The ASEAN Economy in the Regional Context: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Options

Giovanni Capannelli ()
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Giovanni Capannelli: Asian Development Bank, Postal: 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Metro Manila, Philippines, http://www.adb.org/

No 145, Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was created to address political and security issues. Over time, the economy has taken center stage and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is going to be launched in 2015. The AEC is a milestone promoting ASEAN economic integration and centrality, but it alone is insufficient for the group to retain relevance in an increasingly multipolar world. This paper suggests that ASEAN needs an ambitious plan for economic integration beyond the AEC to achieve its economic development aspirations. As ASEAN designs its post-2015 agenda with a view to strengthening its role as a hub of Asian dynamism, its members need to adopt an appropriate policy mix including deep domestic structural reforms and bold actions to further deepen regional integration—transforming the AEC into a truly borderless economic community.

Keywords: ASEAN; regional economic integration; development aspirations; post-2015 agenda (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F55 O53 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2014-12-01
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