The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established in 1967 by five member countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. It is one of the most successful regional groupings amongdeveloping countries to date. The Association was later joined by five more countries, namely Brunei (1984), Vietnam (1995) Lao PDR and Myanmar (1997) and Cambodia (1999). The first section of this paper, 'ASEAN in a nutshell', provides background information. The second section provides an overview of the role of state enterprises in the ASEAN transport sector and spells out key competition concerns that may arise from state operation. The third section examines the extent and nature of these concerns in the context of ASEAN countries. The fourth section assesses the adequacy of lawsand regulations that may address such problems. The final section provides policy recommendations concerning key policies that member countries need to agree upon and steps that each country will have to take in order to ensure effective competition in a liberalized regional transport market. For the covering abstract see ITRD E141216.
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