Experiences of Religious Pluralism in Thailand: Lessons for Southeast Asian Countries

This paper used the historical approach to overview the patterns and practices of religious pluralism in Thai context. The past research work on religious pluralism will be examined in order to find out what concepts and approaches have been used and how they could implement in reality. Most Thai people practice in Buddhism, and they do not have any conflicts with other Thai Muslims or Christian. They live peacefully and harmoniously in co-existence among different religious adherents. The case of Thai Buddhist and Thai Muslim live together happily in the Southern communities will be employed and discussed using social and cultural capital analytical approach. The factors and conditions concerning with religious pluralism are analyzed more in details. The applications of religious pluralism in the study to other Southeast Asian countries will also recommend.

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Suicide Attempt and Associated Factors Among Adolescents in Five Southeast Asian Countries in 2015

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000642 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 296-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Supa Pengpid ◽

Karl Peltzer

Keyword(s):

Suicide Attempt ◽

Parental Support ◽

Soft Drink ◽

The Philippines ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Soft Drink Consumption ◽

The Past ◽

Timor Leste ◽

Southeast Asian Countries

Abstract. Background: Suicide is a major cause of death among adolescents. Aims: The study aimed to report on the prevalence and correlates of suicide attempt among in-school adolescents in five Southeast Asian countries. Method: Cross-sectional data from the 2015 Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) included 33,004 middle-school children (mean age = 14.3 years, SD = 1.6) that were representative of all students in secondary school in Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. Results: The overall prevalence of past 12-month suicide attempt was 9.0%, ranging from 3.9% in Indonesia to 16.2% in the Philippines. Among those with a suicide attempt in the past 12 months, almost half (49.0%) had suicidal ideation and 47.7% had a suicide plan in the past 12 months. In adjusted Poisson regression analysis, female gender, residing in Laos, Philippines, Thailand, and Timor-Leste, no close friends, loneliness, anxiety, bullying victimization, physical attack, lack of parental support, lack of peer support, current alcohol use, lifetime cannabis use, lifetime amphetamine use, soft drink consumption, truancy, and injury were associated with suicide attempt. Limitations: The correlational nature of the study limits the implications of the findings. Conclusion: Almost one in 10 students had attempted suicide in the past 12 months and several factors associated with suicide attempt were identified among adolescents in five Southeast Asian countries.

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Between Fear and Hope: Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia

Chinese Journal of International Review ◽

10.1142/s2630531320500031 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 02 (01) ◽

pp. 2050003

Author(s):

Cahyo Pamungkas ◽

Saiful Hakam ◽

Devi Tri Indriasari

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Unintended Consequences ◽

Belt And Road Initiative ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Poor Countries ◽

Chinese Investment ◽

The Past ◽

Belt And Road ◽

Southeast Asian Countries

This paper aims to describe the reason of China to change its governance of investment mainly the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Southeast Asia. Although many countries in this region need huge investment to improve and build their infrastructure as well as infrastructure’s connectivity between countries, there is some fear involving China’s investment in the past. These are unintended consequences of China’s investment on environmental, social, and debt-trap in certain poor countries. Nevertheless, there is still hope for better Chinese investment such as consideration of local people’s aspirations and more transparency. At the regional level, the BRI can synergize with local connectivity initiatives, such as the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) and Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum, and encourage the integration of the ASEAN Economic Community. Different from the previous studies, this paper also uses the historical approach by learning the relation between China and Southeast Asian countries in the past. Our argument is Southeast Asian countries do not need to fear Chinese economic expansions based on history that China is not a political threat in the region. However, China should change the governance of BRI to accommodate the interest of people in Southeast Asian countries.

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Long-run Determinants of Private Saving Behaviour in Pakistan

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v34i4iiipp.1057-1066 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 34 (4III) ◽

pp. 1057-1066 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Aasim M. Husain

Keyword(s):

Growth Performance ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Domestic Saving ◽

Domestic Investment ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Private Saving ◽

The Past ◽

Long Run ◽

The Difference ◽

Southeast Asian Countries

Compared to the rapidly-growing economies of Southeast Asia, the growth performance of the Pakistan economy was significantly weaker during the 1970s and 1980s. While the Southeast Asian countries made substantial progress in improving living standards, the average standard of living, as measured by the GNP per capita, was virtually stagnant in Pakistan over this period. Much of the difference in economic performance between Pakistan and the Southeast Asian countries is often attributed to the low rates of saving and investment in Pakistan.1 Indeed, the differences in rates of domestic investment are often attributed to the differences in rates of domestic saving. Hence, the disparity in the growth performance between Pakistan and the Southeast Asian countries over the past two decades relates to the differences in saving rates, and an understanding of the fundamental determinants of saving in Pakistan assumes critical importance. This paper reviews trend developments in the private saving behaviour in Pakistan, and compares these trends with those seen in the Southeast Asian economies during the period since 1970. Using co-integration analysis, the long-run properties of Pakistan’s saving rate are examined, with a view to identifying the main determinants of saving. The principal finding is that about one-half of the trend increase in saving appears to be related to financial development and deepening. In contrast to the results obtained by Faruqee and Husain (1994) and Husain (1995) for the Southeast Asian countries, demographics appear not to have played an important role in determining saving behaviour in Pakistan, possibly because high rates of population growth during the past three decades resulted in a virtually unchanged demographic structure of the population.

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China’s Development Assistance in Southeast Asia

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.2020.60.2.323 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 323-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Raymond Yamamoto

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Development Assistance ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Asian Countries ◽

The Past ◽

Alternative Perspective ◽

Southeast Asian Countries

China’s growing development assistance has become commonly perceived as a threat to the autonomy and development of Southeast Asian countries that had promoted by Japan in the past. This paper challenges that understanding by comparing China’s development assistance with Japan’s engagement in the region. The comparison supports an alternative perspective, which sees Chinese development assistance as favorable for Japan’s interests.

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Current state of acute stroke care in Southeast Asian countries

Interventional Neuroradiology ◽

10.1177/1591019918811804 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 291-296

Author(s):

Justin Christopher Ng ◽

Anchalee Churojana ◽

Sirintara Pongpech ◽

Luu Dang Vu ◽

Cindy Sadikin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Acute Stroke ◽

Endovascular Therapy ◽

Stroke Care ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Acute Stroke Care ◽

The Past ◽

Current State ◽

Care Systems ◽

Southeast Asian Countries

Acute stroke care systems in Southeast Asian countries are at various stages of development, with disparate treatment availability and practice in terms of intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular therapy. With the advent of successful endovascular therapy stroke trials over the past decade, the pressure to revise and advance acute stroke management has greatly intensified. Southeast Asian patients exhibit unique stroke features, such as increased susceptibility to intracranial atherosclerosis and higher prevalence of intracranial haemorrhage, likely secondary to modified vascular risk factors from differing dietary and lifestyle habits. Accordingly, the practice of acute endovascular stroke interventions needs to take into account these considerations. Acute stroke care systems in Southeast Asia also face a unique challenge of huge stroke burden against a background of ageing population, differing political landscape and healthcare systems in these countries. Building on existing published data, further complemented by multi-national interaction and collaboration over the past few years, the current state of acute stroke care systems with existing endovascular therapy services in Southeast Asian countries are consolidated and analysed in this review. The challenges facing acute stroke care strategies in this region are discussed.

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PATTERNS AND DETERMINANTS OF INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: EVIDENCE FROM THE AUTOMOTIVE AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES SECTORS

The Singapore Economic Review ◽

10.1142/s0217590815500836 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 63 (03) ◽

pp. 647-665

Author(s):

RUHUL SALIM ◽

AMIRUL ISLAM ◽

HARRY BLOCH

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Industry Trade ◽

The Past ◽

Specific Factors ◽

Disaggregated Data ◽

Two Sectors ◽

Southeast Asian Countries

Using finely disaggregated data at six-digit harmonized code classification level, this paper examines the patterns and determinants of horizontal and vertical intra-industry trade in the automobile and electrical appliances sectors during the past few decades among the six major Southeast Asian countries. It is found from the analysis of the data that intra-industry trade is much higher than the inter-industry trade in each of these two sectors. Further, the determinants of these two types of trade are found to differ somewhat in terms of sign and magnitude across the sectors, implying the importance of sector-specific factors as influences on the pattern of trade.

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