Free Trade Area Membership as a Stepping Stone to Development : The Case of ASEAN

This study investigates the economic impacts of accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by the new member countries of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. The trade policies of these countries are examined, and a series of quantitati...

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Main Authors:	Fukase, Emiko, Martin, Will
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ARABLE LAND BASIS BENEFICIAL TRADE COMMON MARKET COMMON TARIFF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONCESSIONS CONSTANT ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION CONSTANT ELASTICITY OF TRANSFORMATION CONVERGENCE CUSTOMS CUSTOMS DUTIES CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS UNION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKETS DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DYNAMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC UNION ECONOMIC WELFARE ELASTICITY EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT VARIATION EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT STRUCTURE EXPORTS EXTERNAL BARRIERS EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTERNAL TRADE EXTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN KNOWLEDGE FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA FREE-TRADE AREA FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL TRADE GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORT COMPETITION IMPORT SIDE IMPORT SUBSTITUTION IMPORTS INCOME INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT POLICIES LEGAL STATUS MACROECONOMIC REFORM MARKET ACCESS MEMBER COUNTRIES MERCHANDISE TRADE MOST-FAVORED-NATION MULTILATERAL FORA MULTILATERAL PROCESS NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES NON-TARIFF BARRIERS NONTARIFF BARRIERS OIL OPENNESS PARTNER COUNTRIES PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POSITIVE EFFECTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION PREFERENTIAL BASIS PREFERENTIAL LIBERALIZATION PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION PREFERENTIAL TRADING PRIMARY FACTORS PRIMARY FACTORS OF PRODUCTION PRODUCERS PRODUCT PRODUCTION STRUCTURE PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTION DATA PROTECTION RATES QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS REAL INCOME REDUCING TARIFFS REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS REGIONAL CUMULATION REGIONAL DEMAND REGIONAL GROUP REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION ARRANGEMENTS REGIONAL LIBERALIZATION REGIONALISM SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES STATIC BENEFITS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARIFF BARRIER TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF LINES TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF REVENUES TAX REVENUES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BLOCS TRADE CLASSIFICATION TRADE CREATING TRADE CREATION TRADE DIVERSION TRADE GAINS TRADE LIBERALIZATIONS TRADE PATTERN TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIME TRADE REGIMES TRADING AGREEMENT TRADING ARRANGEMENT TRADING PARTNERS TRADING SYSTEM TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION UNILATERAL REFORMS VALUATION VALUE ADDED VULNERABILITY TO SHOCKS WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE GAINS WELFARE LOSSES WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1047383/free-trade-area-membership-stepping-stone-development-case-asean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13847