Enhancing ASEAN's Connectivity

Enhancing ASEAN's Connectivity

Author: Sanchita Basu Das

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9814414115

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ASEAN has a goal to create an economic community by 2015. To achieve the goal, connectivity among the member states needs to be given due importance. In 2010, ASEAN adopted the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC), which looked at physical, institutional and people-to-people connectivity. It pinned down fifteen priority projects which can potentially transform the ASEAN region, providing the conditions for a single market and production base. But MPAC is an expensive initiative, and funding remains a major challenge. The private sector needs to be actively involved as a number of infrastructure projects identified in the MPAC are lacking substantial investment. This book looks at the current state of ASEAN's physical connectivity and challenges in building better infrastructure. It contains a collection of papers that discuss specific issues pertaining to each kind of physical connectivity - transportation infrastructure, telecom connectivity, ICT and energy infrastructure. The book concludes with the steps needed to be taken for implementation of the various plans, and policy recommendations.


Enhancing India-ASEAN Connectivity

Enhancing India-ASEAN Connectivity

Author: Ted Osius

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-06-28

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1442225106

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Twenty years ago, India launched its “Look East” policy. For most of those 20 years, Myanmar’s isolation, mistrust between India and its neighbors, and poor infrastructure connectivity hindered the development of links between South and Southeast Asia. With Myanmar’s tentative opening and improved relations between India and Bangladesh, an opportunity exists for India to boost trade and security ties with mainland and maritime Southeast Asia. And the United States, during President Barack Obama’s second term, is committed to rebalancing toward Asia, with India playing a pivotal role. With these facts in mind, CSIS presents key recommendations in the areas of diplomacy and security, infrastructure and energy, and enhancing people-to-people collaboration among India, ASEAN, and the United States.


Indo-Pacific and ASEAN

Indo-Pacific and ASEAN

Author: Claire Thi-Liên Tran

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-11-13

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1040251498

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This book examines Indo-Pacific issues from a Southeast Asian perspective and goes beyond discourses such as ASEAN–China or ASEAN–US–China. It analyses the new regional balances in the ASEAN and Indo-Pacific region at the diplomatic, strategic and economic levels while taking into account the ongoing uncertainty of the international order, reshaped by the post COVID-19 crisis and characterised by the increasingly adversarial China-US relations, the sensitive context of South China Sea and Taiwan crisis and the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine. It highlights Indo-Pacific not only from a geostrategic angle but an economic one, considering ASEAN amidst competing connectivity strategies and integration challenges. The book offers an inclusive outlook capturing diversity and convergence of strategies in a key region where the stage of tomorrow’s global order will be decided. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics and international relations and Area Studies, especially Southeast-Asian Studies and Indo-Pacific Studies.


Reinventing ASEAN

Reinventing ASEAN

Author: Simon S C Tay

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2001-10-29

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 981230147X

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Bringing together contributions by some of the leading experts on ASEAN, this work focuses primarily on the political-security and economic dimensions of ASEAN co-operation. Other areas for ASEAN co-operation, such as finanical matters and environmental protection are also considered.


Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business

Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business

Author: Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-04-16

Total Pages: 1964

ISBN-13: 1799889580

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In the next few years, it is expected that most businesses will have transitioned to the use of electronic commerce technologies, namely e-commerce. This acceleration in the acceptance of e-commerce not only changes the face of business and retail, but also has introduced new, adaptive business models. The experience of consumers in online shopping and the popularity of the digital marketplace have changed the way businesses must meet the needs of consumers. To stay relevant, businesses must develop new techniques and strategies to remain competitive in a changing commercial atmosphere. The way in which e-commerce is being implemented, the business models that have been developed, and the applications including the benefits and challenges to e-commerce must be discussed to understand modern business. The Research Anthology on E-Commerce Adoption, Models, and Applications for Modern Business discusses the best practices, latest strategies, and newest methods for implementing and using e-commerce in modern businesses. This includes not only a view of how business models have changed and what business models have emerged, but also provides a focus on how consumers have changed in terms of their needs, their online behavior, and their use of e-commerce services. Topics including e-business, e-services, mobile commerce, usability models, website development, brand management and marketing, and online shopping will be explored in detail. This book is ideally intended for business managers, e-commerce managers, marketers, advertisers, brand managers, executives, IT consultants, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students interested in how e-commerce is impacting modern business models.


Supporting Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia

Supporting Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2022-05-01

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9292695037

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This report identifies well-established sectors needing transformation or improvement (tourism, agro-processing, and garments), along with evolving sectors with high potential for growth (electronics and digital trade) as Southeast Asian countries hammer out policies to boost post-COVID-19 recovery and secure a greener future. The first in a four-part series, the report looks at the pandemic’s impact on these five sectors across Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand. It identifies reforms and strategies to help core industries recover and grow over the medium term. This report underscores how deepening regional cooperation can help policy makers boost their countries’ COVID-19 recovery and build more resilient economies and societies.


The Europa World Year Book 2003

The Europa World Year Book 2003

Author: Europa Publications

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 2470

ISBN-13: 9781857432275

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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.