Rosser, A; MacDonald, K; Setiawan, K
(Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, 2020)
Business activity has been a key driver of economic dynamism in Southeast Asia and
one of the main reasons for the region’s growing prosperity in recent decades. It has
led to increases in investment and consumption, boosted exports and, in so doing,
promoted economic growth. This has in turn created jobs, improved incomes,
increased governments’ ability to provide social welfare, and lifted millions out of
poverty.