Services Global Supply Chains in ASEAN and East Asia: Implications and Opportunities for Regional Integration

The book provides the analytical framework as well empirical analysis of the development of services GVC in the ASEAN and East Asian region. This book provides extensive discussions at both regional level and respective country level development of services GVC activities. This book highlights discussions on the developments in services and structural transformation and regional development of services liberalization and alignment to the GVC in the ASEAN Member states as well as the East Asian countries of Australia, China, India, Japan, and Korea. The studies in this book also covers key and specific services development in terms of tourism, business services, logistics, heath, aviation, accounting, finance and insurance, BPO services, wholesale and retail, knowledge-based services using the GVC framework. This book focuses on the development of services from a supply chain perspective and a deeper assessment of the implications for the policy coverage and design ofregional integration related to services. This book explores key issues related to migration, movement of people, digital trade, and skills development in the ASEAN countries to adapt to the new dimensions of the GVC activities in the region. This book presents 15 chapters with an overview chapter, country-specific chapters covering 13 ASEAN and East Asian countries and a policy discussion chapter.