ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an introduction of the issues, an overview of economic globalisation, literature review, major findings, policy implications from the study, and synopses of the eight country case studies conducted in the study. The objective of this study is to investigate the economic consequences of globalisation for eight selected members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, the US, and Vietnam, in order to draw lessons for achieving sustainable and inclusive economic growth. The study was undertaken against a backdrop of increasing application of protectionist policies by many governments resulting from the growing anti-globalisation sentiment. As many studies already exist on this subject, this study collates and analyses important findings and lessons from past literature rather than conduct original research. This chapter also provides a synopsis of the eight country case studies contained in this volume.
