The emergence of East Asian regionalism is arguably one of the most important developments in the international relations of Asia. The trend began in 1997, when the region was hit by a massive economic crisis. The crisis undermined the credibility of regional institutions that were developed within a sub-regional or Asia-Pacific basis, namely the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ...

Editorials 775 If the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were one country, its gross domestic product would be the seventh largest in the world. 1 The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 will reduce tariffs, increase the flow of goods, services, labour and capital between the Association's member states, and lead to greater economic integration and improved economic outco...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an important regional organisation in Asia. It has ten Member Countries with approximately 642 million people, a large market for foreign investors. European Union (EU) dynamic the region. 27 States population 446 million, where essential destination investment coming from ASEAN and EU have kept their cooperation decades not only on economic...

Objective To quantify the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related factors (dietary behaviors and physical activity levels) in a cross-sectional, observational study of ASEAN undergraduate students. Material and Methods A total of 6783 (35.5% male and 64.5% female) undergraduate students (Mean age: 20.5, SD = 2.0) from eight ASEAN countries completed questionnaires and anthropometric measure...

The present paper characterizes the mean-reverting behavior of six ASEAN markets – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam – using an autoregressive exponential GARCH-in mean model and daily data from August 2000 to May 2010. The results indicate fast speed of mean-reversion in the returns of these markets but with quite distinct patterns of return dynamics. The e...

nafta and asean were concluded topursue certain goals. asean,being developedas for political reasons, gradually expanded its work scope intoeconomic, trade, security, and cultural extents. nafta on the other hand  has been able to form anintegrated economic and trade system. according to documents regarding the observation of human rights within asean and nafta frames,it is clearly indicated th...

China and ASEAN have been maintaining a relationship both cooperative and competitive in the textile trade. Due to its labor intensive feature and high dependence on foreign trade , the textile trade has received much attention after the 2008 financial crisis. The customs data (classified by the HS code) from year 2006-2009 is employed to research the impact of the crisis on the trade pattern o...

â â â  â â  abstract: â  china and asean have been maintaining a relationship both cooperative and competitive in the textile trade. due to its labor intensive feature and high dependence on foreign trade , the textile trade has received much attention after the 2008 financial crisis. the customs data (classified by the hs code) from year 2006-2009 is employed to research the impact of the cris...