Kiyoshi Kobayashi - Economic Integration and Regional Development: The ASEAN Economic Community

With a combined population larger than that of the EU or NAFTA, economic integration of the ASEAN states will have a massive impact on both the Asian and global economies. This book examines the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and its opportunities and challenges. It looks at the impacts of economic integration, trade structure and economic interlinkage among these countries through case studies. The book also utilizes theories to further examine areas such as trade, cross-border infrastructure, border management, and the regional development in terms of trade liberalization and foreign labor.

This book also provides insight and analysis to developing policies for ASEAN Connectivity. Given the challenges faced and huge potential impacts of the AECs cross-border project, this book will be of interest to policy makers, business leaders and researchers in the ASEAN region and throughout the world.

Kiyoshi Kobayashi is Professor, Graduate School of Management and Professor, Department of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.

Khairuddin Abdul Rashid is Head, Procurement and Project Delivery Systems Research Unit and Professor, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia.

Masahiko Furuichi is Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, Japan.

William P. Anderson (Bill) is Director and Professor, The Cross-Border Institute, University of Windsor, Canada.

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Edited by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Khairuddin Abdul Rashid, Masahiko Furuichi and William P. Anderson

Edited by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Khairuddin Abdul Rashid, Masahiko Furuichi and William P. Anderson

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Names: Kobayashi, Kiyoshi, editor. | Rashid, Khairuddin Abdul, editor. | Furuichi, Masahiko, editor.

Title: Economic integration and regional development : the ASEAN economic community / edited Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Khairuddin Abdul Rashid, Masahiko Furuichi and William P. Anderson.

Description: First Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 170 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017009510 | ISBN 9781138688056 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315534053 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Southeast AsiaEconomic integration. | Southeast AsiaSocial conditions. | RegionalismSoutheast Asia21st century. | Southeast AsiaPolitics and government1945

Classification: LCC HC441 .E266 2017 | DDC 337.1/59dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017009510

ISBN: 978-1-138-68805-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-53405-3 (ebk)

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This book is dedicated to the late Professor Cayetano Paderanga Jr. in memory of his vast contribution to the field of economic development and planning, research and education. May his soul rest in peace.