ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Research Papers (original) (raw)

asean economic community (AEC)

- by roni saputra
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- Masyarakat Ekonomi Asean, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

Thailand is located in the center of ASEAN countries. Tourism is a major industry in Thailand. MICE sector as niche tourism generates huge profit for national economy. The aim of this paper is to examine the factors that influence MICE industry development in Thailand, its contribution to tourism industry and challenges involved in MICE sector. This paper further discussed role and involvement of TAT and TCEB in support of MICE sector in Thailand in AEC 2015. Qualitative research technique was used in this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three government organizations officials and one scholar in March 2015 to collect primary data. The study employed thematic analysis to express findings. The findings revealed that Thailand's MICE industry is affected by many aspects, such as infrastructure and facility, attractions, budget, political issues and knowledge. Findings also indicated that to meet challenges of AEC, strategies in the form of collaborations and connections, business opportunities, government involvement, and green MICE need to be employed in the future.

- by Nan Hua and +1
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- Thailand, MICE tourism, MICE Industry in Asia, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)

This report focuses on the latent potential and essentials of impact investing. It is an emerging, innovative form of SDGs investment for realization of the SDGs in ASEAN. Impact investing is distinct in its intentionality in creating and measuring societal impact along with financial return, beyond mitigating risk and incorporating factors related to environment, society and governance (ESG). This report aims to further mobilize financial resources that can be measured in terms of both financial and societal performance to accelerate realization of the SDGs, as part of the “Decade of Action”.

- by Aya Ono
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- Social Entrepreneurship, ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN, Venture Philanthropy

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will be established in 2015 to integrate the regional economy. A professional accountant in a member country may then apply to practice in other member countries. This exploratory study investigates the competencies of Thai accounting students and their readiness for the AEC, and also tests for the relationships between the students' competencies and their level of readiness. This study finds that the accounting students' Ethical, Knowledge, Capability, and Relationship competencies are at the high level, while their Analysis competency is only at the moderate level. The level of students' readiness for the AEC is indicated to be at the medium high level. The results of the regression analysis show a significant positive relationship between the accounting students' Capability, Knowledge, Ethical and Relationship competencies, and the level of their readiness for the AEC.

As a regionalism initiative, establishment of the ASEAN Community needs plausible level of public awareness, good public perception and strong public support from the public for its legitimacy. The current paper discusses the opinion among the public pertaining to regional economic integration under the ASEAN Economic Community initiative in comparison to political-security cooperation under the ASEAN Political Security Community in 2015 among educated public in four ASEAN countries, namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The study aims to solicit and

- by Guido Benny
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- International Relations, Regionalism, Public Opinion Research, Economic integration

Buku ini sangat kaya informasi dan data yang baru dan
valid mengenai isu terkait. Struktur buku ini juga ditata secara
sistematis dan logis serta komprehensif. Dimulai dari pembahasan
secara mendalam aspek konseptual dari isu yang dibahas, dilanjutkan
dengan melihat perkembangan UKM di ASEAN dan
di Indonesia, untuk kemudian mengerucut pada studi kasus
UKM di DIY. Buku ini, dengan demikian, bermanfaat bukan
saja untuk kepentingan pengetahuan semata tetapi juga untuk
bahan kajian dan pertimbangan dalam membuat keputusan di
berbagai tingkatan. Buku ini oleh karenanya layak untuk dibaca
oleh para pelaku UKM, pembuat kebijakan dari instansi terkait
di berbagai tingkatan serta para peneliti dan mahasiswa yang
tertarik untuk memahami UKM khususnya, dan UKM dan MEA
pada umumnya.

- by Nisa Agistiani Rachman
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- Economics, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises, ASEAN, ASEAN Studies
- by Guido Benny
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- International Relations, Regionalism, Public Opinion Research, Economic integration

Autoethnography is a research approach which uses self-reflection andwriting to explore a particular phenomenon but it is seldom used inthe business and accounting field. Nevertheless, the autoethnographicapproach is not without its benefits and this paper thus advocatesusing the autoethnographic approach as a way of understanding thetrials and tribulations of sibling caregivers of persons with disability.Through this vignette, this paper hopes to highlight the plight ofone sibling caregiver. It also emphasises on the anomaly currentlyexisting in the Malaysian tax rules in respect of tax relief for siblingcaregivers. By further drawing on the experience of two ASEANEconomic Community (AEC) member countries, namely Singaporeand Thailand, this study voices the need to synchronise tax reliefconferred on sibling caregivers who are also taxpayers.Keywords: Autoethnography, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC),Sibling Caregivers, Tax Policy, Tax ReliefJEL Classification: I31, I38, M48

- by Siva Nair
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- Sociology, Autoethnography, Tax Policy, Tax Relief

Autoethnography is a research approach which uses self-reflection and writing to explore a particular phenomenon but it is seldom used in the business and accounting field. Nevertheless, the autoethnographic approach is not without its benefits and this paper thus advocates using the autoethnographic approach as a way of understanding the trials and tribulations of sibling caregivers of persons with disability. Through this vignette, this paper hopes to highlight the plight of one sibling caregiver. It also emphasises on the anomaly currently existing in the Malaysian tax rules in respect of tax relief for sibling caregivers. By further drawing on the experience of two ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) member countries, namely Singapore and Thailand, this study voices the need to synchronise tax relief conferred on sibling caregivers who are also taxpayers.

- by Siva Subramanian Nair and +2
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- Autoethnography, Tax Policy, Tax Relief, Siblings, Caregivers, Schizophrenia

Regional Economic Integration is considered the most powerful method of ensuring productivity and attaining economic prosperity. ASEAN Economic Community established to achieve one vision, one identity, and one community is one of Asia's most promising regional economic integration. It aims to emerge as a leading integrated economy in the world. To establish this community, ASEAN adopted Blueprint-2015 in 2007; after implementing the community, it enhanced this blueprint and adopted Blueprint-2025 in 2015. The Blueprint-2025 mentioned five characteristics as the target for ASEAN Economic Community to be undertaken for 2016-2025. Besides, the blueprint also mentioned some significant elements associated with the characteristics. This study focused on the empirical analysis of these characteristics of Blueprint-2025. Therefore, this work used the data of the ten ASEAN countries from 2010 to 2019 by selecting some indicators representing the elements of these characteristics. The finding of this analysis suggested that a large number of the indicators have experienced a decent level of progress, whereas only a few failed to achieve the expected trend.

- by Sity Daud
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- International Relations, Regionalism, Public Opinion Research, Economic integration