Economic Integration and the Location of Industries The Case of Less Developed East Asian Countries

A comprehensive picture of the effects of economic integration on industry location in less developed East Asia - particularly in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar - who pursued trade liberalization and economic integration after the 1990s. Studies include detailed empirical analyses of regional industry locations as well as country overviews.

PART I: THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES The Analytical Framework; I.Kuroiwa A Survey of Theoretical and Empirical Literature; I.Kuroiwa Measures for Geographical Concentration and Specialization with Area Data; T.Gokan PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Liberalization, Integration and Industrial Location in Vietnam; N.Hamaguchi , F.Ishizuka & S.Sakata Economic Integration and Industry Location in Cambodia; N.Hatsukano , I.Kuroiwa & K.Tsubota Economic Integration and Industry Location in Laos; S.Keola , K.Hayakawa & K.Tanaka Distribution of Myanmar Rice Mills in the Age of Economic Integration; T.Kudo , T.Gokan & I.Kuroiwa PART III: SPECIFIC TOPICS AND CONCLUSIONS Location Choice of Multinational Firms in CLMV Countries; K.Hayakawa , S.Keola & K.Tanaka Impacts of Transport and Trade Facilitation Measures in GMS Countries; S.Kumagai Summary of Findings and Policy Implications; I.Kuroiwa Explanatory Notes on Data Sources

TOSHITAKA GOKAN Visiting Researcher, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium NOBUAKI HAMAGUCHI Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan NAOMI HATSUKANO Research Fellow, Southeast Asian Studies Group II, Area Studies Center, IDE-JETRO KAZUNOBU HAYAKAWA Research Fellow, Bangkok Research Center, IDE-JETRO FUTABA ISHIZUKA Research Fellow, Law and Institution Studies Group, Inter-Disciplinary Studies Center, IDE-JETRO SOUKNILANH KEOLA Visiting Scholar, Center for East Asia and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University TOSHIHIRO KUDO Director, Southeast Asian Studies Group II, Area Studies Center, IDE-JETRO SATORU KUMAGAI Director, Economic Integration Studies Group, Inter-Disciplinary Studies Center, IDE-JETRO SHOZO SAKATA Senior Research Fellow, Area Studies Center, IDE-JETRO KIYOYASU TANAKA Research Fellow, Technological Innovation and Economic Growth Studies Group, Inter-Disciplinary Studies Center, IDE-JETRO KENMEI TSUBOTA Research Fellow, Economic Integration Studies Group, Inter-Disciplinary Studies Center, IDE-JETRO