The Compromised Healthcare Sector of India and Other Southeast Asian Countries

2022 ◽  
pp. 226-248
Author(s):  
Manisha Goswami
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Full Capacity ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Public And Private Hospitals ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

This chapter aims to focus on the umpteen challenges in the healthcare sector of India which temper the possibility of partnerships with India and the 10 Southeast Asian countries. India's expenditure on the healthcare sector is only 1% of GDP, less than neighboring ASEAN countries. The Indian Government has privatised the healthcare sector. In the second wave of COVID-19, public and private hospitals are operating at full capacity with shortages of life-saving medicines, oxygen, ventilators, and vaccines. Lower middle-income groups and the poor are suffering the most. Nations of the world, medical scientific community, and pharmaceutical companies put their resources together to discover a vaccine for coronavirus within a year. To have an effective and sustainable model of doing business in healthcare, it is important to have partnerships and integrating best practices and innovations for improving and providing equitable and affordable access to healthcare.

scholarly journals Multifactor APT Approach towards Predicted Patterns of Long-term ASEAN Financial Market Integration

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andysah Putera Utama Siahaan ◽  
Rusiadi
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Financial Market Integration ◽  
Asean Country ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The purpose of this study is to obtain a predictive pattern of the integration of ASEAN financial markets with the Multifactor Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) approach. The specific target in this study is Analyzing the effectiveness of the Multifactor APT Model in forming a predictive pattern of financial market integration in Southeast Asian countries, both in the short, medium and long-term. Establish the fastest and most appropriate ASEAN country in predicting financial market integration in Southeast Asian countries, both in the short, medium and long-term. The hypothesis in this study is that the Multifactor APT model is useful in forming a predictive pattern of financial market integration in Southeast Asian countries. Indonesia is the fastest and appropriate ASEAN country to use in predicting the occurrence of financial market integration in Southeast Asian countries. The data analysis model used is Vector Autoregression (VAR), Impulse Response Function (IRF), Forecast Error Variance Decomposition (FEVD). The assumption test used is Stationarity Test, Cointegration Test, Lag Stability Test, VAR Structure and Determination of Optimal Lag Levels. The results of data analysis with VAR are expected to be able to form a pattern of predictions of effective financial market integration in ASEAN countries. Varian Decomposition results can determine which ASEAN countries are the fastest and most appropriate in predicting the occurrence of financial market integration in Southeast Asian countries, both in the short, medium and long-term.

Social Impacts Due to Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions. Evidence From Sub-Sahara African Countries (SSA) Compared to Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Baptiste Aboyitungiye ◽  
Suryanto Suryanto ◽  
Evi Gravitiani
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Abstract The recent climatic phenomena observed in developing countries since the 2000s have raised concerns, fears, and debates within the international community and economists. Human activities are largely responsible for atmospheric warming through their emissions of CO2 and polluting substances with dramatic consequences and numerous losses of human life in some countries. Using panel data covering the 2000-2016 period, this study investigated the social vulnerability due to the CO2 emissions through an empirical study of CO2’s determinants in selected countries of sub-Sahara African and Southeast Asian countries. The STIRPAT model gave out the result that; explanatories causes of carbon dioxide emissions are different in the two regions: the agriculture-forestry and fishing value-added, and human development index have a strong explanatory power on CO2 emissions in the ASEAN countries, the per-capita domestic product has a positive and significant influence on carbon emissions in the SSA countries, ceteris paribus, but was statistically insignificant in the ASEAN countries. The growing population decreases carbon emissions in the SSA selected countries while is not statically significant in the ASEAN countries. There is therefore a kind of double penalty: those who suffer, and will suffer the most from the impacts of climate change due to CO2 emissions, are those who contribute the least to the problem. These results provide insight into future strategies for the mitigation of climatic hazards already present in some places and potential for others which will be felt on different scales across the regions. Some of the inevitable redistributive effects of those risks can be corrected by providing financial support to the poorest populations hardest hit by natural disasters.

scholarly journals Indonesia in ASEAN

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-91
Author(s):  
Osman Suliman
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries ◽  
Do So

This book analyzes Indonesia's political and economic commitment toASEAN. ASEAN compri es six Southeast Asian countries: Brunei, Indonesia,Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. To clarify that commitment,Anwar makes a deliberate attempt to investigate ASEAN's underlying assumptions.Specifically, the organization is intended to promote harmony and peacein the region, given that ASEAN countries are relatively more politically stableand economically developed compared to the nearby [ndochinese states. Inadrution, ASEAN has been perceived as attempting to manage regional orderagrunst nonregional powers such as Chma while strengthening Western ties. Theauthor examines these assumptions on the premise that ASEAN is mainly a distinctivevehicle of Indonesian foreign policy. To do so, he follows Wein tein'sapproach, which I based on the uses of foreign policy, that is, his analysis does not adopt a common theory. Thus, he unintentionally goes back and forth to verify what seems to be the main theme of the book: how Indonesia sought regionalleadership through ASEAN to achieve its main goals of foreign policy ...

scholarly journals Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Progress and Challenges in Eight South Asian and Southeast Asian Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumanth Gandra ◽  
Gerardo Alvarez-Uria ◽  
Paul Turner ◽  
Jyoti Joshi ◽  
Direk Limmathurotsakul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
World Health ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Surveillance Networks ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

SUMMARY Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious global health threat and is predicted to cause significant health and economic impacts, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). AMR surveillance is critical in LMICs due to high burden of bacterial infections; however, conducting AMR surveillance in resource-limited settings is constrained by poorly functioning health systems, scarce financial resources, and lack of skilled personnel. In 2015, the United Nations World Health Assembly endorsed the World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan to tackle AMR; thus, several countries are striving to improve their AMR surveillance capacity, including making significant investments and establishing and expanding surveillance networks. Initial data generated from AMR surveillance networks in LMICs suggest the high prevalence of resistance, but these data exhibit several shortcomings, such as a lack of representativeness, lack of standardized laboratory practices, and underutilization of microbiology services. Despite significant progress, AMR surveillance networks in LMICs face several challenges in expansion and sustainability due to limited financial resources and technical capacity. This review summarizes the existing health infrastructure affecting the establishment of AMR surveillance programs, the burden of bacterial infections demonstrating the need for AMR surveillance, and current progress and challenges in AMR surveillance efforts in eight South and Southeast Asian countries.

scholarly journals High Carbonated Soft Drink Intake is Associated with Health Risk Behavior and Poor Mental Health among School-Going Adolescents in Six Southeast Asian Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supa Pengpid ◽  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Carbonated soft drink (CSD) intake has been associated with various risk behaviors in adolescents in high-income countries, but there is lack of evidence of this association in cross-nationally representative samples of school adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to assess the association between CSD intake, health risk behavior, and poor mental health behavior among school-going adolescents in six Southeast Asian countries. Cross-sectional national “Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)” data from 36173 school-going adolescents from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, and Timor-Leste were analyzed. Results indicate that across all six Southeast Asian countries, in the past 30 days 23.9% of study participants had consumed no CSD, 38.8% had consumed CSD <once/day, 19.9% once a day and 17.5% ≥ two times/day. In the final adjusted logistic regression model CSD intake was associated with increased odds of having been attacked, having sustained an injury, being in a physical fight, being bullied, school truancy, tobacco use, alcohol use, and lifetime drunkenness. In addition, the consumption of CSD ≥two times/day was associated with increased odds of ever used cannabis and ever used amphetamine. Higher intake of CSD was positively associated with a history of loneliness, anxiety, suicide ideation, suicide planning, and suicide attempts. CSD intake in low- and middle-income countries is associated with several health risk behaviors and poor mental health that are similar to those observed in high-income countries.

scholarly journals Double Exposures: Future Water Security across Urban Southeast Asia

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa E. Lorenzo ◽  
Ann P. Kinzig
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Water Quantity ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Southeast Asia is one of the most dynamic regions in the world in terms of economic growth and urbanization. At the same time, the region is also prone to multiple hydro-meteorological disasters, which are projected to be intensified by climate change. This paper analyzes the combined effect of economic development and climate change on the future water security of middle-income Southeast Asian countries using the double exposure framework, focusing on the effects in urban areas. A review of the existing literature reveals unequal water security outcomes across the region as a result of combined climate, economic, and urbanization pressures. The water supply and sanitation infrastructure of upper-middle-income Southeast Asian countries are vulnerable to damage from intensified disasters, potentially decreasing both immediate and longer-term water quality. In lower-middle-income countries, the water quality will be the more important water security challenge in the short-term as opposed to water quantity, mainly due to the fast growth of industries. Lower-middle-income countries, though less vulnerable to disasters, will still have lower future water security compared to upper-middle-income countries, as they have less capacity to address water quality and quantity challenges brought about by both industrial growth and urbanization. Across the region, future water quantity and quality challenges may result in slower economic and urban growth if not planned adequately.

scholarly journals On the features of the peripheral diplomacy of the PRC and relations with ASEAN countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-44
Author(s):  
А.А. Zabella ◽  
◽  
E.Yu. Katkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
China’S Foreign Policy ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
The One ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The article defines the basic postulates of China's peripheral diplomacy and its features. The authors analyze the basics of China's foreign policy, as well as its policy towards the ASEAN. The authors focus on the "One belt, one road" initiative and the Indo-Pacific strategy, as well as the struggle between China and the United States for the loyalty of Southeast Asian countries.

scholarly journals Fish Exports and the Growth of the Agricultural Sector: The Case of South and Southeast Asian Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11177
Author(s):  
Md Ali Emam ◽  
Markus Leibrecht ◽  
Tinggui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The per-capita demand of fish and fish products, and paired to it, their production and trade, have substantially increased during the last few decades. For many developing countries these developments open a channel for sustainable economic progress. Against this background, this article investigates whether fish exports Granger-cause long-run economic growth of the agricultural sector (“fish export-led growth”) in a panel of eight South and Southeast Asian countries. A dynamic panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model is estimated based on data for the years 2000 to 2018. The results indicate that fish exports have a significant positive impact on the growth of the agricultural sector in the long run. These findings apply to both the lower- and the upper-middle-income countries included in the analysis. Long-run Granger causality tests within a panel vector error correction model indicate that agricultural value added per worker reacts to deviations from the long-run equilibrium, whereas fish exports per worker are weakly exogenous. Thus, the paper finds supporting evidence for fish export-led growth. The paper concludes with some thoughts about how this finding can help policymakers in their attempt to induce sustainable agricultural development to eradicate poverty and to enhance living standards.

scholarly journals The International Cooperation to Eradicate Illicit Firearms Trafficking in Southeast Asian Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Syahmin AK ◽  
Fidelia Fidelia
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Illegal Trade ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Criminal Courts ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Political Security ◽  
Criminal Groups ◽  
National Police ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

The term of illicit firearms trafficking used by the United Nations is a movement of illegal trade in firearms controlled by organised criminal groups. Such movement specifically in ASEAN region is against national and regional laws. Hence, the growth in illegal firearms trade increases concern to the Southeast Asian countries. The article aims to examine effort to eradicate illegal firearms trafficking in ASEAN countries. Statute method combined with case approach in Southeast Asian Countries is employed in this research. The findings of the research indicate that the ASEAN countries have utilized diplomatic means namely the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and the establishment of ASEAN Police (ASEANAPOL). These forums propose by ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) in a way to coordinate among the chief of national police of ASEAN countries including, inter alia, law enforcement policies, criminal courts and transnational crimes to combat crimes committed in the ASEAN region. In fact, the effectiveness of the APSC is still in question because the illicit firearms trafficking cannot be demolished.

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