ERIA RIN STATEMENT No. 1 
                                
                                
                                
             WHAT KIND OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION? 
                                
                                
                                
                                
                 ERIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE NETWORK 
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                           
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
         A Statement by the ERIA Regional Institutes Network Meeting at Phuket, January 2012 
                      FOREWORD 
                           
        I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to Professor Gary Hawke of New 
        Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) for drafting the Regional Institute 
        Network (RIN) Statement and for writing a comprehensive coverage of the background 
        paper on “What Kind of Economic Integration?”. 
          
        I would like also to register my appreciation and thanks to various members of RIN in 
        submitting their comments, views and perspectives that are certainly useful for writing 
        the final text of the “RIN Statement”. 
          
        The JETRO Bangkok Research Center (BRC) as the secretariat of the RIN meeting has 
        done an excellent work in co-ordinating the whole process and in making possible the 
        publication of this “RIN Statement” and its related documents. Special thank is due to 
        Prof. Yasuhiro Yamada, Mr. Minoru Makishima, and Dr. Kazunobu Hayakawa.   
          
        Hank LIM 
        Chairperson, Regional Institute Network Meeting 
          
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                                    RESEARCH INSTITUTE NETWORK (RIN) 
                  
                       The Research Institutes Network consists of research institutes from 16 East Asia 
                 Summit countries. Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) 
                 requests Research Institutes Network for continued cooperation in the following: 
                    -  To support ERIA’s research activity through providing ERIA with country 
                 information and research findings from individual countries and giving advice to 
                 ERIA’s research theme and policy recommendations; 
                    -  To encourage the dissemination of ERIA’s research outcome to policymakers and 
                 political leaders who implement policy as well as opinion leaders in the countries; 
                    -  To support ERIA’s capacity building programs; 
                    -  While ERIA will seek the best available talent for its research activities, it will 
                 look especially for participation from within members of Network. 
                  
                  
                 Australia        : Australian National University (ANU) 
                 Brunei           : Brunei Darussalam Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies (BDIPSS)   
                 Cambodia         : Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) 
                 China            : Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) 
                 India            : Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) 
                 Indonesia        : Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 
                 Japan            : Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) 
                 Korea            : Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) 
                 Laos             : National Economic Research Institute (NERI) 
                 Malaysia         : Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) 
                 Myanmar          : Yangon Institute of Economics (YIE) 
                 New Zealand      : New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) 
                 Philippine       : Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) 
                 Singapore        : Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) 
                 Thailand         : Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) 
                 Vietnam          : Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) 
                   
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                                                     CONTENTS 
                   
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                               Foreword i
                               Research Institute Network (RIN)                                    ii
                               Contents iii
                  RIN Statement                                                                    1
                               Jenny CORBETT, Tutiaty Abdul WAHAB, Chheang 
                               VANNARITH, Li XIANGYANG, Biswajit DHAR, Ira 
                               SETIATI, Tetsusaburo HAYASHI, Chang Jae LEE, Leeber 
                               LEEBOUAPAO, Zakariah RASHID, Khin San YEE, Gary 
                               Richard HAWKE, Josef YAP, Hank LIM, Wisarn 
                               PUPPHAVESA, Vo Tri THANH 
                  Background Paper: What Kind of Economic Integration?                             3
                               Gary Richard HAWKE 
                  Comments on Background Paper 
                               Jenny CORBETT                                                     40
                               Chheang VANNARITH                                                 43
                               Tetsusaburo HAYASHI                                               44
                               Chang Jae LEE                                                     47
                               Leeber LEEBOUAPAO                                                 49
                               Zakariah RASHID                                                   51
                               Khin San YEE                                                      53
                               Josef YAP                                                         54
                               Hank LIM                                                          57
                               Wisarn PUPPHAVESA                                                 59
                   
                   
                   
                   
                    
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