Preface

I.	INSTITUTION AND HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS INTO ASEAN: AN OVERVIEW PAPER
	Introduction
	A. An explanation East/South-East growth
	B. Critical constraints to sustained high growth 1. The evolution of the crisis 2. Three sets of telling arithmetic 3. Solutions 4. Road ahead 5. Lessons
	C. Challenges, issues and country experiences 1. Responses of older ASEAN countries 2. Knowledge economy 3. Technological and employment trends 4. Revisiting "flying geese" paradigm 5. Human resource development
	D. Final recommendations 1. Institutional dimension 2. Human resource dimension 3. Lessons from economic crisis
	E. Conclusion and Asean road ahead
	REFERENCES
II.	INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY BUILDING IN INDONESIA
	Introduction
	A. Macroeconomic policy areas 1. Recent economic trends 2. Macroeconomic policy formulation 3. Industrial policy implementation
	B. Product transformation/diversification 1. Rice 2. Palm oil 3. Textile industry .
	C. Trade and investment promotion 1. Trade policy reform 2. Export promotion activity 3. Investment promotion activities
	D. Infrastructure development 1. Background 2. Privatization of infrastructure 3. Some selected infrastructures
	E. Public-private sector cooperation
	F. Human resources development
	G. Conclusions
	List of abbreviations
	REFERENCES
III.	INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY BUILDING IN MALAYSIA
	Introduction
	A. Macro-economic policy 1. Policies and trends 2. Institutional set-up 3. Public and private sector cooperation 4. Human resource development 5. Discussion
	B. Product transformation/diversification: the case of palm oil and timber processing 1. Palm oil 2. Timber and its products 3. Lessons for new entrants into ASEAN
	C. Trade and investment promotion 1. Ministry of International Trade and Industry 2. Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation 3. Malaysia Industrial Development Authority 4. Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board
	D. Infrastructure development activities 1. Telecommunication 2. Port services 3. Electricity
	E. Lessons for new entrants into ASEAN
	List of abbreviations
IV.	INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE PHILIPPINES
	Introduction
	A. The structure of Philippine governance 1. The principal components 2. The size of government
	B. Macroeconomic management 1. Planning for growth in the real economy 2. Implementing t he development plan 3. Programming and financing the development budget 4. Maintaining price stability 5. Effecting structural reforms
	C. Product transformation and diversification 1. Background 2. R & D activities in science and technology 3. R & D activities in agriculture
	D. Investment and trade promotion 1. The Philippine industrial structure since the 1970s 2. The evolution of the investment incentives system 3. An assessment of the investment incentives system 4. Export promotion
	E. Infrastructure development 1. Background 2. Sector structures 3. Key challenges facing infrastructure development
	F. Modalities of public-private sector interaction 1. The private sector in governance and policy making 2. Mobilizing private resources for infrastructure finance 3. Privatization and competition from public enterprises
	G. Strengthening human resource capacity 1. Education in Philippine development 2. Building human resource capacity in government
	H. Summary and lessons to be learnt
	List of abbreviations
	REFERENCES
V.	INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY BUILDING IN THAILAND
	Introduction
	A. The structure of Thai governance
	B. Macroeconomic process 1. Preparation of the medium-term plan 2. Programming and financing the development budget 3. Key institutions involved in planning
	C. Product transformation and diversification 1. Background 2. Expansion of cassava production
	D. Trade and investment promotion 1. Background 2. The role of the Board of Investment in investment promotion 3. Incentives for regional industries 4. Evolution of agriculture trade policies 5. Preferential rate of interest for exporters 6. The role of the Ministry of Commerce in trade promotion
	E. Infrastructure development activities 1. Background 2. The role of private sector 3. Privatization infrastructure sector
	F. Public-private sector cooperation
	G. Human resource capacity building
	List of abbreviations