Technical Reports
ASEAN Capacity Building Roadmap for Consumer Protection 2020-2025 (Roadmap 2025)
This Roadmap 2025 serves as an action plan for capacity building at the regional level, sub-regional and national levels, which, if implemented, will provide ASEAN consumers with world-class levels of consumer policy, institutions and laws. The Roadmap 2025 comprised of a regional roadmap, a regional brief, a policy brief, and 10 country reports.
read moreASEAN Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Certification and Control Manuals
The ASEAN Good Agricultural Practices (ASEAN GAP) is a voluntary standard for the production, harvesting and post-harvest handling of fruits and vegetables in ASEAN. Its objective is to enhance ASEAN agricultural products quality and competitiveness on the international market as well as on the ASEAN market by promoting ASEAN GAP. These manuals define a common certification and accreditation system, which will provide reference for implementation and application of ASEAN GAP among stakeholders, including regulators, auditors, producers, and consumers in the region.
read moreEstablishing multilateral power trade in ASEAN (2019)
This report identifies a set of minimum political, technical and institutional requirements that the ASEAN member states will need to meet in order to establish multilateral power trading in the region. Multilateral power trading can bring multiple benefits, including reduced system costs, increased energy security and an ability to integrate higher shares of variable renewable energy.
read moreASEAN Investment Report 2019 – FDI in Services: Focus on Health Care
ASEAN Investment Report features the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the services sector, with a special focus on health care. The Report looks in foreign investments and the Multi-National Enterprises (MNEs) in the healthcare industry in ASEAN, as well as the investment environment they thrive in. The Report also provides recommendations in moving forward to develop a competitive health care environment in the region.
read moreASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Strategy
The ASEAN Sustainable Urbanisation Strategy (ASUS) is one of the initiatives under the strategic area of Sustainable Infrastructure of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025. It provides ASEAN cities with a framework of sustainable urbanisation based on six areas, namely civic and social, health and well-being, security, quality environment, built infrastructures, industry and innovation. It consists of this report as well as two accompanying toolkits that will assist local governments in ASEAN to advance sustainable urbanisation in their cities.
read moreASEAN Investment Report 2018: Foreign Direct Investment and the Digital Economy in ASEAN
The ASEAN Investment Report 2018 looks at the how digital economy, including e-commerce, fintech, venture capital and other digital activities influence the investment landscape in ASEAN. It also discusses policy options and digital economy strategy for the region, to help it transform itself into a competitive global digital hub. The report also includes a special section highlighting Australia investment development in ASEAN. It provides historical analysis of Australian foreign direct investment (FDI) and discusses presence of Australian Multinational Enterprises (MNE) in ASEAN.
read moreASEAN at 50: a Historic Milestone for FDI and MNEs in ASEAN
This report tells ASEAN’s 50-year journey to becoming what it is now: a significant hub in MNE’s global production systems and value chain. It explains how the enormous influx of FDI has driven economic growth, industrialisation and development across the region. The report also looks at the future of FDI and MNEs in ASEAN.
read moreASEAN Investment Report 2017: Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Zones in ASEAN
This report examines the historical investment development of two Dialogue Partners of ASEAN, namely the European Union (EU) and India. It also features the development of special economic zones and how they promote socioeconomic growth and attract FDI.
read moreStudy on Mutual Recognition Models for the ASEAN Agricultural Best Practices
This study recommends the establishment of a Multilateral Arrangement for the Mutual Recognition of Agri-food Standards and Conformity Assessment (MAMRASCA) that covers all three existing ASEAN agri-food standards, with flexibility for adoption of further agri-food standards.
read moreGlobal Megatrends: Implications for the ASEAN Economic Community (2017)
This publication aims to further increase awareness of key issues and drivers of global megatrends, and draw out their relevance and implications for the ASEAN integration agenda. It focuses on the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and, more specifically, how the AEC may be impacted by and can respond to megatrends.
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