Development in Southeast Asia

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This paper looks at industry, transportation, tourism, and gender and development in the Southeast Asian region and shows that these areas are all related to one another and contribute, both individually and collaboratively, to the development of Southeast Asia.

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"Overall, annual average growth in gross domestic product between 1980 and 1993 reveals how active, which a few exceptions, the economies of Southeast Asian countries have been. The strongest growth has been recorded in Thailand, followed by Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Export-oriented industrialization has been at the forefront of Southeast Asia's economic development. Rapid expansion of manufacturing and exports have sustained economic growth rates that are among the highest in the world. However, there is still a great potential for expansion. Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam have only recently opened up to trade and remain overwhelmingly agrarian. Even in more industrially developed nations, such as Malaysia and Thailand, there is tremendous potential for further development by moving toward more sophisticated and higher value-added manufactured exports."

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