This report is the outcome of the ERIA research project Globalization and Performance of Small and Large Firms in fiscal year 2013, which was launched as part of a series of micro-data studies of globalization by ERIA since 2008. Under this project, ten country studies were conducted for eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region: China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and ...

This study also analyses how urban transport efficiency could be improved with more effective policy measures . Drawing on the literature of transport economics, various precedents cases and policies throughout the world have been investigated. The findings indicate that without a strong transport policy, it will be extremely difficult to avoid traffic congestion in a pre-emptive way . This study ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia region has been experiencing a rapid growth in urbanisation in the last few years which is likely to continue for some time. In particular, the increase in urbanisation has been remarkable, among others, in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Such growth has seen overall energy demand rise, driven by the increase ...

The East Asia Summit (EAS) region is still experiencing significant growth in energy demand, especially in the form of electricity, at faster rates than the world average. This is mainly driven by industrialisation, urbanisation, motorisation and increases in per capita income (ERIA, 2015). Investment in energy infrastructure in this region is not likely to be satiated in the coming decades (IEA, ...

According to the East Asia Summit (EAS) Energy Outlook produced by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), which covers ASEAN 10 countries plus Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand and United States, the total primary energy supply (TPES) will increase from 7,487 Mtoe in 2015 to 10,931 Mtoe in 2040. The annual growth rate will be 1.5% (1.46 times), ...

The Asia-Pacific is becoming more and more integrated. Countries in the region increasingly depend on each other for our economic prosperity. Our economies have shown great resilience, particularly in the years since the Global Financial Crisis, and Asia remains an engine for global growth. Regional economic groupings such as the ASEAN Economic Community, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and in the ...

The demand for energy in East Asia Summit (EAS) countries led mostly by their power and transport sectors has been growing substantially. The energy demand in the transport sector is mainly on oil, of which imports have been growing rapidly as the demand surpasses domestic production, causing concerns on energy supply security. Some EAS countries subsidise oil products to ensure affordable price ...

The objective of this study is to review and explore measures to promote the development of oil stockpiling in the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). According to the ‘Southeast Asia Energy Outlook’, which was co-authored by the Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia and the International Energy Agency (IEA), energy demand in the ASEAN has been growing ...

The economic development of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia occurs in three stages: participation in production networks, the formation of industrial clusters, and the realisation of urban comfort. The Comprehensive Asian Development Plan (CADP) 2.0 highlights the importance of infrastructure quality according to the stage of economic development. To realise this ...

The year 2015 was a great milestone for the ASEAN with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). There, too, was the release of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC), a set of strategic documents that details how to achieve overall ASEAN connectivity and identifies projects that need to be immediately implemented for the period 2011–2015. This master plan aims to connect the ...