Handbook on East Asian Economic Integration

This comprehensive Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the nature of East Asian economic integration alongside thoughtful insights into contemporary issues, such as digital technology and the environment. Contributors provide detailed explanations of the origins of the topic, tracing the evolution of production networks and guiding readers through contemporary policy issues.

Chapters cover the key topics impacting East Asian economics such as:

• agricultural development, structural transformation and East Asian trade
• skills and human capital development policies of ASEAN
• trade, poverty and Aid for Trade
• institutional reforms, regulatory reform and measuring integration.

The Handbook concludes with a considered review of regional security and discusses how improvements in this area can cause obstructions to economic integration, highlighting future approaches for how these issues can be resolved.

Accessible and engaging, this Handbook will be an excellent resource for scholars of Asian and regional economics and studies. Policy makers within the media and financial institutions will also benefit from the practical case studies and suggested avenues for future policy improvements.