questions in the light of Thailand's obvious regional status today, i.e. what are the factors explaining Thailand's active role in the region, what is the influence of the economic activities of Thailand firms in the region, and finally, what is Thailand's attitude with respect to regional participation within the framework of economic machinery and mechanisms envisaged by the ASEAN. Considers those factors which ...Continue Reading | English | 40119 | |
| Japan Towards Recession | Smith, Charles | Reveals that Japanese government and private business have come face-to-face with economic problems in the year 1985, focusing on the shift of the yen exchange rate, the effects of yen revaluation, and how the authorities try to face with the side-effects on Japanese manufacturing companies in each sector, citing car assembly, electric companies, steel and shipbuilding, and ceramics. Includes the problems on Japan's housing industry, and the int ...Continue Reading | English | 39959 |
| Collective Bargaining and Labour Arbitration in the ASEAN Region | Provides information on the seminar, citing opening session, welcome address, opening remarks, and keynote speech. Reports countries studies on collective bargaining and labour arbitration in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Includes the background paper and final report of the seminar | English | 39952 | |
| The Development of ASEAN: A Perspective on Relations with Australia | Ow Chin Hock | Reviews recent political and economic developments in Southeast Asia, focusing on the far-reaching consequences of the events in Indo-China in the latter part of the 1970s, and the slowed down of the ASEAN's market economies due to the world recession. Analyzes how ASEAN has responded to these political and economic developments in order to understand better and appreciate one another's aspirations and problems. Investigates the relevance and i ...Continue Reading | English | 39932 |
| Burma | Presents Burma in terms of politics, social affairs, foreign relations and economy. Points out the regular quadrennial congress of the Burma Socialist Programme Party as the most official publicity of the political event in 1985. Mentions the election of an expanded central committee, including re-election of Ne Win as chairman. Notes the preparations for country wide elections for the New People's Assembly and lower organs of state power. Re ...Continue Reading | English | 39825 | |
| The Role of ASEAN Towards Stability of Southeast Asia | Onanong Premasakun | Deals with statement of the problem, objective, hypothesis, scope, research methodology, theory and concept, and benefit of the study. Reviews theory and research framework. Considers background, purpose and structure of ASEAN. Discusses the influence of People's Republic of China, Untied States and Union of Soviet Socialist Republic over Southeast Asia. Considers the roles of ASEAN in economic cooperation and international politics. Analyze ...Continue Reading | Thai | 39823 |
| Trade in Technology: ASEAN and Australia | Mingsarn Santikarn | Compiles materials and statistics and assesses the technology trade situation between Australia and the ASEAN countries with special reference to Thailand. Provides a brief account of the size and trend of global trade in technology, emphasizing the participation of Australian enterprises in the technology trade of ASEAN. Highlights major issues in the international trade in technology, noting the experience of ASEAN countries. Explores the ro ...Continue Reading | English | 39802 |
| Small and Medium Entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia | Clapham, Ronald | Contains information on the contribution of small and medium entreprenuers to social and economic development. Describes factors which promote and inhibit the development contributions of small and medium entrepreneurs : the experience in Indonesia and Malaysia, indicating factors external to the enterprise, general economic conditions and specific industrial promotion, location conditions, conditions on markets, institutional representation of ...Continue Reading | English | 39747 |
| ASEAN's Foreign Relations: The Shift to Collective Action | Rajendran, M | Examines regional integration theories and their applicability to ASEAN's experience as a regional organization, related to the activities of ASEAN in two periods : from 1967 to 1974, and from 1975 to 1978. Analyzes the different reactions of the ASEAN states towards China and Vietnam. Discusses ASEAN's collective action on the Indochina refugee crisis, in terms of ASEAN diplomacy vis-a-vis Vietnam, the responses of the third countries to ASEAN ...Continue Reading | English | 39730 |
| Indirect Taxation in ASEAN | Asher, Mukul G | Analyzes and compares the nature and structure of sales, excise, and foreign trade taxes in the five member countries of ASEAN, showing how these are important in the ASEAN tax systems, and information on the estimation techniques used to measure the degree of revenue productivity. Reviews selected comparative features of sales, excise taxes, and foreign trade taxes in the ASEAN countries, discussing their economic impact on resource allocation, ...Continue Reading | English | 39726 |
| ASEAN in Transition: The Search for a New Consensus | Boonchu Rojanastien | Contains the paper presented at the CSIS International Councillors Meeting in Hong Kong, November 18-19, 1985. Mentions the economic slowdown of ASEAN region, indicating the impact of this situation. Provides general view on the world economy, following with the need for an ASEAN common market and the present economic conditions. Examines the integrity of the individual ASEAN countries' political institutions, concluding with the political cha ...Continue Reading | English | 39719 |
| Credit Rating of Thailand | Nuan-anong Angsurat | Attempts to denote that Thailand is regarded as a country succeeded in administering her economic policies for solving economic problems since the occurrence of the energy crisis, and thus it is derived with the step-up of her credit rating in the world outlook along with her future good potential. Reviews the outcome of Thailand's economic policies formulation as well as evaluates the credit condition of the country as shown in the Institution ...Continue Reading | Thai | 39624 |
| ASEAN and the Pacific Community | Fifield, Russell H | Considers the Pacific Community concept, noting its origins and attention given by the Americans and Australians. Discusses problem of membership, including whether the membership should be governmental or non-governmental or the combination of the two. Studies the question of principle whether the Pacific Community should be based on the mere geography of location or on market-oriented economies? and should political characteristics, Communist ...Continue Reading | English | 39609 |
| Australia: Untie Yer Kangaroo Sport | Bowring, Philip | Focuses on the awareness that many things in Australia need to change if the nation is not to drift gradually down the scale of international achievement. Notes that Prime Minister Bob Hawke's cabinet shows evidence of being the strongest line-up since the 1960s. Reports on the accomplishments of Prime Minister Bob Hawke's government, citing political and economic successes. Interviews Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, dealing with Australi ...Continue Reading | English | 39600 |
| Thai-US Bilateral Forum at Berkeley, California (March 25-28, 1985) | Summarizes the main themes raised by top Thai and American experts during the conference, revealing a widespread feeling in ASEAN that the US is not sensitive enough to various local problems like the Kampuchean problem. Mentions some suggestions on how the US could play a contributory role in promoting Thailand's securities. Points out that there are a number of cultural barriers between Thai and American businessmen in the ways of doing busin ...Continue Reading | English | 39577 | |
| Trade Liberalization in ASEAN | Tan, Gerald | Presents an analysis of all the products which have been exchanged by the countries of the ASEAN under the Preferential Trading Arrangements (PTA). Examines whether the kinds of products for which tariffs have been reduced, as well as their distribution in the preference lists of the ASEAN countries, are likely to have the intended effect of increasing intra-ASEAN trade through regional specialization of economic activity. Deals with a brief ac ...Continue Reading | English | 39531 |
| ASEAN Exchange Rates: Policies and Trade Effects | Rana, Pradumna B | Outlines the exchange rate regimes and responses of the ASEAN countries to the evolution of the international monetary system, analyzing the trend and short-term variability of effective exchange rates during the adjustable pegged and generalized floating periods. Develops a theoretical framework that outlines the effect of exchange rate variability on import volumes, analyzing also the effects of exchange rate and price changes on ASEAN's prima ...Continue Reading | English | 39421 |
| Commercial Relations Between Thailand and European Community, Period Between 1980-1981 | Chanchai Charanwatthanakit | Deals with the significance of the study, purpose, limitation, hypotheses, procedure, and the benefit of the study. Analyzes basic concept of international trade relations, status and economic trend of Thailand, including background and administrative characteristics of European Community on Thailand, mentioning the general structure of trade relations between Thailand and European Community, agricultural policy with community and the impact on ...Continue Reading | Thai | 39393 |
