...Southeast Asia Games Market The World’s Fastest Growing Region C A SUAL GAMES SEC TOR REPORT 2015 Why focus on Southeast Asia? Revenues of the Southeast Asia games market will double to $2.2 Bn by 2017 Key reasons why Southeast Asia will be the key battleground for global players in the game space. 1. World’s Fastest Growing Games Region The Big 6 Representing 99% of Region Revenues Vietnam 2. Enormous Underlying Online Connectivity and Economic Growth Thailand Philippines 3. Already a $Bn Games Market Malaysia 4. Mobile Games are Dominant 75% Singapore 5. Established Western Distribution Channels Indonesia 6. High English Language Penetration Source: Newzoo 2014 Southeast Asia Games Market Report SOUTHEAST ASIA GAMES MARKET Fastest Growing Games Region Southeast Asia’s economic growth prospects, huge population, and fast-rising (mobile) internet connectivity essentially guarantee double-digit growth rates in terms of game spending for many years to come. Underlying Growth 2013 to 2017 (CAGR) +10.2% +6.6% +6.8% Southeast Asia is growing beyond other similar regions such as LATAM. Projections +4.9% show 85% of games industry growth by 2017 will come from Asia. In certain ways Southeast Asia resembles Europe as a region, not only in terms of population size, but more importantly, in terms of diversity of individual countries. +13.1% Latin America From a games market perspective, this ...
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...Name: Dang Tran Bich Ngoc Student ID: BB110407 Assignment 1: Case Studies: Case studies in east and Southeast Asia in comparative perspective to show the similarities and differences of the development experiences in the region. I. Introduction: This paper reviews the pattern and trends of the development in East and Southeast Asia to recognize the similarities and differences in the region. It offers an extensive view of the Southeast Asian economic miracles in comparative East Asian perspective by comparing and contrasting the Southeast Asian experiences with those of the other high performing East Asian economies, as the World Bank (1993) chose to describe them. The following discussion will focus on the development experiences of Southeast Asia that have been considered high-growth economies, as well as East Asia countries. The Southeast Asia economies have been rather successful in applying public policies to realize their chosen developmental objectives, from the viewpoint of better advancing the course of human development, will be identified. II. East and Southeast Asia (ESA) economies • Human Development (HD): As well as being substantially different in the starting level of human development achieved, and although all have made substantial progress over the two decades, these economies show marked differences in the pace of this progress. Being already high-achieving, Japan recorded a modest rate growth of 0.26%, Singapore 0.61% and South...
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...Reproduced from Federal-State Relations in Sabah, Malaysia: The Berjaya Administration, 1976-85 by Regina Lim (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2008). This version was obtained electronically direct from the publisher on condition that copyright is not infringed. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Individual articles are available at < http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg > REFERENCES Abinales, Patricio N. Making Mindanao: Cotabato and Davao in the Formation of the Philippine Nation-state. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2000. Abinales, Patricio N. and Donna J. Amoroso. State and Society in the Philippines. Lanham, M.D.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005. Ahmad Ibrahim. “The Administration of Muslim Law Enactment, Sabah, 1977 (No. 15 of 1977)”. Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law 5, no. 2 (1978): 359–62. Andaya, Barbara W. “Cash Cropping and Upstream-downstream Tensions: The Case of Jambi in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries”. In Southeast Asia in the Early Modern Era: Trade, Power, and Belief, edited by Anthony Reid. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1993. Baker, M. H. Sabah: The First Ten Years as a Colony. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Publishing House, 1965. Black, Ian. “The Ending of Brunei Rule in Sabah, 1878–1902”. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 41, no. 2 (1968): 176–92. ———. A Gambling Style of Government:...
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...common use throughout Southeast Asia region. The Barangay was believed to have originated from the balangay. A Balangay had a hundred households at the most. It was led by a chieftain, called datu. Migrants from Malaysian and Indonesian Islands came to our shores using the balangay. They formed a single town ruled by a lakan or a sultan. A confederacy of several settlements would join forces in case of aggression. The Spaniards instituted the barangay as a form of local government headed by a cabeza. The Spaniards change balangay to barangay because they could not pronounce the nasal nga and preferred r to l. If the balangay were meant to preserve peace, the barangay was used to pursue its colonial goals. SENTENCE PATTERN 1. A Balangay is a long sailing vessel in common use throughout Southeast Asia region. S – Aux – Adj – Adv – N 2. The Barangay was believed to have originated from the balangay. S – Aux – Adv – N 3. A Balangay had a hundred households at the most. S – V – Adj – N 4. It was led by a chieftain, called datu. S – TV – DO – IO 5. Migrants from Malaysian and Indonesian Islands came to our shores using the balangay. S – TV – Adj – N 6. They formed a single town ruled by a lakan or a sultan. S – TV – Adj – DO – IO 7. A confederacy of several settlements would join forces in case of aggression. S – Aux– N 8. The Spaniards instituted the barangay as a form of local government headed by a cabeza. S – TV – DO 9...
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... Article Title: Supplier development and cost management in Southeast Asia- Results from a field study Author(s): Marc Wouters, Ewout van Jarwaarde, Bianca Groen University of Twente, The Netherlands Journal: Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management 13(2007) 1. What is/are the research question(s)? The research questions are as follows: * What motives do international companies in Southeast Asia have for buying from local suppliers and investing in supplier development? * What priorities do international companies have for local supplier development initiatives? * What practice do international companies use for developing local suppliers? * How do companies manage the risk of transaction-specific investments in local supplier development in Southeast Asia? 2. Main theoretical arguments or hypotheses: Arguments: a) Motives for Supplier Development * Cost advantages * Reduction of lead times * Government regulation * Reduction of supplier dependency b) Priorities for Supplier Development, c) Supplier Development practices * Supplier assessment and feedback * Knowledge transfer * Financial investments * Involvement in operations management d) Transaction-specific investment- of international companies in Southeast Asia. Hypothesis: There is no hypothesis. 3. For the empirical...
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...State Sovereignty and Regional * Institutionalism in the Asia Pacific Shaun Narine Working Paper No. 41, March 2005 * A revised version of the paper is scheduled to be published in The Pacific Review later this year. Recent Titles in the Working Paper Series No. 28 The Revolution in Military Affairs and Its Impact on Canada: The Challenge and the Consequences, by Andrew Richter, March 1999. No. 29 Law, Knowledge and National Interests in Trade Disputes: The Case of Softwood Lumber, by George Hoberg and Paul Howe, June 1999. No. 30 Geopolitical Change and Contemporary Security Studies: Contextualizing the Human Security Agenda, by Simon Dalby, April 2000. No. 31 Beyond the Linguistic Analogy: Norm and Action in International Politics, by Kai Alderson, May 2000. No. 32 The Changing Nature of International Institutions: The Case of Territoriality, by Kalevi J. Holsti, November 2000. No. 33 South Asian Nukes and Dilemmas of International Nonproliferation Regimes, by Haider K. Nizamani, December 2000. No. 34 Tipping the Balance: Theatre Missile Defence and the Evolving Security Relations in Northeast Asia, by Marc Lanteigne, January 2001. No. 35 Between War and Peace: Religion, Politics, and Human Rights in Early Cold War Canada, 1945-1950, by George Egerton, February 2001. No. 36 From Avignon to Schleswig and Beyond: Sovereignty and Referendums, by Jean Laponce, June 2001. No. 37 Advancing Disarmament in the Face of Great Power Reluctance: The Canadian Constitution...
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...nus.edu.sg ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORISM ON THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION 1 S. Narayan 2 Introduction The most important sea-lane of communication (SLOC) in the Southeast Asian region is the Straits of Malacca, the main passage between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. It is 600 miles long and 300 miles wide on its western side. The length of the Singapore Straits, which connects Malacca with the South China Sea, is 75 miles, with an overall width of less than 12 miles. The Malacca and Singapore Straits provides the artery through which a significant proportion of global trade is conducted. Some 50,000 ship movements carrying as much as one quarter of the world’s commerce and half the world’s oil pass through these Straits each year. The second SLOC is the wider and deeper Lombok. It is less congested than the Straits of Malacca, is quite often used as an alternative passage and is considered a safer route. The third SLOC is the 50-mile long Straits of Sunda, another alternative to Malacca. Because the currents are strong and the depth of the water is limited, deep draft ships do not use these straits. The largest SLOC is the South China Sea. It stretches 1,800 nautical miles from Sumatra to Taiwan and is home to four principal island groups and three major zones of 1 2 This paper was presented at the “Homeland & Maritime Security Asia 2005” International Conference in Singapore on 12 October 2005. Dr S. Narayan is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at...
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...come more territorial, whereas the conflicts in the Pacific are likely to challenge the entire state and thus come to concern governance at large (Fiji, Solomon Islands). Fearon (2004; 2005) helps us to understand the dynamics of these wars. He notes that many of the longest civil wars of the world take place in the context of “sons-of-the-soil” disputes. The hallmarks of these wars are that they are protracted, low in intensity, fought between a government and a peripheral ethnic group seeking autonomy or secession, and the rebels do not view the government as a credible partner in peace talks. Democracy and mediation in territorial civil wars in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific Table 1 The territorial wars in Southeast Asia and South Pacific, 1960–2005 Territory Insurgents Start date 5 August 1950 1 January 1965 Episode start 5 August 1950 31 December 1965 1 January 1967 1 January 1976 7 December 1975 7 December 1975 1 January 1992 1 January 1997 1 May 1989 1 January 1963 1 January 1948 8 September 1990 8 January 1999 1 January 1963 31 December 1948 27 January 1995 1 January 1997 12 April 2005 1 January 1948 1 January 1948 29 December 1991 1 January 1994 1 January 1958 31 December 1948 27 March 1990 23 December 1996 1 January 1949 1 January 1957 Episode end 249 South Moluccas Republic of South Moluccas West Papua West Papua West Papua East Timor East Timor East Timor Aceh Aceh North Borneo Karen Karen Karen Karen Arakan Arakan Arakan Mon Mon Mon Kachin Kachin Karenni...
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...aQ2) “Australia will never be fully accepted as part of Asia because of continuing domestic and regional obstacles.” Critically evaluate this claim, citing relevant examples to illustrate. Downer, A. (2005). 'Securing Australia’s interests—Australian foreign policy priorities', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 59 (1), pp. 7-12. Evans, G. (2010). 'Australia's Asian Future', addressed to the Australian Club's International Table, Melbourne, 16 September. Accessed 15 April 2012 at . Gillard, J. (2011). 'Australia PM Julia Gillard on Australia's Role in Asia ', transcript of address to Asia Society, Melbourne, 28 September. Accessed 15 April 2012 at . Griffiths, M. & Wesley, M. (2010). 'Taking Asia Seriously', Australian Journal of Political Science, 45 (1), pp. 13-28. Harris, S. (2005). 'China-US relations: A difficult balancing act for Australia?' Global Change, Peace & Security, 17 (3), pp. 227-238. Higgott, RA and Nossal, KR. (1997). 'The International Politics of Liminality: Relocating Australia in the Asia-Pacific', Australian Journal of Political Science, 32 (2), pp. 169-186. Jain, P. (2008). 'Australia's Asia Dilemma', Global Asia, 3 (3), pp. 86-93. Jones, DM & Benvenuti, A. (2006). 'Tradition, myth and the dilemma of Australian foreign policy', Australian Journal of International Affairs, pp. 103-124. Jupp, J. (1995). 'From 'White Australia' to 'Part of Asia': Recent Shifts in Australian Immigration Policy towards the Region'...
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...Organization of Remittances: Channelling Remittances from East and Southeast Asia to Bangladesh Md Mizanur Rahman Brenda S.A. Yeoh ASIAN METACENTRE FOR POPULATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS HEADQUARTERS AT ASIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY of SINGAPORE Md Mizanur Rahman is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore. He is a sociologist with particular interests in migration and development, migration and human (in)security, minority migration and migration policy in East and Southeast Asia. He obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology from National University of Singapore, Singapore, and M.A. in Sociology from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Brenda S.A. Yeoh is Professor, Department of Geography, and the Head of Southeast Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore. She leads the research cluster on Asian Migrations at the Asia Research Institute and is Principal Investigator of the Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis (funded by the Wellcome Trust, UK) at the Asia Research Institute. She is a social geographer whose main interest in population-related studies lies in migration, family and gender issues. She has in recent years completed, in collaboration with other colleagues, research projects on modes of childcare in Singapore, migrant women as paid domestic labour in the Southeast Asian context and Singaporean skilled migration to China. Brenda Yeoh...
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...Studies (COLGIS) Universiti Utara Malaysia 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah DA, Malaysia. Malaysian phone numbers are , +60149344425, +60108049347. E-mail, ppmishra7@yahoo.com and/or patit@uum.edu.my ACADEMIC/RESEARCH/TEACHING INTEREST History, international relations and Asian studies. ------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION ------------------------------------------------- D. Litt.(1998) Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta, Orissa in Trans-National Migration: A Study of Culture in Transit. ------------------------------------------------- Ph.D.(1979)Centre for South, Southeast and Central Asian Studies, J.N.U., New Delhi, ------------------------------------------------- The Problem of Laos: Its international dimensions since the Geneva Conference respectively. ------------------------------------------------- M.Phil (1972) Centre for South, Southeast and Central Asian Studies, J.N.U., New Delhi, The Pathet Lao Movement ------------------------------------------------- MA. (1972) History, Department of History, Delhi University, Delhi. Second Class. ------------------------------------------------- BA (Honours) (1970) History, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India. Second Class. ------------------------------------------------- BSEO (1966). General Studies, Maths, Literature and others....
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...Vol. 3, Issue 3 January 2012 India’s ‘Look East’ and America’s ‘Asia Pivot’: Converging Interests March 2013 What’s in a name? Asia-Pacific or Indo-Pacific? In a speech to the Indian parliament in 2007, Shinzo Abe, the then-prime minister of Japan, became one of the first Asian leaders to call attention to a dawning geopolitical reality: “We are now at a point at which the Confluence of the Two Seas is coming into being…The Pacific and the Indian Oceans are bringing about a dynamic coupling as seas of freedom and of prosperity. A ‘broader Asia’ that (breaks down) geographical boundaries is beginning to take on a distinct form.” Abe was a little ahead of his time in acknowledging the “distinct form” of the IndoPacific region. Many believe that day has now arrived. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the term in her seminal 2011 Foreign Policy article “America’s Pacific Century.” More recently, India’s ambassador to the United States and former foreign secretary, Nirupama Rao, made the case for the Indo-Pacific in a speech at Brown University: “There is a seamless stretch of oceanic space that links the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The earlier concept of the Asia-Pacific had sought to exclude India— today the term Indo-Pacific encompasses the subcontinent as an integral part of this eastern world. We are glad that the mental map of the Asia Pacific has changed and that the center of gravity has moved westward to include India…The task before us is to concretely define...
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...Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) and Narrowing the Development Gap (NDG) Narrowing the Development Gap Narrowing the Development Gap in ASEAN refers to reducing various forms of disparities among and within Member States where some pockets of underdevelopment persist. Measures in the ASEAN Political Security, Socio-Cultural and Economic Community Blueprints are targeted at policy reforms for narrowing the development divide to foster regional cooperation, greater social and economic integration, consistent with the objective of building an ASEAN Community in 2015. Initiative for ASEAN Integration The ASEAN Heads of State at their Summit in 2000 launched the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) with the objectives of Narrowing the Development Gap (NDG) and accelerating economic integration of the newer members of ASEAN, namely Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam (CLMV). IAI Work Plans The efforts to narrow the development gap will be driven mainly by the IAI Work Plan (IAI-WP). The six-year IAI-Work Plans have been developed to assist the CLMV countries as well as ASEAN's other sub-regions to ensure that the economic wheels of their economies move at an accelerated pace. The first phase of the Work Plan covered the years 2002 to 2008. The current Work Plan (IAI-WP II) is based on key programme areas in the three Blueprints for the ASEAN Community: ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint, ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community...
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...sg The article analyzes the limits of the IMF as a global multilateral economic agency to handle serious balance of payments disequilibria. Capital control and growth rates in developing Asia and the twin deficit problem of the United States are also discussed. It also assesses the probability of the reemergence of an exchange rate crisis in Southeast Asia and the wisdom of having an Asian IMF. “Lenin was right. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.” — John Maynard Keynes The Economic Consequences of Peace Keywords: Exchange rate crisis; capital control; growth rates in China and ASEAN; East Asian financial crisis; US twin deficits; IMF; AMF. 1. Post-Crisis Per Capita Income A not well-known fact is that all the six economies in Southeast Asia adversely affected by the 1997/1998 financial crisis have not, until today (November 2005), some eight years later, recovered from the pre-crisis per capita income level in US dollar terms (see Table 1). Thailand’s per capita income in 1996 was US$3,084. After the impressive post-crisis recovery eight years later in 2004, it decreased by 18.3% to US$2,519. Indonesia’s per capita income declined by 10.4%. In other words, the damage the exchange rate crisis did to the Southeast Asian economies is serious enough that utmost attempts must be made to prevent its recurrence. However, should there be another massive speculative attack on the exchange rate, and should external...
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...Reasons why Europe Colonized Asia and Africa and not the Other Way Round Student’s Name: Institutional affiliation: Colonization is the governing influence, control or acquiring partial or full political control past another country, occupying it with foreign settlers and manipulating it economically. It also is when a group or society of people migrates from one area to another but keep their original homeland language and culture. Colonialism is establishment and preservation for a lengthy period, of rule over foreign people that are independent from and subordinate to a power ruling. Colonialism takes a variety of forms. There are three basic variations namely; I. Internal colonialism II. External colonization by the neighboring states. III. External colonization This refers to the so called ‘salt and water’ colonization whereby ‘aliens colonized distant places (Keal, 2003). This characterizes Europe’s expansion to America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. The first wave of European colonization and exploitation started in America in the 15th century until early in the 19th century (Tmh, 2010). It primarily involved the colonization of the Americans by the Europeans. The second extensive phase of European exploratory ventures and colonization was primarily focused on Asia and Africa. It was also known as the era of new imperialism. History of Colonialism in Africa and Asia by the Europeans Between the historical...
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