The purpose of this course is to provide a rigorous, analytically informed overview of the Southeast Asian economies, with primary emphasis on the period after 1970. The five original ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states are the focus of study, but their experience will also be related to that of other developing regions where relevant. The ASEAN group contains considerable diversity in terms of resource endowments, policy orientations and economic performance, thereby offering a range of case studies for analysis. The principal themes explored are the economic effects of rapid growth, structural change and changing comparative advantage, and the economic implications of growing regionalisation and internationalisation of the economies. Economic theory and descriptive analysis are combined to assess and evaluate the economic performance and policies of these countries.

Examination (65%), term paper (25%), and tutorial presentation and participation (10%). Honours and Graduate Diploma students will be required to complete an additional essay.

ECON2101/2111 Microeconomics 2 (P or H) and ECON2102/2112 Macroeconomics 2 (P or H).

There is no single text for this course. Students will be expected to read widely on the basis of an extensive reading list to be issued at the commencement of the course. The course outline and reading list, to be updated by mid 2006, is available by clicking on Hill's personal pages at http://rspas.anu.edu.au/economics. A selection of readings is contained in Hill (eds), "The Economic Development of Southeast Asia", Edgar Elgar, 2002, volumes I-IV.  See especially the editorial introduction in volume I, pp. xi-xiv.

For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=ECON3009