Global and Regional Partnership for Sustainable Development : Impacts of foreign investment on urban development in Southeast Asia

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Succeeding the works in previous years, in 1995 we conducted a series of site visiting researches and thesis making studies. Followings are the brief summary of the geneneral findings.1) Whereas economic growth of the Southewast Asian countries have been vigorous and spreading to wider area, the pattern of growth is becoming more diversified : in Singapore and Malayasia the high growth has been compatible with low inflation and good balance of payment while in others growth is entailing the latter problems.The difference of the capacities of states in macroeconomic management has something to do with this.2) Diversification can be found in the pattern of environmental protection and social development policies as well : in Singapore and Malaysia central governments take initiatives in solving these issues whilst in Philipinne, Thai and Indonesia states do not have enough resources for that.3) On the other hand, in Phillipine and Thai NGO power is strong in the environmental and soical issue areas.4) In circumstances, the governance systems in Southeast Asian countries are differentiated into a few types : the strong state type, the weak state-strong NGO type and intermmediate type.5) Traditional agrarian societies and life-styles in Southeast Asia are being eroded along with the rich natural resoureces. In responding to such a change, transnational communications and cooperations among the countries with different governance systems are urgently needed.