CWTS - Situationer on ASEAN Fisheries and Trade
Is the Philippine Fisheries Sector Ready for ASEAN Integration in 2015: A Basic Situationer of ASEAN Fisheries and Trade
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IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT IN
CWTS2 – ECON
Civic Welfare Training Service
2nd Semester, Academic Year 2013-2014
Submitted to
Tambuyog Development Center, Inc.
Submitted by
Flora Anne R. Palabrica
Jose Maria Luis B. Partosa
Angelica C. Clemente
School of Economics
University of the Philippines, Diliman
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03 March 2014
I. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, more commonly known as ASEAN, was established by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in 1967. After its independence from the United Kingdom, Brunei joined in 1984 and was then followed by Vietnam in 1995. Laos and Burma joined in 1997 and in 1999, Cambodia joined as their tenth member state. The creation of the ASEAN marks the institutionalization of the ties binding these nation states together. They not only shared geography; they also had history, culture and mutual interests to bring them together and to bring them forward as a region with strong economic, political, and social stability. The ASEAN’s land area, when combined, covers around 4.46 million km2 and they’re comprised of a population of around 600 million people. It’s combined nominal GDP has grown to larger than US $2.3 trillion and if taken as a singular entity, it ranks as the eighth largest economy in the world. The organization commands much greater influence on Asia-Pacific trade than its members do individually and as such, their work is based on consultation, consensus and cooperation. Considered as the ASEAN’s founding document, the ASEAN Declaration of 1967 formalized the principles of peace and cooperation that ASEAN holds as its
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IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT IN
CWTS2 – ECON
Civic Welfare Training Service
2nd Semester, Academic Year 2013-2014
Submitted to
Tambuyog Development Center, Inc.
Submitted by
Flora Anne R. Palabrica
Jose Maria Luis B. Partosa
Angelica C. Clemente
School of Economics
University of the Philippines, Diliman
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03 March 2014
I. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, more commonly known as ASEAN, was established by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in 1967. After its independence from the United Kingdom, Brunei joined in 1984 and was then followed by Vietnam in 1995. Laos and Burma joined in 1997 and in 1999, Cambodia joined as their tenth member state. The creation of the ASEAN marks the institutionalization of the ties binding these nation states together. They not only shared geography; they also had history, culture and mutual interests to bring them together and to bring them forward as a region with strong economic, political, and social stability. The ASEAN’s land area, when combined, covers around 4.46 million km2 and they’re comprised of a population of around 600 million people. It’s combined nominal GDP has grown to larger than US $2.3 trillion and if taken as a singular entity, it ranks as the eighth largest economy in the world. The organization commands much greater influence on Asia-Pacific trade than its members do individually and as such, their work is based on consultation, consensus and cooperation. Considered as the ASEAN’s founding document, the ASEAN Declaration of 1967 formalized the principles of peace and cooperation that ASEAN holds as its
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