The structure of this report is like the earlier editions because of the application of similar methodology. However, one important accomplishment of this study is the development of energy efficiency targets for the countries that did not have targets when this project started in 2007. It could be said that those countries started adopting energy efficiency as an important energy policy as a result ...

The objective of the study is to (i) review the past and present innovation policies of the more developed countries of ASEAN and East Asia – China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam – and present them with reasonable future innovation policies; (ii) analyse successful and failed national innovation systems (NIS) using country case studies and empirical data, ...

The SME Policy Index is a benchmarking tool for emerging economies to monitor and evaluate progress in policies that support small and medium-sized enterprises. The ASEAN SME Policy Index 2018 is a joint effort between the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East-Asia (ERIA), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small ...

Over the course of ASEAN’s 50 years of existence, the ASEAN region has been transformed from a relatively poor region in the 1960s into a robustly growing region of middle-income to high-income countries. The ASEAN Member States (AMSs) have transitioned from being largely exporters of primary products into regional and global exporters of commodities, manufactures, and services. The region has ...

The chapters in this volume show the key opportunities as well as challenges in embracing the two concepts in the context of the fast-growing emerging economies of ASEAN. Transforming the challenges into opportunities requires the participation of the full breadth of society and actions in nations, sectors, supply chains, and cities. Major trend corrections are needed to get the regionally integrated ...

Space and geospatial technology (SGT) is an intelligence technology that enables the global monitoring of a wide range of parameters such as the distribution of facilities and buildings; the movements of cars, ships, aircraft, and people; environmental change; or post-disaster economic development processes. While geospatial technology was originally developed for military and security use, it has ...

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) represents a sizeable part of the global community. Since its inception in 1996, ASEM has played a key role as a forum for dialogue and cooperation in connecting Asia and Europe. ASEM is uniquely placed for fostering interregional relations. In the past 22 years, the ASEM process has proved its vitality and relevance through a steady increase in membership and enhanced ...

This volume is part of the commemorative publication, ASEAN@50: Retrospectives and Perspectives on the Making, Substance, Significance, and Future of ASEAN. Volume 4 provides insights, perspectives, and reflections of eminent persons and experts on issues of significance to the success of building the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Political–Security Community (APSC) and the ASEAN ...

The year 2017 marks 50 years since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed under the Bangkok Declaration on 8 August 1967. The five founding members, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, envisioned political and economic cooperation that would promote stability and prosperity for each country and ultimately a sense of shared culture and identity for ...