Economic interests and the ASEAN Economic Community / Tham Siew Yean and Sanchita Basu Das -- ASEAN economic cooperation and its political realities / Rodolfo C. Severino and Moe Thuzar -- Indonesia's implementation of facilitation and harmonization measures under the AEC / Yose Rizal Damuri --...

1. Malaysian economic development : looking backward and forward / Hal Hill -- 2. Political challenges in economic upgrading : Malaysia compared with South Korea and Taiwan / Joan M. Nelson -- 3. The politics and policies of corporate development : race, rents and redistribution in Malaysia /...

The Malaysian economy has undergone substantial industrial transformation, shifting from primary commodity production to manufacturing in slightly more than 5 decades since achieving independence. However, efforts to deepen manufacturing development have not succeeded in nurturing a critical...

The ten Southeast Asian economies reached a milestone on 31 December 2015, when they announced the formation of an ASEAN Community. Although this includes three pillars – ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community – it is the...