The "Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Economics" offers new insights into the rapidly-developing economies of Southeast Asia. Despite widespread initial deprivation, Southeast Asia has achieved and sustained a remarkable rate of growth, in the course of which tens of millions have successfully escaped severe poverty. Though the economies of the region vary in many dimensions, integration into the wider East Asian network of production and trade is a notable common feature, one that continues a centuries-long history of engagement with global trade. A second striking feature is the...
The "Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Economics" offers new insights into the rapidly-developing economies of Southeast Asia. Despite widespre...