Ebook: Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2000-2001

What are the challenges facing the new leadership in Indonesia? How is the Anwar Ibrahim case affecting the politics of Malaysia? How sustainable are the economic recoveries in regional countries? Why is Laos so severely affected by the regional economic crisis? Why is Vietnam not embarking upon bolder economic reforms? What are the prospects for the Philippines? Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2000-2001 attempts to answer these and many other questions with succinct yet substantive analyses of current political and economic trends in the region and the likely developments over the next year or two. It is written by a team of international and local experts for the busy non-specialist reader who does not have the time for lengthy academic analyses.