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Southeast Asia

In: Fiscal Sustainability and Competitiveness in Europe and Asia

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  • Ramkishen S. Rajan

    (Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI)
    National University of Singapore
    George Mason University)

  • Tan Khee Giap

    (Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI)
    National University of Singapore)

  • Tan Kong Yam

    (Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI)
    Nanyang Technological University)

Abstract

The recovery phase from the Asian financial crisis for Southeast Asia as a whole was marked by impressive fiscal consolidation combined with robust growth rates up until the global financial crisis in 2007. While all the regional ASEAN1 economies experienced a generalised slowdown in their economic growth in the aftermath of the crisis, in view of their high degree of dependence on international trade, they generally showed remarkable resilience to the shock in part thanks to their fiscal stimulus packages. The resultant deterioration of fiscal balances has been somewhat acute for some countries, such as Malaysia, which entered the crisis without sufficient fiscal buffers. Though the ASEAN economies generally do not seem to be faced with immediate concerns regarding fiscal stress, there is nevertheless a need for them to rebuild their fiscal buffers and ensure sufficient fiscal space to tackle future contingencies — both structural as well as cyclical shocks. This is especially important considering the larger nagging concern of worsening demographics, which happens to be a more serious and urgent problem for some ASEAN countries, such as Singapore.

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  • Ramkishen S. Rajan & Tan Khee Giap & Tan Kong Yam, 2014. "Southeast Asia," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Fiscal Sustainability and Competitiveness in Europe and Asia, chapter 6, pages 147-177, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-40697-2_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137406972_6
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