Browsing by Subject "ASEAN"
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An evolving Asean: vision and reality
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-09)
This volume is a compilation of the papers presented at the High-Level Workshop on the Evolving Nature of ASEAN’s Economic Cooperation: Original Vision and Current Practice, containing the authors’ personal reflections on ASEAN’s journey toward economic integration. The papers review the historical evolution of ASEAN’s economic agenda, capture its achievements, examine the challenges that have surfaced in the last decade, and recommend a way forward. The papers in this volume emphasize that, while there have been notable successes, the remaining ... -
ASEAN @50Volume 4: Building ASEAN Community: Political-Security and Socio-cultural Reflections
(ERIA, 2017)
ASEAN has gradually built, on the basis of both shared interests and common principles and norms, various practices and mechanisms that helped prevent conflict among its members and allowed it to play an autonomous role in shaping the regional security architecture. Overcoming the member states' preoccupation with their own national concerns to give way to advocacy of collective interests has remained difficult, but progress is being made. Part A of this volume looks at the processes and dynamics, challenges, and opportunities of ASEAN ... -
ASEAN: The Rich & Poor Gap & The Drive for Growth
(2014-02-17) -
Income Inequality in ASEAN: Perceptions on Regional Stability from Indonesia and the Philippines
Income inequality has been a growing concern since Global Financial Crisis. But how do regional institutions contribute to the debate on income equality? ASEAN’s normative framework is underpinned by the principle of non-interference while ASEAN has a mandate to establish an equitable economic community post 2015. This study examines if regional income inequality is considered a regional problem, and if so, is the concern significant enough to overcome the principle of non-interference allowing ASEAN to play a greater role in policy formation. ... -
Leni to ASEAN: Address gender inequality
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Measuring health equity in the ASEAN region: conceptual framework and assessment of data availability
(2023-12-05)
Background: Existing research on health equity falls short of identifying a comprehensive set of indicators for measurement across health systems. Health systems in the ASEAN region, in particular, lack a standardised framework to assess health equity. This paper proposes a comprehensive framework to measure health equity in the ASEAN region and highlights current gaps in data availability according to its indicator components. Methods: A comprehensive literature review was undertaken to map out a core set of indicators to evaluate health ... -
Politics, Power, and Change
(KPMG)
There are 10 varied and challenging national storylines unfolding in ASEAN – and businesses need to join these conversations. Juggling the many demands of an increasingly complex stakeholder universe – from consumers to politicians, regulators to society at large – will require an understanding of the wide array of domestic and regional political risks in ASEAN. While there are some challenges that are common to many countries in ASEAN, the level of risk and trend direction vary. There are several questions on geo-strategy in the region: Will ... -
Progress toward universal health coverage in ASEAN
(2014-12-03)
Background: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is characterized by much diversity in terms of geography, society, economic development, and health outcomes. The health systems as well as healthcare structure and provisions vary considerably. Consequently, the progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in these countries also varies. This paper aims to describe the progress toward UHC in the ASEAN countries and discuss how regional integration could influence UHC. Design: Data reported in this paper were obtained from ... -
Universal health coverage in 'One ASEAN': are migrants included?
(2015-01-24)
Background: As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) gears toward full regional integration by 2015, the cross-border mobility of workers and citizens at large is expected to further intensify in the coming years. While ASEAN member countries have already signed the Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers, the health rights of migrants still need to be addressed, especially with ongoing universal health coverage (UHC) reforms in most ASEAN countries. This paper seeks to examine the inclusion ...