The Southeast Asia Handbook

With a population in excess of 500 million, Southeast Asia is a region of stark contrasts. The 11 nations which make up the region display huge differences in culture and living conditions and have widely different ethnic, religious and political backgrounds. This book is the sixth volume in the Regional Handbooks of Economic Development series, which sets out to examine the key issues affecting the economic growth of the countries and region under discussion. The series is “aimed at the general reader who wishes to understand the social, political and economic factors that will bear on a region’s economic growth...