Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/109634 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration No. 145
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
Abstract: 
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was created to address political and security issues. Over time, the economy has taken center stage and the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is going to be launched in 2015. The AEC is a milestone promoting ASEAN economic integration and centrality, but it alone is insufficient for the group to retain relevance in an increasingly multipolar world. This paper suggests that ASEAN needs an ambitious plan for economic integration beyond the AEC to achieve its economic development aspirations. As ASEAN designs its post-2015 agenda with a view to strengthening its role as a hub of Asian dynamism, its members need to adopt an appropriate policy mix including deep domestic structural reforms and bold actions to further deepen regional integration—transforming the AEC into a truly borderless economic community.
Subjects: 
ASEAN
regional economic integration
development aspirations
post-2015 agenda
JEL: 
F55
O53
R11
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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