This book examines the energy resource relations between China and ASEAN countries. It addresses the following issues: as the world energy demand shifts East because of the rise of China, ASEAN community and other emerging Asian economies, and as the Greater Indian Ocean and the South China Sea...

Key Features:Presents detailed statistics of the oil and gas sector in ChinaExamines the Chinese oil industry from a cross-disciplinary political economy as well as international relations perspective.

Intro -- Contents -- Part I: Technologies in Service -- Chapter 1: Digital Banking for Alleviating Rural Poverty in Indonesia: Some Evidences -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Background -- 1.2.1 Unbanked Population -- 1.2.2 Microcredit and Micro-entrepreneurs in Indonesia -- 1.2.3 State of the Banking...

Key Features:It is a broad, comprehensive but in-depth study based on years of researchIt is written by a prominent scholar in the field of the history and culture of the Chinese in East and Southeast Asia.

Key Features:Shows the transformation the newest members of ASEAN (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Laos) and the newest members of EU (ten new Members from Baltic, Central and Eastern Balkan regions) have experienced during the last two decades (1990-2010)Uses a common theoretical framework based on...

Key Features:The first book of its kind to explain to lay persons, Muslims and non-Muslims, the mystique surrounding Islamic banking and financeDepicts clearly how the market has developed in South-East AsiaProvides a timely survey of Islamic banking in five South-East Asian countries.

Key Features:The first book of its kind to explain to lay persons, Muslims and non-Muslims, the mystique surrounding Islamic banking and financeDepicts clearly how the market has developed in South-East AsiaProvides a road map for Singapore to develop and strategize in the area of Islamic...

The international community has come together to pursue certain fundamental, common goals over the coming period to 2030 to make progress toward ending poverty and hunger, improving social and economic well-being, preserving the environment and combating climate change, and maintaining peace....