This working paper discusses the need to for Australia to further strengthen its economic ties with other South East Asian nations, making particular reference to future international trade. The impetus for strengthening regional financial safety nets among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) came following the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997/98...

This paper documents and analyzes the rise of emerging East Asian economies as major international investors. Foreign direct investment (FDI) from these economies is rising faster than their economic growth, trade, and inward FDI, and the region is by far the most important investor from the developing world. We develop an analytical interpretation of the...