Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Non-Tariff Measures: Not All that Bad
29 October 2015
While tariffs have been reduced, the number of non-tariff measures (NTMs) is increasing, and is often blamed to be one source of the … Read More
Transmission Channels of Economic Shocks in ASEAN
17 March 2015
This Policy Brief is based on ERIA Discussion Paper 2013-18 titled "Managing Economic Shocks and Macroeconomic Coordination in an Integrated Region: ASEAN Beyond … Read More
Financial Integration Challenges in ASEAN Beyond 2015
25 August 2014
Abstract Financial integration has many potential economic benefits. However, it also carries potential risks. In ASEAN, since its financial sector is generally bank-dominated, the … Read More
Stimulating Innovation in ASEAN Institutional Support, R&D Activity and Intellectual Property Rights
20 August 2014
The Policy Brief suggests initiatives that poorer ASEAN member governments should take to stimulate technological upgrading of firms at the bottom with a … Read More
Delivering Results in Standards and Conformance in ASEAN: the Critical Roles of Institutional Strenghthening and the Private Sector
20 August 2014
Addressing technical barriers to trade is a key priority of ASEAN as part of trade facilitation in achieving an integrated economy under the … Read More
ASEAN Beyond 2015: The Imperatives for Further Institutional Changes
18 August 2014
As the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are now committed to a deeper integration process towards an ASEAN Commnity … Read More
The ASEAN Single Aviation Market: Liberalizing the Airline Industry
18 June 2014
Abstract This Policy Brief presents an overview of the barriers facing air transport liberalization in ASEAN. It lays out the policies that governments should undertake … Read More
ASEAN Food Security: Towards a More Comprehensive Framework
23 May 2014
Abstract This Policy Brief is based on the Issues Paper on ASEAN Food Security: Towards a More Comprehensive Framework. The key message is that food … Read More
Towards Freer Movement of Skilled Labour in AEC 2015 and Beyond
23 May 2014
Abstract Movements of skilled labour in ASEAN have been largely from the lower income labour surplus economies to the higher income labour deficit economies in … Read More
Education and Human Capital Development to Strengthen R & D Capacity in ASEAN
05 May 2014
Abstract This Policy Brief raises some policy issues regarding the capacity of the ASEAN region's education system in producing knowledge capital as it looks into … Read More
The Economic Transition in Myanmar: Towards Inclusive, People Centered and Sustainable Economic Growth
13 August 2013
Myanmar has embarked on an ambitious program of sweeping reforms to end its isolation and integrate its economy with the global system. In … Read More
Effective Bureaucracy can Facilitate Economic Reforms in Myanmar
11 June 2013
Myanmar has opened up to democratic and economic reforms. Bureaucracy is one of the chosen agents of reforms, both political and economic. Bureaucracy … Read More
