Includes bibliographical references and index.

ASEAN's imitation economic community : the primacy of domestic political economy / Lee Jones, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London -- By chance or by virtue? : the regional economic integration process in South East Asia / Marc Lautier, CEPN, Jean-Raphaël Chaponnière, Sciences-Po Asia Center -- Trade implications of the ASEAN+ agreements for other Asian countries / Mia Mikic, ESCAP -- Southeast Asian countries in global production networks / Prema-chandra Athukorala (ANU) -- Impact of monetary regimes and exchange rates on ASEAN economic integration / Jacques Mazier, Myoung Keun On, Nabil Aflouk, CEPN -- Global value chains and competitiveness of the integrated regions : exchange rate issues / Witada Anukoonwattaka (ESCAP) -- Intra- and extra-regional trade costs of ASEAN economies : implications for Asian regional integration / Yann Duval (ESCAP), Emilie Feyler (Sciences Po Paris) -- Regional trade agreements, employment and inclusiveness / Kee Kim Beom (ILO), Fan Zhai (ILO) Phu Huynh (ILO) -- Economic development with improved conditions of employment and reduced inequality : what choices does ASEAN have in the medium and long-term? / Francis Cripps, Naret Khurasee, Alphametrics -- Does outsourcing enhance skill premiums in ASEAN? / Aekapol Chongvilaivan (ADB) -- Regional integration and the creative economies of ASEAN : assessing the potential for a single ASEAN creative economy / Teemu Puutio (ESCAP/ARTNeT) -- Trade, infrastructure and regional inequality : lessons for ASEAN economic community / Prabir De, Ajitava Raychaudhuri -- Social cohesion, economic resilience and long-term growth in Southeast Asia and developing countries / Marc Lautier, CEPN -- Reduction of absolute poverty, increase of relative poverty and growing inequalities : a threat to social cohesion / Bruno Jetin, IRASEC -- Investment in infrastructure and regional integration : will connectivity reduce inequalities? / Nathalie Fau, CESSMA, University of PARIS 7-Diderot -- Within-country spatial inequality and local governance capacity : the case of Indonesia / Christine Cabasset, CASE/IRASEC.

"The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community raises key issues: the deepening of regional trade and the associated problem of exchange rate management. This volume questions the capacity of a shallow institution to deal with complex impacts on employment and inequality. Readers gain a clear understanding of ASEAN's potential and weakness in technical and non-technical but always readable terms"--