This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This volume analyzes the economic, social, and political challenges that emerging states confront today. Notwithstanding the growing importance of the ‘emerging states’ in global affairs and governance, many problems requiring immediate...

Introduction -- Part I. Country Implementation of SDGs: Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets -- 1. The impact of Global COVID-19 Crisis on SDGs achievement in ASEAN-countries -- 2. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in China and East Asia Imperatives -- 3. Measuring the distance to 2030...

Title -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Author Biographies -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Chapter One: Perspectives on Transnational Entrepreneurship -- Chapter Two: Entrepreneurship in the Japanese Context -- Chapter Three: Japanese Self-Initiated Expatriate...

1. Southeast Asia and the AEC, an Introduction -- 2. The Philippines -- 3. The Vietnamese Economy at the Crossroads -- 4. Thailand -- 5. Malaysia: Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Integration -- 6. Singapore: Working Towards Prosperity -- 7. Indonesia: Choosing between the...

1. The Evolution of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin -- 2. The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in Northeast Thailand -- 3. Divergent Pathways of Rice Farming in Ubon Ratchathani Province -- 4. Farmer Organizations in Ubon Ratchathani Province -- 5. From Subsistence to Commercial Rice...

Preface -- Chapter 1 Creation of Blockchain and a New Ecosystem -- Chapter 2 Market Quality Approach to IoT Data on Blockchain Big Data -- Chapter 3 Industrial Applications of Blockchain to IoT Data -- Chapter 4 Theory of Money: From Ancient Japanese Copper Coins to Virtual Currencies -- Chapter...

Introduction -- Chinese Enterprises’ Use of Management Accounting Tools -- Management Accounting Practices in Indonesia -- Management Accounting Practices in Export-Oriented Manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia -- Management Accounting Practices in Export-Oriented...

Chapter One: China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Introduction and Overview -- Chapter Two: Proliferating Major Power Infrastructure Initiatives -- Chapter Three: Potential Economic Impact of BRI: A CGE Analysis -- Chapter Four: Perception Survey of Asian Opinion Leaders -- Chapter Five: BRI and...

This book focuses on how to promote cross-border economic cooperation in the context of China national strategy including BRI. This book summarizes the existing regional economic development theories and sorts out the relevant theories of cross-border economic cooperation. Then, it analyzes the...

Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Question of Africa’s Economic Sectors and Development -- Part 2: Agriculture Sector -- Chapter 2: The African Cotton Sector: Old and New Conundrums -- Chapter 3: The Political Economy of Fisheries Reform in Senegal -- Chapter 4: Are large scale land...