Jayant Menon

Former Lead Economist (Trade and Regional Cooperation), Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB

Jayant works on trade, international investment and development issues, and leads ADB's Trade Team. He holds adjunct appointments with the Australian National University, University of Nottingham, UK and Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, and serves on the Advisory Board of the University of Nottingham Campus in Malaysia. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Menon worked as an academic in Australia for more than a decade, mainly at the Centre of Policy Studies at Monash University in Melbourne.

Cross-border trade is an important aspect of regional cooperation. Photo: ADB

Asian Countries Need to Work Together to Move Forward

Regional cooperation and integration is crucial for Asia and the Pacific to reach its economic and social development goals.

Jayant Menon

Impacts of Increasing Integration: Challenges in Trade, Finance and the Environment

Regional cooperation and integration (RCI) has played an important role in Asia’s growth and development, and will have to play a role in managing the consequences of this ascendancy going forward.

Jayant Menon

Solving the Regional and Global Trade Jigsaw Puzzles

The rise of mega-regionals such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) suggest that the world trade system is fragmenting to appear more like a jigsaw puzzle than a spaghetti bowl. How do we resolve the growing mess?

Jayant Menon

Will We See an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015?

Launched as a political bloc and security pact in the aftermath of the Viet Nam War, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has evolved to embrace an ambitious economic agenda. Its latest project is to establish the ASEAN Economic Community by 31 December 2015. But is this likely?

Jayant Menon

AEC signing ceremony at the XXVII ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur. Photo by ASEAN Secretariat.

Blog poll: Protectionism biggest challenge to AEC

Achieving full and free movement of goods, capital, and people within the ASEAN Economic Community is a long process that must continue beyond 2015.

Jayant Menon

The iconic Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Reversing the Structural Regression in Malaysia Manufacturing

If Malaysia truly wants to reach high-income countries, it must first arrest and then reverse its structural regression, and improve the business environment to revive private investment in manufacturing.

Jayant Menon, Thiam Hee Ng