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Plugging into Production Networks: Industrialization Strategy in Less Developed Southeast Asian Countries Plugging into Production Networks: Industrialization Strategy in Less Developed Southeast Asian Countries
Ikuo Kuroiwa, editor
Pub Date: 2009
Hard cover ISBN: 978-981-230-934-1        S$69.90/US$49.90
Publisher: ISEAS / IDE-JETRO
No. of pages: 313
About the Publication This work focuses on how less developed economies in Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), can establish links with neighbouring countries and participate in production networks. It also takes a look at links between Singapore and the Batam-Bintan-Karimun (BBK) Special Economic Zone in Indonesia. Leading Southeast Asian economies have achieved rapid economic growth by participating in production networks organized by multinational enterprises. It is thus crucial for less developed economies in Southeast Asia to improve their investment climate, attract foreign direct investment, and form competitive industrial clusters. Service link costs must also be reduced substantially to make production fragmentation economically feasible. The authors in this book discuss these issues and provide policy recommendations.
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Table of Contents
Plugging into Production Networks: Industrialization Strategy in Less Developed Southeast Asian Countries
Preliminary pages
1. Introduction, by Ikuo Kuroiwa
PART I: OVERVIEW OF PRODUCTION NETWORKS IN LESS DEVELOPED SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Expansion of the Production Networks into the Less Developed ASEAN Region: Implications for Development Strategy, by Fukunari Kimura
3. Production Networks and Industrial Policy in Less Developed Southeast Asia, by Ikuo Kuroiwa
4. ASEAN Economic Integration and Implication for CLMV Countries, by Denis Wei-Yen Hew Sanchita Basu Das Rahul Sen
PART II: CASE STUDIES
5. Industrialization Strategy of Laos: Agglomeration and Fragmentation, by Motoyoshi Suzuki
6. Export-oriented Garment Manufacturing and Its Impact on Employment, Productivity and Wages in Cambodia and Laos, by Rajah Rasiah
7. FDI and Economic Integration in Vietnam, by Tuan Bui
8. Border Industry in Myanmar: Plugging into Production Networks through Border Industry, by Toshihiro Kudo Ikuo Kuroiwa
9. The Batam, Bintan, Karimun Special Economic Zone: Revitalizing Domestic Industrialization and Linking Global Value Chain, by Toh Mun Heng Ng Kwan Kee
Index
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Co-publication: ISEAS / IDE-JETROISEAS and Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan co-publication. ISEAS has worldwide distribution rights.
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