Chapter 1 Geography and History of Southeast Asian Countries
1.1 Brief Introduction of Southeast Asia
1.2 Basic Information of Each Southeast Asian Country
1.3 The Similarities and Differences among Southeast Asian Countries
1.4 Potential Challenges to the Region
Chapter 2 Diversity in the Economics of Southeast Asian Countries
2.1 Differences in per Capita Income
2.2 Differences in Growth Rates
2.3 GDP Share of Major Group of Economic Sectors
2.4 Labor Force Composition
2.5 Human Resources Development
Chapter 3 Agriculture Development
3.1 Rice Farming
3.2 Plantation Crops Farming
Chapter 4 Industrialization
4.1 Basic Concepts
4.2 Major Manufacturing Sectors in Southeast Asia
4.3 Policies Toward Manufacturing
4.4 Industry 4.0 Plans, Actions and Policy Options
4.5 Import-Substitution Industrialization and Export-Oriented Industrialization Strategies
Chapter 5 Internal and External Trade of ASEAN
5.1 Intra-ASEAN Trade
5.2 Contribution of Export to Economic Growth
5.3 International Trade in Goods of ASEAN
5.4 International Trade in Services of ASEAN
5.5 ASEAN Agreement on Services
5.6 Exports Share-to-Gross Domestic Product (Exports to GDP Ratio)
5.7 ASEANs Most Important Trading Partners
5.8 Export Promotion Strategy in Selected Southeast Asian Countries
5.9 Protectionism: A New Era
Chapter 6 Regional Economic Integration
6.1 Regional Economic Integration
6.2 Pros and Cons of Regional Economic Integration
6.3 ASEAN Cooperation
6.4 ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations
6.5 Growth Center Theory
6.6 The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Chapter 7 Fiscal Policy
7.1 Government Fiscal Balances
7.2 General Government Structural Balance
7.3 General Government Debt
7.4 General Government Revenue
7.5 General Government Tax Revenues
7.6 General Government Expenditures
7.7 General Government Expenditures by Economic Transaction
7.8 Government Investment Spending
Chapter 8 Financial Policy
8.1 Monetary Policy
8.2 Monetary Policy of the ASEAN-5 Countries
8.3 Financial Integration in ASEAN
8.4 Roadmap for Financial and Monetary Integration in ASEAN (RIA-Fin)
Chapter 9 Two Major Financial Crises
9.1 The 1997-1998 Asian Financial Crisis (AFC)
9.2 The 2007-2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC)
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