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The ASEAN countries are among the fastest growing economically in the world. As the world's largest producer of natural rubber, tin, tropical hardwood, palm oil and coconut products, the region has an impressive resource base. Indonesia and Malaysia are net petroleum exporters and Singapore is the world's third largest refining centre. Manufacturing has grown rapidly and, with the planned expansion in areas such as steel, petrochemicals, fertilizer, aluminium and motor vehicles, is likely to become increasingly sophisticated over the 1980s. The ASEAN countries are significantly different in size and level of development. At one extreme, if trends of the past decade continue, Singapore will surpass New Zealand by the mid-1980s and Britain by the late 1980s in terms of GOP per capita. At the other extreme, Indonesia, although growing impressively, is still among the poorest fifty countries in the world. However, for all the countries of the region, the outlook for the 1980s is promising. Furthermore, notwithstanding their differences, they are building up cooperation with each other. Continued strong economic growth will mean increasing trade and investment opportunities for those ou

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Author

Brian Wawn (auth.)

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK

Published

1982

Language

EN

ISBN

9781349169726

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Business, Management