The tourism sector, which has high inter-industry and cross-country linkages, is well suited to be the leading sector to accelerate regional economic growth and integration. International and domestic tourism are leading economic activities in the world today. Tourism has been known to generate goods and services directly and indirectly, attract foreign currency, stimulate employment, and provi...

Poverty alleviation lies at the very core of a strong and resilient ASEAN SocioCultural Community (ASCC). ASEAN Member Countries therefore strive, individually and collectively, to address the fundamental issue of poverty in the region. Embedded in the VAP 2004-2010, the ASCC Plan of Action sets the goal of building an ASEAN community of caring societies through among others accelerating the go...

The study investigates India’s trade prospect with ASEAN countries by analyzing the pattern and trends in India’s bilateral merchandise trade with ASEAN countries and their revealed comp that during last three decades India’s share in ASEAN has increased, but it has been less than that of Japan and China. T more marked in the case of im vis-à-vis ASEAN countries. had been worst in case of its t...

According to Article 1 of the ASEAN Charter, one of the purposes of ASEAN is “to promote an ASEAN identity through the fostering of greater awareness of the diverse cultures and heritage of the region” (ASEAN Secretariat 2011, 5). In the ASEAN Vision 2020 issued in December 1997 during the group’s annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, one of the directives was defined thus: “We envision the...

Recently, a new resolve for both increased economic integration and monetary and exchange rate cooperation has started to emerge in ASEAN, especially since the 19971998 Asian financial crisis. According to the optimum currency area theory, the degree of trade integration is one most important criterion for joining a currency union. The large increase in intra-ASEAN trade in recent years natural...

I t seems to be an exciting moment for the ASEAN countries to enter the era of the ASEAN Community. For the ASEAN 600 million people (8.6% of the World population), this regional initiative is expected to bring about economic prosperity and development in socio-cultural well-being of the people. However, development policies do not always complement one another as we promote economic growth and...

BACKGROUND Many randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of herbal interventions have been conducted in the ASEAN Communities. Good quality reporting of RCTs is essential for assessing clinical significance. Given the importance ASEAN placed on herbal medicines, the reporting quality of RCTs of herbal interventions among the ASEAN Communities deserved a special attention. OBJECTIVES To systematica...

In 2011, more than 75,000 people died in road crashes in the ten member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and many times this number sustained long term injuries. Improving road safety outcomes in ASEAN is not only important for the welfare and economic benefit of these countries, but given that a significant proportion of the world’s population lives in ASEAN, it...

The independent, scientific and educational The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States Dengue Vaccination Advocacy Steering Committee (ADVASC) was established in 2011 to address the practical challenges faced by ASEAN countries as they prepare for the eventual introduction of a dengue vaccine. ADVASC convened a workshop in September 2012 that drew together public health r...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to empirically examine the interdependence of income between China and ASEAN-5 countries by using the real gross domestic product (GDP). Besides answering this important policy question, the paper is also concerned with ascertaining the causal direction between China and the ASEAN-5 income. Design/methodology/approach – The paper resorts to the standard tim...