At LSE IDEAS, Dr. Yujuico is working on topics relating to the establishment of an ASEAN free trade area by 2015 for goods, services (especially regional mobility for skilled professionals), and investment (particularly the Asian Bond Market Initiative and the ASEAN Stock Exchange Alliance). In addition to his present fellowship, Dr. Yujuico is a consultant to the Philippine government on the international recognition of migrant workers' qualifications.

Areas of Expertise

Southeast Asia
Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)
Social Entrepreneurship
International Political Economy
Inclusive Markets

Recent Publications

'Better marketing to developing countries: why and how'. Business Horizons (2010) [with Betsy Gelb]
'All modes lead to home: assessing the state of the remittance art'. Global Networks (2009)
'Connecting the dots in social entrepreneurship through the capabilities approach'. Socio-economic review, (2008)

News

Trouble Merging Singapore, Oz Stock Exchanges
By Emmanuel Yujuico: A political backlash threatens to derail the proposed $8.3 billion takeover of Australia's largest stock-market operator by Singapore Exchange Ltd. Key lawmakers signalled they may block the deal because it gives a foreign investor too much control of the Sydney-based exchange. Meanwhile, the president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., which owns 4.99% of the Singapore exchange, criticized the deal.
Situation Analysis: The Real Story in the South China Sea
Emmanuel Yujuico: The US Secretary of State's intervention at the Asia Regional Forum that caused such a stir in the Western media is not all that it seemed.
What's the real story behind the South China Sea dispute?
A new strategic update by LSE IDEAS: Dr Emmanuel Yujuico gives us an insight on the geopolitical issues between ASEAN, China and the US over the Paracel and Spratly Islands.
Nat10ns: US versus Singapore Education
By Emmanuel Yujuico: With nearly all US states on the brink of financial ruin, it is no surprise that schoolteachers are facing the axe lest the federal government ante up more debt to dump on future generations in typical American fashion. Yet, the damning thing is that lawmakers are not trying to improve the US educational system but to stem further declines.
Getting Digital Statecraft Right | Foreign Affairs
Emmanuel Yujuico with Betsy Gelb: As the history of past U.S. efforts to use technology to bring progress to other nations reveals, the United States should focus its current digital diplomacy efforts on small wins, not transformative victories.
Nat10ns: Why Mexicans, not Filipino Migrants were hit in 09
By Emmanuel Yujuico: Among lands sending emigres, perhaps none match the Philippines in terms of the geographical spread and variety of occupations filled by its economic migrants.
Just Nuke It: Is Cash-Rich Burma Pursuing Fission?
By Emmanuel Yujuico: It is no big secret that Burma is rich in natural resources--particularly natural gas. In their quest to secure energy supplies, many neighbouring countries have risked incurring the disapproval of Washington by warming to Myanmar's ruling junta for economic reasons. At the end of the day, Washington's globocop tendencies only go so far in a world where scarcity of any number of resources is only set to intensify.
Nat10ns: Just shoot it - Cambodia's Military-Business Tie-ins
By Emmanuel Yujuico: Through the initiative of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Cambodian military is exploring the use of corporate sponsorship of the armed forces [!] as a means of raising revenue. As you might expect, this is raising all sorts of issues about the military serving public, not private interests.
Obama the 'First Pacific President? Yeah, right.'
By Emmanuel Yujuico: Among other things, something about American leadership that unnerves the rest of the world is its tendency to make vapid claims. While you can say that this is par for the course as far as politicians go as serial overpromisers and underdeliverers, the incumbent US president has two things going against him in terms of getting along better with us in Southeast Asia.
The Economic Architect of Singapore Passes Away
By Emmanuel Yujuico: It is with sadness that I report the passing of one of the great men who built the country that is now the envy of the rest of Southeast Asia and, indeed, much of the developing world.
LSE IDEAS on ABS-CBN News: Philippine elections - Pinoys in London note lessons from May 10 polls
While the last leg of election mechanisms was underway and votes were being canvassed in the Philippines, scholars and members of the academic community in London and some Filipino community leaders embarked on a panel discussion to assess the recently-concluded Philippine elections.
IDEAS Today - Issue 2: February 2010
The Big Idea: 'China in the 21st Century' by Arne Westad; The People in Charge: Civil Society and State Building in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Cristina Barrios; Programme in Focus: Latin America International Affairs Programme; The Resurgence of the Latin American Right and the Cold War that Never Ended by Victor Figeuroa-Clark; Iraq needs to walk before it can run by Ranj Alaaldin; Spotlight on Fellows: Interview with Dr Toby Dodge; How can China Win Friends and Influence Southeast Asia? by Emmanuel Yujuico; and Regime Change Starts at Home? Practical Lessons of a Reconceptualisation of the Cold War by Wes Ullrich

Foreign Affairs: Getting Digital Statecraft Right

Nat10ns: Southeast Asia International Affairs Programme Blog