Issue 4: Regional Economic Integration - Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia

Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia. Issue 4 (October 2003). Regional Economic Integration

EDITORIAL

As Southeast Asia adjusts to China’s emergence as a major market economy, economic integration is proceeding quickly via bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements. We believe it is crucial that a socially informed regional dialogue about economic governance develop in step with the quickening flow of capital, goods, and labor. There is also a tremendous gap between the work of professional economists and the NGOs that deal with the human costs of economic change. Bridging this gap would go far toward developing such a dialogue.

We cannot hope to do justice to this topic in one issue. We have therefore chosen to emphasize two overlapping aspects of economic integration: the migration of labor within the region and Japan’s economic ties with Southeast Asia. Other highlights include a major assessment of the postwar Philippine economy, a critique of Mahathir Mohamad’s economic legacy, and two visions of Thailand’s economic future.

In this issue we also introduce Renditions – translations of longer or less accessible writing from the region. The first in this series is the work of Indonesian journalist Chik Rini, who writes about doing journalism in Aceh’s war zones. Finally, we bring you news of fresh regional journals in Books of Note.

Donna Amoroso
Editor, Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia

ISSUE 4 — REVIEW ESSAYS
An Assessment of the Philippine Economy Short abstract in English	By Germelino M. Bautista
Malaysian Chinese Business: Who Survived the Crisis? Short abstract in English	By Lee Kam Hing and Lee Poh Ping
Overseas Filipino Workers, Labor Circulation in Southeast Asia, and the (Mis)management of Overseas Migration Programs Short abstract in English	By Odine de Guzman
Recent Research on Human Trafficking in Mainland Southeast Asia Short abstract in English	By Supang Chantavanich

ISSUE 4 — REPRINTS
Mahathir’s Economic Legacy	By Jomo K.S.
Economic Partnerships with ASEAN Members are Necessary	By Takashi Shiraishi
Sumatran Villagers Sue Japan over ODA Dam	By Amanda Suutari
Public Perceptions of Indonesia’s Crisis	By Yasmin Sungkar
Madness at Simpang Kraft: How Indonesian Journalists Witnessed the Murder of Acehnese Civilians	By Chik Rini —RENDITIONS
ISSUE 4 — FEATURES
Economic Regionalization in East Asia	By Urata Shujiro
Will Vietnam’s Growth Last?	By Kenichi Ohno
Thailand’s Positioning in a New Global Economic Paradigm	By Olarn Chaipravat
The Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy	By Medhi Krongkaew
Indonesian Migrant Workers in Japan: Typology and Human Rights	By Haning Romdiati
Focus on: NGOs Helping Migrant Workers in Japan	By Writers, Kyoto Review
Japanese Government Support for Cultural Exports	By Nissim Otmazgin
Will the Mekong Survive Globalization?	By Charnvit Kasetsiri
The “Bombay 5-6”: Last Resource Informal Financiers for Philippine Micro-Enterprises	By Mari Kondo

ISSUE 4— BOOK REVIEWS
The Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and Challenges Arsenio Balisacan and Hal Hill, editors Quezon City / Ateneo University Press / 2003	By Eric Batalla
Indonesian Politics and Society: A Reader David Bourchier and Vedi Hadiz, editors London and New York / RoutledgeCurzon / 2003	By Patrick Jory
Local Power and Politics in Indonesia: Decentralisation and Democratisation Edward Aspinall and Greg Fealy, editors Singapore / Institute of Southeast Asain Studies / 2003 Indonesia’s Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape Leo Suryadinata, Evi N. Arifin, and Aris Ananta, editors Singapore / Institute of Southeast Asain Studies / 2003	By Wahyu Prasetyawan
IDEAs— International Development Economics Associates	Writers, Kyoto Review