Sustainable Development Goals and Pandemic Planning

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: Regional Catalysts for the Realisation of the SDGs in the Post Pandemic Era

   • Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Kaliappa Kalirajan, Fukunari Kimura

   Pages 1-24

3. Country Implementation of SDGs: Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. The Impact of Global COVID-19 Crisis on SDGs Achievement in ASEAN-Countries

      • Ahmad Komarulzaman, Zuzy Anna, Arief Anshory Yusuf, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi

      Pages 27-113

   3. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in China and East Asia Imperatives

      • Minquan Liu, Montijn Huisman

      Pages 115-186

   4. Measuring the Distance to 2030 SDG Targets in India and South Asia Imperatives

      • Krishna Kumar, Pramod Kumar Anand, Prativa Shaw

      Pages 187-220

   5. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in Indonesia Which SDGs That Indonesia Need to Prioritize? A Distance-to-Target Approach

      • Arief Anshory Yusuf, Ahmad Komarulzaman

      Pages 221-288

   6. Measuring Distance to SDGs Target in Five Complementarity Area: Malaysia

      • Yusniliyana Yusof

      Pages 289-330

   7. Measuring the Distance to the 2030 Targets and the Impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar

      • Sharon Low, Nan Sandi

      Pages 331-371

   8. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets: Can the Philippines Achieve the SDGs?

      • Celia Reyes, Arkin Arboneda

      Pages 373-411

   9. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in Thailand

      • Qwanruedee Chotichanathawewong

      Pages 413-443

   10. Measuring the Distance to 2030 Targets in Vietnam

       • Xuan Lam Nguyen, Kaliappa Kalirajan

       Pages 445-475

4. Regional Indicators, Monitoring Systems for Nexus Approach and MRV

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 477-477

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   2. Geo-Economic Importance Index for Doubling the Efforts by 2030

      • Kaliappa Kalirajan, Kazi Arif Uz Zaman, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi

      Pages 479-503

   3. SDGs’ Indicators for Trade Facilitation and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in ASEAN

      • Kazi Arif Uz Zaman

      Pages 505-541

   4. The 2030 Agenda and Capital Market Integration in ASEAN

      • Peter Wolff

      Pages 543-565

   5. Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Framework for Nationalisation and Regionalisation of Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals

      • Upalat Korwatanasakul

      Pages 567-599

   6. Institutional Mechanisms for Scaling Up Finance for the SDGs in ASEAN: Lessons from the European Union

      • Ulrich Volz

      Pages 601-625

5. Engaging the Private Sector in Realizing the SDGs in the Post COVID-19 Era

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 627-627

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   2. Building Private Sector Engagement Strategy and Monitoring Changes at the Corporate Level: Study of Corporate Disclosures on SDGs

      • Himanshu Shekhar, P. D. Jose, Venkatachalam Anbumozhi

      Pages 629-652

This book assesses the progress in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ASEAN, India and China using the above framework conditions in the context with three main propositions. First, translating the SDGs into regional economic integration strategies during the pandemic recovery can enhance the link between global objectives and the multifaceted reality of an ASEAN community building process, and providing a strategic option to strengthen the regional approaches. Secondly, a regional approach on complementarities to SDGs can facilitate the definition of relevant targets/indicators and enhance the monitoring and evaluation framework. In so doing it could also offer the scope to integrate more closely ASEAN community’s social and environmental concerns into existing economic, social and political frameworks. Thirdly, focusing just on the geo-economic sphere – the area where south east and East Asian economic integration is relatively more advanced – will prove the hypothesis that effective regional integration through mega trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) can support the Asia’s transformation agenda and foster more inclusive and sustainable growth.

• ASEAN
• Corporate Sustainability Reporting
• climate Change
• Economic Integration
• Free Trade Agreements
• Sustainable Development
• Regional Cooperation
• South East Asia
• SDGs
• 2030 Agenda
• Green Financing
• Capital Markets
• Geo-economics Importance Index
• Sustainable Development Goals

• Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, Indonesia

  Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Fukunari Kimura

• Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  Kaliappa Kalirajan

​Venkatachalam Anbumozhi is a Senior Economist and the Director of Research Strategy and Innovations at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Indonesia. His previous positions include Capacity Building Specialist and Senior Fellow at Asian Development Bank Institute and Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo. A distinguished fellow of Asia Pacific Rim University (APRU) Forum on Development and Environment, he also advised ADB, JICA, JBIC, UNESCAP projects on sustainable development. He has published several books, authored numerous research articles, and produced many project reports on natural resource management, climate friendly infrastructure design, and private sector participation in green growth.  Anbumozhi was invited as a member of the APEC Expert Panel on Green Climate Finance and the ASEAN Panel for promoting climate-resilient growth. He has taught resource management, international cooperation, and development financeat the University of Tokyo and has speaking engagements at some of the leading international organizations. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo.

Kaliappa Kalirajan is a Emeritus Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University, Australia. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Madras School of Economics, India and the Institute for Development Studies, Visakhapatnam, India. His areas of major interest include macroeconomic and trade policies, sources of growth, regional cooperation in low carbon energy systems, and technology issues in emerging Asian countries. He has 165 publications in those areas in refereed
academic and policy journals. He has authored and edited 18 books. He is currently serving on the editorial board of the following journals:  The Developing Economies; The Journal of Applied Economic Research; Journal of Social and Economic Development; and Asia and the Pacific Policies Studies; Review of Development and Change, Sage Publications; and Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Emerald Publishing.  He has been a consultant to different national and international organizations from time to time.


Fukunari Kimura has been Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since 2000 and Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) since 2008. He is also a co-editor of the Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. He was born in Tokyo in 1958 and
received his Bachelor of Laws from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo in 1982, Master of Science and Ph.D. from the Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990 and 1991. He worked for the International Development Center of Japan as Researcher during 1982–1986, the Department of
Economics, State University of New York at Albany as Assistant Professor during 1991–1994, andthe Faculty of Economics, Keio University as Associate Professor during 1994–2000. He was also the President of Japan Society of International Economics during 2010–2012. His major is international trade and development economics. In particular, he has recently been active in writing academic/semi-academic books and articles on international production networks and economic integration in East Asia.

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