ENGLISH

ASEAN

Book information

Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Year
2008
ISBN
9812307508, 9789812307507
Open Library ID
OL16506249M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1492535 bytes)
Series
Southeast Asia Background Series volume 10
Pages
115\115
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Since its founding in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has been an increasingly large part of the life of Southeast Asia, although most people in the region know very little about it. ASEAN has helped bring peace and stability to the region. It has successfully engaged the world's major powers, in East Asia and beyond. ASEAN has taken steps to integrate the regional economy as an important means of cooperatively improving the region's competitiveness, attracting investments, generating jobs, raising incomes, and lowering costs and prices. ASEAN has also formed networks for dealing with regional problems like communicable diseases, environmental degradation, and transnational crime. An essential part of the Southeast Asia Background Series, this book seeks to shed some light on what ASEAN is all about.

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