Doing Business in the ASEAN Countries
Southeast Asia is home to the ten ASEAN nations of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Collectively they comprise a huge market of over half a billion people, with a total land area of 4.5 million square kilometers, a combined domestic product in excess of US$1.1 trillion and total trade of over US$1.4 trillion. It is the most dynamic and fastest growing region in the world but also has some of the world's most distinctive cultures and business systems. It offers tremendous opportunities for investors and businesses. But to succeed you need to be familiar with the unique business environment including political and business systems, cultural idiosyncrasies, management practices, social structures, legal frameworks, government priorities, potential competition, establishing relationships and selecting partners, and dealing with corruption and other ethical pitfalls. The book will apply a framework to understand each country along these dimensions. This book is a practical and comprehensive guide to succeeding in ASEAN countries. It allows for a deeper understanding of the business environment of these diverse economies. You will be better able to evaluate the risk factors and make meaningful decisions.
East Asian Economic Regionalization
Because USA had decided to withdraw TPP and WTO multilateral negotiations had bogged down, the two sides’ unbalanced relationship (China and USA), and East Asian region is increasingly important, making regional integration in Asia has become a trend and the construction of FTA with many closed countries is a critical policy objective. The first one is large-scale integration agreement with the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and the other is ten countries of ASEAN Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement document (RCEP). Also, other FTA such as those between China and South Korea, or China, Japan and South Korea, are making impacts in the global economy. In this complicated situation, China, as well as Taiwan, needs to develop its East Asian growth strategy to get stronger in the near future. Keywords: WTO, TPP, RCEP, FTA, One Belt One Road, TTIP
An assessment of the Impact of Devolution on Women Empowerment in Nakuru County
-Women have been grossly marginalized in organs of decision-making and governance structures. The Constitution of Kenya has sought to bridge this gap by providing both women and men the right to equal treatment, including the right to equal opportunities in political, economic, cultural and social spheres. However, gender equality has not been achieved and women are still lagging in terms of decision making processes. The main objective of the study was to detemine the impact of devolution on women empowerment in Nakuru County. The study found that substantive women representation, development of programs and accessibility of services had a positive effect on the women empowerment in Nakuru County. The study also found out that increased accessibility of Services by women influenced women empowerment, this study also concludes that the introduction of development programs had the greatest impact on women empowerment in Nakuru County. The study recommends that more programs targeting women should be introduced as these have the greatest impact on women empowerment. The findings may be used to make conclusions and recommendations.