Roadmap to an ASEAN Economic Community

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v Contents Acknowledgements vii Contributors viii Foreword by K. Kesavapany x 1 Introduction: Roadmap to an ASEAN Economic Community 1 Denis Hew 2 ASEAN Economic Community: Concept, Costs, and Benefits 13 Hadi Soesastro 3 Creating an ASEAN Economic Community: Lessons from 31 the EU and Reflections on the Roadmap Michael G. Plummer 4 Institutional Reforms to Achieve ASEAN Economic Integration 63 Narongchai Akrasanee and Jutamas Arunanondchai 5 ASEAN Economic Community: Political and 80 Security Implications Mely Caballero-Anthony 6 ASEAN Economic Community: Perspective from 105 ASEAN’s Transitional Economies Vo Tri Thanh 7 Role of AFTA in an ASEAN Economic Community 127 Jose L. Tongzon 00 Roadmap2AEC Prelims 7/9/05, 4:02 PM 5 vi vi Contents 8 FDI and the Free Movement of Investments in ASEAN 148 Tham Siew-Yean 9 Services Trade Liberalization in ASEAN 172 Christopher Findlay 10 Labour Mobility within ASEAN: Issues and Policy 196 Implications for the ASEAN Economic Community Carunia Mulya Firdausy 11 ASEAN Economic Community: Implications for 218 Poverty Reduction in Southeast Asia Abuzar Asra, Gemma Esther Estrada, and Ernesto M. Pernia 12 Financial Integration in ASEAN and Beyond: Implications 246 for Regional Monetary Integration Ramkishen S. Rajan Appendix: ISEAS Concept Paper on the 291 ASEAN Economic Community Index 319 00 Roadmap2AEC Prelims 7/9/05, 4:02 PM 6 ...