Posted by admin on July 19, 2009 · 3 Comments
We will skip a bit – in fact, path-create – to an interesting topic before returning to ASIALICS in Post #86. Note: I am off to Davao today to learn coffee growing, my next post #84 will be on Friday. Please feel free to visit other linked posts, they are not time sensitive. Hongkong and [...]
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Posted by admin on March 16, 2009 · 3 Comments
From Part II, the path to a richer, stronger and united ASEAN is long. The members are too economically diverse (see Table above) to unite quickly. Two strategies for convergence are possible. Firstly, a customs union on new, globally important products can link members up via trade for chosen products (see Post #20). Secondly, trade-oriented [...]
Posted by admin on March 16, 2009 · 2 Comments
The way to a richer, stronger and united ASEAN will be long. The member countries start from too far apart, economically, to unite fast. From the table, there are at least four distinct echelons based on relative incomes, GDP per capita, for the ten members.
Posted by admin on March 15, 2009 · 2 Comments
A multi-polar world – this is a scenario the US National Intelligence Council sees for the world in the next 20 years. The report, Global Trends 2025 A Transformed World (see Post #6), says that China and India will be global players with the U.S. and EU then.
September 8, 2010
