Almost all books or articles that offer comparative studies on Southeast Asia begin their introduction with a narrative on how diverse the region is. This feature, although provides an incredible laboratory for the study of […]
Since the BRICS summit in July 2014 in Brazil, when five developing member countries announced the establishment of the New Development Bank (NDB), there has been widespread media coverage on regional connectivity. One major step […]
Recent trends in the world economy show the processes of globalization and regionalization proceeding simultaneously. Economic globalization, as measured by the ratio of foreign trade to gross domestic product (GDP), soared from 25 to 46 […]
Since 1986, when the Vietnamese government began the policy of “economic renovation” called doi moi, and especially from the early 1990s, when it opened up to the west, Vietnam has been deeply involved in globalization. The […]
The essence of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s Dual Track Policy is an effort to maintain stable economic growth: a slowdown in exports due to slackening external demand would be met with a boost in domestic […]
The economic crisis of 1997 affected everyone in Thailand, even His Majesty the King. Seeing many of his subjects suffering, he advised the Thai people to change their economic philosophy in order to cope with […]
As a developing country, the Philippines has a large informal sector comprised of micro-enterprises. Many of these are severely resource-constrained small vendors operating in public markets, whose survival in business relies heavily on access to […]
The Philippine Economy: Development, Policies, and ChallengesArsenio Balisacan and Hal Hill, editorsQuezon City / Ateneo University Press / 2003 This edited volume represents the latest important update to the study of problems of Philippine economic […]
IDEAs: International Development Economics Associates www.networkideas.org IDEAs, or International Development Economics Associates, is a pluralist network of progressive economists across the world. It seeks to undertake and promote a range of activities including research, teaching, dissemination, […]
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