southeast asia in an era of financial crises economic vitality and political legitimacy
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SOUTHEAST ASIA IN AN ERA OF FINANCIAL CRISES
Economic Vitality and Political Legitimacy
“It’s the economy, stupid”
Or is it?Singapore’s 2010 GDP growth was 14.5%
PAP took a “pasting” in 2011 elections
1997-1998
Fall of Suharto in IndonesiaMahathir-Anwar split in MalaysiaNew government and constitution in Thailand
This morning’s session
Lecture One: Changes in Southeast Asian economies
Regional “commodity chains”Lecture Two: Why are many SEA economies
so successful?
Southeast Asian economies
Large populationsLargish economiesAverage 2009 pci (PPP $) near $5,000Malaysia near $14,000Myanmar near $1,000
Why was the “hamburger” crisis less severe?
Commodity prices (China)Demand (China)Lessons learned
healthy bankscurrent account surpluses
Fiscal stimulus
De-coupled from Europe and NA?
Falling shares of exports to EU and NARising shares of exports to ChinaBut….
ASEAN
19671992: AFTAAEC by 2015
Vertical specialization
Middle income trap?Global economic adjustments
From flying geese to commodity chains
Textile industryTransport machinery and electronics
Further readings?
OECD, Southeast Asian Economic Outlook, 2010Dan Slater, Ordering Power. Contentious Politics
and Authoritarian Leviathans in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Olivier Cattaneo, Gary Gereffi, and Cornelia Staritz, eds. Global Value Chains in a Postcrisis World: A Development Perspective (World Bank, 2010)