MEcon@MR Blog

Regional Integration in ASEAN

July 28, 2017 Anirudh Bhati

Image: ASEAN Dimsum.2005; Anton Diaz; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Cambodia has pushed for increased openness and regional integration in recent years, particularly within the borders of its ASEAN counterparts. For example: in 2012 Prime Minister Hun Sen called for increased integration by removing trade barriers and liberalizing frameworks so as to transform the region into a global market with free-flowing goods, services, investment, skilled labor and capital.

Weekly Roundup: Vietnam 19 July 2017

July 19, 2017 Anirudh Bhati

Our weekly round up for Vietnam 19 July 2017

#IdeasCamp July 2017 - The Future of Ideas

July 10, 2017 Anirudh Bhati

One of our goals at Mekong Research is to study the trends in science and technology that are guiding regional changes in education and training, of students and mid-career professionals. With this in mind, we organized #IdeasCamp on Saturday, 8 July 2017 at Emerald Hub BKK3.

From C (Cham) to V (Vietnamese) and Everybody in Between: The Human Development of Cambodia's Ethnic Minority Populations

July 9, 2017 Anirudh Bhati

In recent years, scholarship on the ethnic minority populations in Cambodia and Vietnam has flourished, particularly from scholars working in history and anthropology.