As the end of 2015 draws nearer, the prospect of meeting all the goals of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint appears dimmer by the day. The literature identifies two prominent gaps in ASEAN's journey towards an economic community as defined by its own vision. First, the extensive...

The services sector plays an important role in ASEAN economies as it accounts for about half of the region's GDP and more than 45 per cent of its total employment. ASEAN aspires to deepen integration in the services sector in order to enhance the sector's contribution to economic development and...

The ten Southeast Asian economies will announce the formation of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on 31 December 2015. The AEC aspires to deliver an integrated market and production base with the free movement of goods, services, capital and skilled labour. However, member economies are still a...

Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reforming Indonesia's Logistics Sector -- 3. FDI Liberalization in Malaysia's Logistics Services -- 4. Logistics Services Liberalization in the Philippines -- 5. Services Sector Liberalization in Singapore: Case of the Logistics Sector -- 6. Logistics...