Introduction: Bruno Jetin & Mia Mikic -- Part I ASEAN economic integration in the context of East Asia regionalism -- Chapter 1 ASEAN’s Imitation Economic Community; David Martin Jones, University of Queensland -- Chapter 2 By Chance or by Virtue? The regional economic integration in South East Asia; Marc Lautier, CEPN, and Jean-Raphaël Chaponnière, Sciences-Po Asia Center -- Chapter 3 Trade implications of the ASEAN+ agreements for other Asian countries; Mia Mikic, ESCAP -- Chapter 4 Southeast Asian Countries in Global Production Networks; Prema-chandra Athukorala (ANU) -- Chapter 5 Impact of monetary regimes and exchanges rates on ASEAN economic integration; Jacques Mazier, Myonung Keun On, Nabil Aflik, CEPN -- Chapter 6 Global value chains and competitiveness of the integrated region: exchange rate issues; Witada Anukoonwattaka (ESCAP) -- Chapter 7 Intra and Extra-regional trade costs of ASEAN economies: Implications for Asian regional Integration; Yann Duval (ESCAP), Emilie Feyler (Sciences Po Paris) -- Part II Impact of regional integration on structural change, employment and inequalities -- Chapter 8 Regional trade agreements, employment and inclusiveness; Kee Kim Beom (ILO), Fan Zhai (ILO) Phu Huynh (ILO) -- Chapter 9 Economic development with improved conditions of employment and reduced inequality: what choices does ASEAN have in the medium and long-term?; F. Cripps, Naret Khurasee, Alphametrics -- Chapter 10 Does Outsourcing Enhance Skill Premiums in ASEAN?; Aekapol Chongvilaivan (ADB) -- Chapter 11 Regional integration and the creative economies of ASEAN: Assessing the potential for a single ASEAN creative economy; Teemu Puutio (ESCAP/ARTNeT) -- Part III Impact of regional integration on poverty, inequalities and social cohesion -- Chapter 12 Social Cohesion, Economic Resilience and Long-term Growth in Southeast Asia and Developing countries; Marc Lautier, CEPN -- Chapter 13 Reduction of absolute poverty, increase of relative poverty and growing inequalities: a threat to social cohesion; B. Jetin, IRASEC -- Chapter 14 Investment in infrastructure and regional integration: Will connectivity reduce inequalities?; Nathalie Fau, CESSMA, University of PARIS 7-Diderot -- Chapter 15 Within-country spatial inequalities and local governance capacity: the case of Indonesia; Christine Cabasset, CASE/IRASEC -- Conclusion; Mia Mikic & Bruno Jetin.

The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community raises key issues: the deepening of regional trade and production sharing, and the associated problem of exchange rate management. This volume questions the capacity of a shallow institution to deal with complex consequences on employment and inclusiveness, creativity and connectivity, and inequality and social cohesion. At a time when broader agreements are competing for regional leadership, contributors debate whether ASEAN can serve as a model of integration or else be diluted in wider Asian and Pacific arrangements. Approaches combine economics, history, geography, and political science to provide a clear understanding of ASEAN's potential and weaknesses in technical and non-technical but always readable terms.