The Role of Sound Economic Policies and Foreign Direct Investment to the Development of South East Asia since 1945

      Essentially, the economic development of Southeast Asian countries – especially Malaysia and Indonesia – since 1945 when the Second World War came to an end is the result of sound economic policies and the emergence of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in these economies. Indeed, these policies have had drastic impacts and played remarkable roles in the development of the economies of Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia and Indonesia. In essence, this paper examines these sound economic policies which have mostly resulted in foreign direct investment and the impacts of these policies on the development of these Southeast Asian countries.