Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
ERIA
ERIA is an international organization established by a formal agreement among 16 Heads of Government at the Third East Asia Summit in Singapore on 21 November 2007. It works closely with both the ASEAN Secretariat and 16 research institutes in EAS countries to provide intellectual and analytical research and policy recommendations. The ERIA Headquarters is based in ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia. These research and policy recommendations are expected to help in the deliberation of the leaders and ministers during their meetings and the East Asia and ASEAN Summits. As its activity is highly recognized in those regions, ERIA ranks 30th among the world’s “Top 50 International Economic Policy Think Tanks” according to the 2013 Global Go To Think Tanks Index Report. ERIA is the only think tank in ASEAN to be honored in this category. ERIA conducts research under three pillars, namely “Deepening Economic Integration”, “Narrowing Development Gaps”, and “Sustainable Development”. Studies cover a wide range of areas such as trade and investment, globalization, SME promotion, human resource and infrastructure development, and energy issues.
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Public Attitudes Towards Energy Policy and Sustainable Development in ASEAN Countries
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-28)This study examines the willingness to pay (WTP) for RE in ASEAN countries. It reports the results of the second research phase. In 2020 (phase one), we conducted a household survey in Myanmar, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Viet Nam, and Thailand; ... -
Understanding SME Trade Finance in ASEAN: An Overview
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-28)SMEs are the most important source of employment in all ASEAN countries, but a lack of access to external sources of finance may limit their expansion and growth. In particular, the existence of a trade finance gap can curtail their participation in ... -
Global Value Chains and Premature Deindustrialisation in Malaysia
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-28)Malaysia has experienced premature deindustrialisation since the early 1990s. The decline in the relative contribution of manufacturing to the economy has been underpinned by structural changes in the electronic, electrical, and machinery industries. ... -
Chief Executive Officer Attributes and Trade
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-28)Many articles in international trade literature have shown that firm productivity is a robust determinant of firms’ export and import activities. Further, the literature has also found that, despite being statistically significant, the magnitude of ... -
Cambodia Petroleum Master Plan 2021
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-15)According to the Cambodia National Energy Statistics (2019), oil demand in Cambodia is significant, and its share per total primary energy supply (TPES) was 42% in 2018, followed by biomass (33%). The demand for gasoline and diesel oil, mainly used as ... -
Indonesia’s Local Content Requirements: An Assessment on Consistency with Free Trade Agreement Commitments
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-15)Local content requirements (LCRs) are one of several economic instruments used by governments to protect infant domestic industries or to generate employment. Indonesia has LCR policies in several sectors. However, LCRs are often inconsistent with a ... -
Technical Barriers to Trade, Product Quality and Trade Margins: Firm-level Evidence
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-02-15)As tariffs have declined to a low level, the trade literature has paid increasing attention to the impact of non-tariff measures. Unlike tariffs, non-tariff measures could act as both a barrier to trade and a catalyst for quality upgrading. This study ... -
The Nexus between Inward Foreign Direct Investment and Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Viet Nam
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-01-30)In recent decades, Viet Nam, a developing economy, has significantly improved its export structure and, to some extent, its participation in global value chains (GVCs), which along with foreign direct investment (FDI) is considered amongst the main ... -
Participation in Global Value Chains and Rent Sharing by Small Firms in Viet Nam
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-01-30)It is well documented that firms that participate in global value chains (GVCs) are larger and more productive, maintaining higher profitability compared to those without such connections. This paper asks the novel question of whether higher profits ... -
Overview of Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, and Global Value Chains in East Asia
(Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2022-01-30)This paper provides an overview of the patterns and trends of foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade as well as the formation and development of international production networks or global value chains in East Asia, with a special focus on Association ...