1st Edition

Southeast Asian Affairs 1990

Edited By Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Copyright 1991
    395 Pages
    by Routledge

    395 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is an annual review of significant developments and trends in Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on the ASEAN countries. Aimed at giving the reader a broad grasp of current regional affairs, this volume contains 21 articles dealing with such themes as international conflict and co-operation, political stability and economic growth and development.

    Foreword -- Introduction -- The Region -- The International Politics of Southeast Asia -- Performance and Prospects of the Southeast Asian Economies -- Cross-Border Labour Flows in Southeast Asia -- China -- Brunei -- The Changing International Image of Brunei -- Indonesia -- Towards Greater Maturity in Indonesia? -- The Indonesian Economy Facing the 1990s -- Kampuchea -- Diplomacy over the Kampuchean Question -- Laos -- Laos -- Lao-Thai Trade -- Malaysia -- Malaysia in 1989 -- Malaysia’s New Economic Policy -- Myanmar -- The Burmese Way to Capitalism -- Agriculture in Myanmar -- The Philippines -- A Gathering Crisis in the Philippines -- The “Mini-Marshall Plan” for the Philippines -- Singapore -- Singapore -- Towards a Sustained Recovery in the Singapore Economy and the “New Capitalism”? -- Thailand -- Thailand in 1989 -- Changing Structure and Rising Dynamism in the Thai Economy -- Vietnam -- Vietnam

    Biography

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore