Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. foreword ix
4. message xi
5. PREFACE xiii
6. Acknowledgements xix
7. Contributors xxi
8. Abbreviations xxiii
9. 1. Introduction: State of Readiness of ASEAN Economies and Businesses 1
10. 2. ASEAN’s Readiness in Achieving the AEC 2015: Prospects and Challenges 10
11. PART I Challenges for Member Countries
12. 3. Achieving the AEC 2015: Challenges for Brunei Darussalam 21
13. 4. Achieving the AEC 2015: Challenges for Cambodia and its Businesses 37
14. 5. AEC 2015, Cambodia, and the Lao PDR: View from the GMS 53
15. 6. Deadline 2015: Assessing Indonesia’s Progress towards the AEC 71
16. 7. Towards an Integrated AEC: Where is Malaysia? 85
17. 8. Achieving the AEC 2015: Challenges for the Philippines 99
18. 9. ASEAN Economic Integration: Perspectives from Singapore 125
19. 10. Achieving the AEC 2015: Challenges for Thailand 138
20. 11. Achieving an Efficient AEC by 2015: A Perspective from Vietnam 161
21. PART II. Challenges for the Private Sector
22. 12. ASEAN Economic Integration: Challenges to Brunei Businesses 181
23. 13. Perspective of the Indonesian Business Sector on the Regional Integration Process 196
24. 14. Achieving the AEC 2015: Challenges for the Malaysian Private Sector 224
25. 15. Role of the Private Sector in Regional Economic Integration: A View from The Philippines 249
26. 16. Role of the Singapore Private Sector in ASEAN Economic Integration 274
27. 17. Thailand’s Perspective on the Role of the Private Sector in the Process of Regional Integration 286
28. 18. The Private Sector’s Participation in Regional Integration: A Perspective from Vietnam 307
29. Part III: Conclusion And Recommendations
30. 19. Conclusion and Recommendations for an Effective AEC 327
31. Index 335