Recognising the increasing importance of services to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and to global value chain participation, the ASEAN Services Integration Report (ASIR) takes stock of ASEAN’s achievements in services integration, including a detailed and focused assessment of ASEAN services policies; delineates the potential gains from further integration; and highlights remaining challenges. ASIR also puts forward recommendations for further development of the ASEAN services agenda more broadly for post-2015. In particular, it suggests that there are areas beyond the services liberalisation commitments for which integration can be deepened and the benefits maximised, such as regulatory cooperation.ASIR will contribute to the ongoing discourse on services integration within ASEAN and regional economic integration more broadly, and help inform policymaking aimed at enhancing regional cooperation.

ASIR is one of the key deliverables of the ASEAN Community Monitoring and Evaluation Program (AECMEP), a four-year collaborative program between the ASEAN Secretariat and the World Bank that concludes in 2015. AECMEP is supported by the ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program Phase II.