Download or read book Institutions and Economic Change in Southeast Asia written by Colin Barlow and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work scrutinizes the role of institutional change, with special reference to Southeast Asia. It suggests that the nature of institutional arrangements such as households, community groups, firms and formal governance systems can significantly affect human activity and economic success.