Southeast Asian Studies: Regional & Country-Specific Resources

The objectives of the ASEAN Regional Forum is to promote open and constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest to the countries of the South Asia, Southeast Asia and Pacific regions.

APEC member countries support free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region, and the establishment of greater regional community to address the economic and social dimensions of development

The objective of the ADB is to achieve a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. The ADB assists its member nations by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development.

This guide offers basic sources of information on Southeast Asia and the countries of this region.

SEAMEO was established as a chartered international organization whose purpose is to promote cooperation in education, science and culture in the Southeast Asian region.

The Data Papers were published by the Cornell University Southeast Asia Program from 1950 through 1982 as a means to foster research and original scholarship related to Southeast Asian Studies. This series includes dictionaries, annotated translations of significant works, fieldwork reports, bibliographies, and historical analyses of important social and political developments in Southeast Asia.

Sources of statistics for Asia and the countries of Asia. Click on the "Southeast Asia" tab for regional and country-specific statistical links.

ESCAP promotes cooperation among its 53 member states in pursuit of solutions to sustainable development challenges. ESCAP supports inclusive, resilient and sustainable development in the region by generating action-oriented knowledge, and by providing technical assistance and capacity-building services in support of national development objectives, and regional agreements

The UNESCO Digital Library - Southeast Asia provides access to books, journals, meeting documents, conference materials and speeches for the countries of Southeast Asia.

The UN is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.[

The World Bank has extensive resources (reports, working papers, and articles) on Southeast. These resources focus on development policies and programs. This link brings you to a list of those resources.

WHO is an organization of 194 Member States. WHO works with all Member States to support them to achieve the highest standard of health for all people. They advise ministries of health and other sectors on public health issues and provide support to plan, implement and monitor health programs.

The WTO operates the global system of trade rules and helps developing economies build their trade capacity. WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. It is a forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements, and to settle trade disputes.