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Contains contributions by experts that discuss the significant issues and events of the year in each of the Southeast Asian nations and the region as a whole.

Southeast Asia --- Southeast Asia. --- POLITICAL CONDITIONS. --- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. --- SOCIAL CONDITIONS. --- SOUTHEAST ASIA. --- Asie du Sud-Est --- 5.500. --- South-east Asia --- Political events --- Serials --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- South-East Asia.

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Economic forecasting --- 74.21 geography of Asia. --- Economic forecasting. --- Economic history. --- Politics and government --- Economische situatie. --- Politieke situatie. --- Économie régionale. --- Prévision économique. --- Histoire politique. --- Wirtschaftslage. --- Politik. --- Südostasien. --- History, Economic --- Economics --- Economics --- Forecasting --- Economic indicators --- Economics --- Forecasting --- Economic indicators --- Forecasting. --- Forecasting --- Forecasting --- Since 1945 --- Southeast Asia --- Southeast Asia --- Southeast Asia --- Asie du Sud-Est --- Asie du Sud-Est --- Asie du Sud-Est --- Southeast Asia. --- Asie du Sud-Est. --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- Asia, Southeast --- Asia, Southeastern --- South East Asia --- Southeastern Asia --- Politics and government --- Forecasting --- Economic conditions --- Politique et gouvernement --- Prévision --- Conditions économiques --- Prévision

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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the constraints facing the development of rural non-farm enterprises in Indonesia. Recent years have seen a substantial effort by the Indonesian government to improve the investment climate. To date, much of this effort has focused on the constraints faced by businesses at the national level. However, if Indonesia is to be successful in creating jobs and reducing poverty across the archipelago, this will require improving the investment climate for the 15.7 million micro and small enterprises that employ more than half of all the non-farm workers in the country. This book brings together leading Indonesian and international academics to consider seven key constraints that RNFEs face: labour regulations and practices; infrastructure; competition and marketing; knowledge transfer and technology; access to credit and financial services; local taxation and user charges; and insecurity. In each case the authors draw on the Indonesian Rural Investment Climate Survey, a unique dataset of more than 2,500 RNFEs, to identify the size and nature of the constraints, the way in which they impact upon enterprise growth and the implications for policy. In addition, a key chapter estimates the strength of the linkage between agriculture and non-agricultural activities in rural areas, showing that agricultural revitalization is an essential complement to the development of the non-farm economy. "Understanding the rural investment climate in both slow- and fast-growing economies has taken on new urgency in the wake of the world food crisis. The rural non-farm economy often provides half or more of the income of farm families and is especially important for food-deficit rural households hard-hit by rising food prices. The Indonesian Rural Investment Climate Assessment is the "gold standard" for how to achieve this understanding. It is a delight to see it published and available to a wide audience." - C. Peter Timmer, Visiting Professor, Program on Food Security and Environment, Stanford University; Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development

Indonesia -- Rural conditions. --- Investments -- Indonesia. --- Rural industries -- Indonesia. --- Rural industries --- Investments --- Economic History --- Business & Economics --- Indonesia --- Rural conditions. --- Industrialization, Rural --- Rural industrialization --- Rural industry --- Industries

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The richness and vibrancy of Vietnamese spirituality are vividly portrayed in these twelve essays that shed light on the remarkable reflorescence of religion in this communist country. Ancestor worship, mediumship, sacrifices, and communal rituals have not only survived Vietnam's reintegration into the capitalist world; they are intrinsic to the dramatic reshaping of its contemporary social and cultural life. Transnational Buddhism and Christianity challenge the political status quo as they answer conflicting aspirations for enlightenment, justice, national development and cultural identity. Making conceptual contributions to anthropology and comparative religion, this book provides insights from post-revolutionary Vietnam into the diverse passages to re-enchantment in the modern world.

Vietnam --- Religion --- Religious life and customs --- Doctrine of God (christianism) --- Indian religions --- Religious studies --- anno 1900-1999 --- Betʻŭnam --- Biet Nam --- Bietnam --- Biyetnan --- Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam --- Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam --- Fītnām --- Fīyatnām --- Fiyitnām --- I︠U︡zhnyĭ Vʹetnam --- National Republic of Vietnam --- Nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam --- Petʻŭnam --- Republica Socialista de Vietnam --- Rèpublica socialista du Viêt Nam --- République socialiste du Vietnam --- RSV --- RSVN --- S.R.V. --- Satsyi︠a︡listychnai︠a︡ Rėspublika V'etnam --- Socialist Republic of Viet Nam --- Socialist Republic of Vietnam --- Sosialistiese Republiek Viëtnam --- Sot︠s︡ialisticheska republika Vietnam --- Sot︠s︡ialisticheskai︠a︡ Respublika Vʹetnam --- SRV --- SRVN --- Vʹet-Nam --- Vʹetnam --- Viet-Nam --- Vijetnam --- Vītnām --- Vīyitnām --- Vjetnamio --- Vyetnam --- Vyetnam Sosialist Respublikası --- Wietnam --- Yüeh-nan --- Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка В'етнам --- Социалистическа република Виетнам --- Виетнам --- В'етнам --- فيتنام --- French Indochina --- Vietnam (Democratic Republic) --- Vietnam (Republic) --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.

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Well over half of the world's Muslim population lives in Asia. Over the centuries a rich constellation of Muslim cultures developed there and the region is currently home to some of the most dynamic and important developments in contemporary Islam. Despite this, the internal dynamics of Muslim societies in Asia do not often receive commensurate attention in international Islamic Studies scholarship. This volume brings together the work of an interdisciplinary group of scholars discussing various aspects of the complex relationships between the Muslim communities of South and Southeast Asia. With their respective contributions covering points and patterns of interaction from the medieval to the contemporary periods, they attempt to map new trajectories for understanding the ways in which these two crucial areas have developed in relation to each other, as well as in the broader contexts of both world history and the current age of globalization.

Islam --- Mohammedanism --- Muhammadanism --- Muslimism --- Mussulmanism --- Religions --- Muslims