The South-east Asian region is one of the fastest growing economically in the world. It is a dynamic and exciting area within the Indo-Pacific, a region which straddles the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and which is home to around half the world’s population, about a third of the world’s GDP, and around a third of the world’s total exports. South...
In what ways is it possible for Myanmar to play a larger role in forming new connections for regional trade and investment?
In late November 2015 ASEAN signed the Kuala Lumpur Declaration, formally establishing a single market among the 10 ASEAN member states. Known as the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), the endeavour aims to integrate the region’s economies into a unified market of 620m people and with combined annual output of $2.4trn.
What is the ASEAN Secretariat’s role following ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration?
Formerly known as Burma, many have hailed the Republic of the Union of Myanmar’s recent economic, political and social restructuring as ground breaking, and for good reason. In a relatively short period, it has gone from an isolated economy to an investment focal point.
After decades of dictatorship, Myanmar emerged as an unlikely beacon of democracy in South-east Asia in 2015, as the National League for Democracy (NLD), under former political prisoner and Nobel-Prize-laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, strode to a victory in November’s landmark election. With the government in Naypyidaw poised to hand over power...
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