Notwithstanding ASEAN's growth, almost 13% of its population or 76 million people live below the World Bank's international poverty line of US$1.25 a day. Poverty, aggravated by the vast development divide, has posed a long-standing threat to ASEAN's internal and external economic integration....

The impasse of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round has spurred the proliferation of trade and investment agreements, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The fast-growing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been attracting the attention of governments and...

The article examines the liberalization of trade in legal services in the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its reform prospects to meet the challenges of multi-jurisdictional practice. It argues that while the ten-country bloc pledges to progressively liberalize the legal...