J. Soedradjad Djiwandono is Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Indonesia, and Professor of Economics for IPE at the S. Rajaratnam School at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Previously, he was a Visiting Senior Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and a Development Associate at the Harvard Institute for International Development. He has had a long career in government in Indonesia, working in many different capacities. He also held cabinet posts in the Soeharto government, notably a five year-term as the State Minister of Trade and another five year-term as Governor of Bank Indonesia, Indonesiaís central bank. Dr. Djiwandono earned a B.A. in Economics from Gajah Mada University, an M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an M.A. in Political Economy and a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University, specializing in Monetary Economics, International Trade and Development Economics. Dr. Djiwandono has authored several books (mostly written in Bahasa Indonesia) including his latest, Bank Indonesia and the Crisis: An Insiderís View, in 2005. In the last two years he has led a team commissioned by Bank Indonesia to write a six-volume book on the history of Bank Indonesia, Indonesiaís central bank, covering the period from 1945-2003, which will be completed by the end of 2007. He has contributed book chapters and articles in journals, newspapers, and magazines on Indonesiaís trade, monetary, and banking policies and experiences.
Worapot Manupipatpong is currently the Principal Economist and Director at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. He has been with the ASEAN Secretariat for over eight years, coordinating regional cooperation activities and initiatives in finance, statistics, science and technology, and infrastructure (transport, energy, and ICT). He is currently coordinating the overall implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and some economic cooperation initiatives in East Asia, including the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and the Comprehensive Economic Partnership in East Asia (CEPEA). Prior to his service at the ASEAN Secretariat, he worked in the private sector and taught finance at Chulalongkorn University. He received his B.Sc. at Chulalongkorn University, his MBA at the University of North Texas, and his Ph.D. at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Karl Jackson is C.V. Starr Distinguished Professor of Southeast Asia Studies and Director of Asian Studies and Southeast Asian Studies at SAIS. He taught for 19 years at University of California, Berkeley; served as the National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States, 1991-93; was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asia at the National Security Council, 1989-91; and was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, 1986-89. In the business world, Dr. Jackson has held positions as Managing Director, International Foreign Exchange Concepts, 1993-96; was Senior Advisor at Cerberus Capital Partners, 2000-04; was President of the U.S.-Thailand Business Council, 1994-2005; and was a consultant at the World Bank and International Finance Corporation, 2005-07. He joined the SAIS faculty in 1996. He received his B.A. from Princeton and his Ph.D. from MIT. His publications include Asian Contagion: The Causes and Consequences of a Financial Crisis, ed.; Cambodia 1975ñ1978: Rendezvous With Death; ASEAN in Regional and International Context; United States-Thailand Relations; and ASEAN Security and Economic Development, ed.
As we approach the 40th anniversary of ASEAN this August (as well as the 10th anniversary of ASEAN Vision 2020), it is incumbent upon us to assess the progress made by this body toward regionalóespecially economic and financialóintegration. Taking the long path traveled by the body into account, what does the future hold for ASEAN? What influence has it exerted upon the greater East Asian region and what will its role be as regional economic and financial integration continues to expand and deepen?
