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    In the years following the collapse of Asia’s economy in 1998, South Korea turned to alternative exports to assist in both the restructuring of the nation’s financial strength and it’s reputation in international markets. As a result, pop-cultural exports such as films, television dramas, pop music and celebrities associated with these forms of media discourses have found growing popularity in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan; as well as many other East and Southeast Asian countries. This growing popularity

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    Indonesia is the largest economy in South-East Asia; it has progressed into a decentralized electoral democracy and has managed to reduce its overall poverty from 17 percent in 2004 to 11 percent in 2014. However, despite their steady economy and major improvements, nearly 40 percent of Indonesia lives just above the poverty line. Additionally, Indonesian public services and health standards fall behind other middle-income countries; these facts combined with their high rates of maternal mortality

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    To properly consider the impact of integrating with the global economy on China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, it is useful to first define the global economy. When did it come into being? Frank (1998) posits that a global economy had existed since the start of the thirteenth century. Although financial flows were limited, there was a burgeoning exchange of commodities between Asian and European economies. Of the Asian economies, China and India stood out for the extensiveness of their trade links

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    engagements are direct contributors to the peace, economy and political stability throughout Southeast Asia. The History and Economic Relationships After the Spanish-American war a series of opportunities brought a lot of regional players and foreign powers to the Philippines, the United States took the position that Spain once had. The Unites States saw the Philippines islands as a strategic place that would open commerce and trade to the far east Asia from the beginning and their stance did not change

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    The rapid rise of economies in Asia over the past few decades has been phenomenal. According to (Steven, Jeffrey and Jong-Wha, 1997), Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia grew at an average of over 5.5% per year in per capita terms between 1965 and 1990. The mentioned 08 Asian countries are also known as the eight high-performing Asian economies (HPAEs). With exception to some post-war European countries, such growth rates at this magnitude

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    Economic Development in Central Asia Central Asia is one of the poorest regions of the world, some factors such as the government in charge and being in a landlocked position are to blame for this. Central Asia has natural resources which could help this country to grow economically, but due to its location, the costs of transportation of these resources can be very high. The fall of the Soviet Union affected the economy of many of the countries of Central Asia, and only a couple of those countries

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    This research paper focus on the continent of Asia as a whole in regards of a brief background as well as address the sway of the present fiscal atmosphere on Asian financial prudence. The role of macroeconomic and fundamental strategies to address interim financial instabilities. It will inspect the degree of revenue disparity in Asia and how the innumerable variables not limited to expansion and operational revolution impact on revenue disproportion. Asia faces five challenges as it pursues sustained

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    economic ideologies and communist economic ideologies. Both of these ideologies were practiced in different parts of Southeast Asia and there is clear distinction between the two. Communists’ economic ideology model involved; central planning of state economy which was influenced mostly by institutional directions or social status, there are clear hierarchical orders of economy where only states authorities can issue instructions as seen in Indonesia. Privatization was removed in communist economic policies

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    in Southeast Asia Thesis For a developing nation, the progression of its economy is crucial and the focus on the economies of Southeast Asia have taken the region as a whole quite far in a very impressive time period; however, the region must adapt to the problematic climate change issues of the world as it is still in its developing stage given that if the natural resources of the region are used up, there will not be very many sources to allow the region to sustain its economy upon. Background

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    Australia’s trading links with other countries, specifically the Asia-Pacific region, has led to its advancing development in the modern world. Australia has always had strong trading links with the world and relies heavily on imports and exports. Australia Imports products such as petroleum and cars from other countries primarily China, The United States and Japan. As well as importing goods, Australia also exports massive amounts of iron ore, coal and gold. Australia exports $54.4 billion AUD

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