Southeast Asia beyond Crises and Traps

Written by area studies specialists whose assessment is informed by expert grasp of South East Asia's complex economic, social and political conditions and historical realities
Thoroughly explores five core case studies in the region and examines lessons to be learnt from them
Starts with a methodological reflection on the measurement of emerging economies, provides a historical overview and outlines a clear research agenda

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Khoo Boo Teik is Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo.

Keiichi Tsunekawa is Senior Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo.

Motoko Kawano is Assistant Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo.

Klappentext

This book examines how Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam can provide instructive case studies of how Southeast Asia has negotiated pathways of development beyond crises and traps. At two ends of just one decade, 19972007, these five countries all weathered the shocks of an East Asian financial crisis and a global financial crisis. Some economies might have buckled completely under those shocks and been condemned to long-term stagnation. Yet these economies emerged with continued if slower economic growth.

An important theme of this book is that their resilience has been partly derived from the pursuit of growth and competitiveness along lesser known pathways. The chapters of this book take a novel approach to South East Asia's search for growth and improvement. They provide original insights into actual cases of intermediate ways of achieving growth, upgrading and income improvement in non-privileged sectors. Such cases hold more relevant lessons for the majority of developing countries than the experiences of highly developed economies.

Inhalt
Introduction. -1. Southeast Asia beyond crises and traps.- Part I: Surveys of political economy.- 2. New Strategy of Thai Big Firms in the Era of ASEAN Community Era.-3. State, Industry and Business in Indonesia's Transformation.- 4. Vietnam's post-WTO Industrial Development: Strategies and Realities.- 5. Malaysia's Transformation: High Income, Middle Capability. -. Part II: In Search of Continuous Improvement.- 6. Industrial Innovation in Thailand: The Electronics, Automotive and Seafood Sectors.- 7. Upgrading Malaysia's Rubber Manufacturing: Trajectories and Challenges.- 8. The Philippine Services Sector: Domestic Policy and Global Markets.- 9. Development of the Mining Industry in Indonesia, 19972014: An Institutional Assessment.- 10.
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