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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824606003321

Titolo

Services liberalization in ASEAN : foreign direct investment in logistics / / edited by Tham Siew Yean and Sanchita Basu Das [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, , 2018

ISBN

981-4786-25-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 375 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

658.500959

Soggetti

Business logistics - Southeast Asia

Transportation - Southeast Asia

Investments, Foreign - Southeast Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Aug 2018).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction / Tham Siew Yean and Sanchita Basu Das -- 2. Reforming Indonesia's logistics sector / Titik Anas and Nur Afni Panjaitan -- 3. FDI liberalization in Malaysia's logistics services / Tham Siew Yean -- 4. Logistics services liberalization in the Philippines / Gilberto M. Llanto -- 5. Services sector liberalization in Singapore : case of the logistics sector / Sanchita Basu Das and Evelyn Peiqi Ooi Widjaja -- 6. Logistics services liberalization in Thailand / Ruth Banomyong -- 7. Services liberalization in Vietnam : the case of FDI in logistics sector / Nguyen Anh Thu, Vu Thanh Huong and Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong -- 8. Services liberalization : case of logistics in Brunei / Tham Siew Yean -- 9. FDI, services liberalization and logistics development in Cambodia / Vannarith Chheang -- 10. Services liberalization in Lao PDR : FDI in logistics sector of a land-linked country / Phanhpakit Onphanhdala and Vanvisa Philavong -- 11. Facilitating FDI for the logistics sector in Myanmar : agency, incentives, and institutions / Min Ye Paing Hein and Ruth Banomyong.

Sommario/riassunto

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 growth in each country. Despite this, services liberalization has progressed slowly compared to goods liberalization both at the multilateral and the regional levels. Different regulatory mechanisms across countries have contributed to the slow pace of liberalization. Logistics is an important industry in the services sector. The integration of logistics is important for deepening economic integration in ASEAN as it facilitates the movement of goods, services and people within and across countries, among producers and from producers to consumers. In view of its importance, ASEAN has identified logistics as one of its priority integration sectors. It has also developed a Connectivity Master Plan and a Strategic Transport Plan, where logistics plays an important role. This book examines the current state of services liberalization in the ten ASEAN economies. It also assesses the FDI enabling environment and the extent of FDI liberalization in the logistics sector as well as the liberalization challenges encountered in each of the ASEAN economies. The book, thus, provides a comparative picture of services liberalization as well as the state of logistics liberalization and development in each of the ten ASEAN member countries. All these have important bearings on deepening ASEAN economic integration for 2025 and beyond.