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ISEAS Library Selects
Monthly Journal Articles on the
Southeast Asian Region
Extracted from Internet Sources
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This issue of Monthly Article Alert includes the following articles attributed to researchers at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.
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Southeast Asia Countries
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Brunei Darussalam
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Cambodia
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Cambodia: Country Operations Business Plan (2020-2022)
[23-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Indonesia
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Why does a good woman lose? Barriers to women's political representation in Indonesia
[15-page PDF document]
New Mandala
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Indonesia's Information Law has threatened free speech for more than a decade. This must stop: According to data from the South East Asian Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) and Amnesty International, the number of incidents involving the Information Law surged from 74 cases in the Yudhoyono era (2009-2014) to 233 cases during Jokowi's tenure (2014-2019) - a more than threefold increase.
Conversation
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Renewable Energy Financing Schemes for Indonesia: This report provides insights on how an Energy Resilience Fund can be established to boost renewable energy investments in Indonesia.
[101-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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International Trade Barrier Index 2019: The Health and Price Effects of Indonesia's Trade Restrictions on Rice
[6-page PDF report]
Galuh Octania, Muhammad Diheim Biru
Center for Indonesian Policy Studies
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The Resurgence of Ideology in Indonesia: Political Islam, Aliran and Political Behaviour
[30-page PDF document]
Diego Fossati
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 38, Issue 2
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Indonesia Grapples with the Indo-Pacific: Outreach, Strategic Discourse, and Diplomacy
[25-page PDF document]
David Scott
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 38, Issue 2
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Laos
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Lao People's Democratic Republic: Country Operations Business Plan (2020-2022)
[20-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Malaysia
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Economy Rice Stalls - A Digest of Malaysian Struggles: Despite their commonness, the economy rice dishes of Penang are a microcosm of historical, economic and diasporic trends in the region. Here, we trace the journeys of three communities to Malaysia in this culinary adventure.
William Tham
Penang Monthly
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Food Value Chain in Numbers
Ng Kar Yong
Penang Monthly
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Fostering a Sense of Conjoint Fate One Teh Tarik at a Time
Ooi Kee Beng
Penang Monthly
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Halal: More than Food - and Much More Holistic: The global halal product market is burgeoning. It is expected to grow from having been worth US$45.3bil in 2016 to over US$58.3bil in 2022. Islamic finance dominates the global halal industry in constituting 43% share of the market, followed by halal food products at 36%. The global market revenue of halal food is projected to increase from having been worth US$1.25tril in 2016 to US$2.57tril in 2024.
Nidhal Mujahid
Penang Monthly
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Jawi Pekan Cuisine - Unique to Penang, Yet So Evocative of Other Foods: This is Jawi Peranakan food, the Jawi Peranakan being "descendants of Indian and Arab (mostly Yemeni) spice traders and businessmen whose women became very familiar with the large variety of spices available in the port cities of the Straits of Melaka." It is yet another product of the cross-pollination of cultures Penang saw in its early days as an entrepot.
Penang Monthly
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Myanmar
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"Are We Not Human?" Denial of Education for Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh
Human Rights Watch
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Myanmar: Country Operations Business Plan (2020-2022)
[21-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Philippines
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Ageing and Health in The Philippines: The Longitudinal Study on Ageing and Health in the Philippines (LSAHP) is the first multi-actor longitudinal study on ageing in the Philippines with information coming from older Filipinos, their caregivers, and adult children. The 2018 baseline data provides comprehensive information on the health, economic status, and overall well-being of a nationally representative sample of older Filipinos aged 60 and older. These data will be a valuable resource for the crafting of evidence-based policies and programmes for this sector of the population.
[276-page PDF document]
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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Louisiana Honors First Filipino Settlement: Like the murky waters of the Louisiana bayou, the history of St. Malo is shrouded in mystery. The small fishing village was believed to have sprung up about 30 miles east of New Orleans in present day St. Bernard Parish sometime after the first Filipinos came to America...
Amy Namur
East-West Center
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Singapore
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The Odd Couple: Singapore's Relations with China: Now, China has designs to remake the world's trade flows through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). That could have long-term ramifications for Singapore, since the BRI envisions a new network of trade routes radiating from China, mostly over land across Central Asia and continental Southeast Asia rather than through the Malacca Strait. At the same time, some coastal Chinese cities have begun to challenge aspects of Singapore's dominance as a maritime trading center.
Felix K. Chang is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Supporting Singapore's "30-by-30" Food Security Target: Finding the "Sweet Spot" in Property Taxation
[21-page PDF document]
Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros, Paul Teng
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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Thailand
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Thailand: Country Operations Business Plan (2020-2022)
[22-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Timor-Leste (East Timor)
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The "Readiness" of Timor-Leste: Narratives about the Admission Procedure to ASEAN
[23-page PDF document]
Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 38, Issue 2
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Vietnam
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2019 Vietnam National Defence
[134-page PDF document]
Ministry of National Defence, Vietnam
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Viet Nam: Country Operations Business Plan (2020-2022)
[23-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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ASEAN/Southeast Asia
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ASEAN STRATEGIC POLICY DIALOGUE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT: BUILDING ASEAN'S RESILIENCY TO DISASTER: The theme of this year's ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management (SPDDM) was "Building ASEAN's Resiliency to Disasters", which sought to spark discussion on how ASEAN can continue building on its achievements to enhance resilience of the region. In line with ASEAN's theme of "Partnership for Sustainability" under Thailand's Chairmanship this year, the conference looked at how partnerships contributed towards building ASEAN's resilience in times of disasters. The conference also deliberated on the ongoing efforts to realise the ASEAN Vision 2025 on Disaster Management, in particular realising the vision for ASEAN to become a global leader in disaster management by the year 2025.
[41-page PDF document]
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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Recalibrating Disaster Governance in ASEAN After the 2018 Central Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami: This report summarises and presents the main challenges, good practices, broad trends and key opportunities that emerged from the study. It offers policy recommendations for developing key partnerships and enhancing disaster governance in Indonesia and the wider Southeast Asian region.
[21-page PDF document]
Angelo Paolo Luna Trias, Alistair D. B. Cook
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility: An ASEAN Infrastructure Fund Initiative: Launched in April 2019 under the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund, the ACGF will provide loans and technical assistance for sovereign green infrastructure projects on sustainable transport, clean energy, and resilient water systems. It aims to catalyze private capital by mitigating risks through innovative finance structures. The facility will mobilize a total of $1 billion including $75 million from the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund, $300 million from ADB, $336 million from KfW, €150 million from the European Investment Bank, and €150 million from Agence Française de Développement.
[8-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Study on the Biomass and Coal Co-Combustion in the ASEAN Region: Co-combustion of agricultural waste and coal could make a very significant contribution to reducing CO2 emissions compared with simple coal combustion for power generation.
[83-page PDF document]
Otaka Yasuo, Yamada Fumiko & Han Phoumin
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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30 years of ASEAN-Korea partnership: From prosperity to peace with people
Lee Jaehyon
ASAN Institute for Policy Studies
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PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES OF CORRUPTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
[contains link to 39-page PDF document]
Transparency International
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Dams and Climate Change Kill the Mekong: International aid focuses on the impacts of climate change, but hydropower is the awkward elephant in the room that the international community declines to address. Mekong researchers suggest that the four countries need international support to not only adapt to climate change, but also address the consequences of dam construction. The United States, Japan, Australia and the European Union are increasing aid for the region, providing hundreds of millions of dollars in technical assistance rather than supporting direct curbs on hydropower.
Tom Fawthrop
Yale Global
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Effectiveness of State Trading Enterprises in Achieving Food Security: Case Studies from Bernas in Malaysia and Bulog in Indonesia
[88-page PDF document]
Fatimah Mohamed Arshad, Bustanul Arifin, and Yeong Sheng Tey
Center for Indonesian Policy Studies
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Disaster Governance in the Southwest Pacific: Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Pathways for ASEAN: This policy report explores disaster governance in the Southwest Pacific as an area of potential cooperation for ASEAN. Particular attention is paid to Fiji and Tonga, both of which, like their counterparts in ASEAN, have standing militaries that are first responders in disasters. Fiji is also home to the headquarters of regional organisations and, therefore, the centre of regional cooperation in the Southwest Pacific.
[23-page PDF document]
Alistair D. B. Cook, Christopher Chen
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
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South-South Cooperation in Southeast Asia: From Bandung and Solidarity to Norms and Rivalry
[25-page PDF document]
Susan Engel
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 38, Issue 2
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United States and European Union Evolving Approaches in Southeast Asia: Moving Closer to Convergence or Divergence?
[22-page PDF document]
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Vol 38, Issue 2
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Asia Pacific
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Managed competition: Meeting China's challenge in a multi-vector world
[56-page PDF report]
Franklin D. Kramer
Atlantic Council
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Services to Support Manufacturing Value Chains in East Asia: This work has stressed the importance of efforts to reduce impediments to the movement of goods, and most progress so far has been made with respect to reductions in tariffs and efforts to facilitate trade, the latter led by the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Facilitation. Various projects led by ERIA have made significant contributions to understanding priorities
for policy attention in these areas, for example, the work on production networks in South East Asia (Ing and Kimura, 2017). Services, however, are vital components of GVCs.
[4-page PDF document]
Shandre Thangavelu, Fukunari Kimura, and Christopher Findlay
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
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A Fragile and Costly U.S.-China Trade Peace: News broke late on Thursday that the United States and China have reached a "phase one" deal that would mark the beginning of the end to their long and bitter trade war. Pardon me if I don't pop champagne, but aside from a cessation of continued escalation, there is not much worth cheering. There is still significant ambiguity about what is in the deal but based on what we can surmise, it is unclear if the struggles of the past two and a half years have been worth it. The costs have been substantial and far reaching, the benefits narrow and ephemeral.
Scott Kennedy
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
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Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2019 Supplement: Growth Slows Further in Developing Asia's Giants: This Supplement projects growth in developing Asia of 5.2% in both 2019 and 2020, having revised forecasts down given the challenging global environment.
[7-page PDF document]
Asian Development Bank
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Asian Economic Integration Report 2019/2020: Demographic Change, Productivity, and the Role of Technology: This report reviews economic cooperation and integration in Asia and the Pacific and looks at how technology could boost productivity in aging economies.
[contains link to main report (247-page PDF document) and highlights (16-page PDF document)]
Asian Development Bank
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East/South China Sea
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South China Sea of troubles: IF 2019 WAS the year that strategic competition between China and America upended their trading relationship, 2020 will be the year of intensifying security competition. In both Beijing and Washington patience is waning and calls for action are escalating, making more direct and potentially dangerous encounters likelier. The world should pay more attention to one potential flashpoint in particular: the South China Sea.
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Resident Scholar
American Enterprise Institute
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U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for Congress
[93-page PDF document]
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) / Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
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At Last, An RCEP Deal: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is reaching its final stages, with officials aiming to sign the agreement in February or March 2020. RCEP, which has been in the works since 2012, would be the world's largest trade agreement by population and GDP. A study from the Brookings Institution suggests that RCEP has the potential to grow the global real incomes by $285 billion annually if put into place before 2030, which in absolute gains is twice that of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The deal makes significant strides on rules of origin, intellectual property, and tariff reduction, while falling short in other areas like e-commerce. Nonetheless, RCEP represents a significant achievement for free trade in the Asia-Pacific.
William Reinsch and Jack Caporal
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
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Human Development Report
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Human Development Report 2019: Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in human development in the 21st century
[336-page PDF document]
United Nations Development Programme
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