Region: Industry: Industry: Impact of the Industry Issues

West Asia  Oil Organizations:  Made W.Asia a very important figure in  Skill Shortages
- World’s largest known oil reserves - OPEC (Organization of politics  Rapid aging
hidden beneath the deserts Petroleum Exporting Countries)  Many countries depended on them to
- Solar power program - SAUDI SARAMCO take advantage in power
- Transport fuel
- Plastic and synthetic
- Electricity
 Iranian nuclear Power plant
 Desalination
Central Asia  Energy Industry Organizations:  Rising Migration to cities  Environmental Degration
- Sits atop a vast supply of natural gas, - UNIDO (United Nations  Major Imbalances in Spatial - Death of aral Sea
Kazakh, Turkmen and Uzbek Industrial Development Development – limiting the ability of  Widespread Poverty
 Mining Industry Organization) cities to adapt to the new economic - Poorwork with little or no
 Oil Industry environment reward
- Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan major oil and - Child labor
gas exporters
South Asia  Textile Industry (Colombo and Gampaha)  Engineering  Economic Aspect: (Textile)  Overdependence of few export
- Major firms can be found in Sri Lanka, - Heavy engineering: textile - GDP markets
- Serves biggest apparel brands machinery, cement m, sugar m, - Dominant source of exports and  Insufficient product
- Main exporter of textile goods in US rubber m, oil fiel equipment foreign exchange diversification
- Contributes 5% to the GDP of the country Light Engineering: rolling bearing, steel - Source of Employment  Lack of solid material raw base
 Automobile forgings, bicycle, steamless steel pipes - Increase investment in  Wage differentials
- To emerge as the destination of choice in and tubes infrastructure and industrial  Lack of skilled labor and
the world for design and manufacture of production productivity labor
automobiles and auto components  High cost of production due to
- Servicing, dealership, financing and inflation and government
maintenance of vehicles policies of indirect taxes
- Demand for car increases in a growing  Dependence of imports
economy
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Southeast Asia  Manufacturing  Food Industry  Economic: -
 Marine and Shipping  Telecommunications - SEA becomes one of the world’s
 Fishing Industry – represents the most  Textile fastest growing economy
important region for fisheries and agriculture - Secured an estimated 10% share of
production in the world the world’s market
 Electronics – Nokia, Samsung, Intel – - Actively competing for foreign
Singapore the region’s leading exporter direct investment
 Marine and Shipping Industry - Increasingly important contributor
to GDP growth and employment
 Political

East Asia  Manufacturing Based Industries (1)
- Japan: electrical engineering
- China: producer of iron and steel, textile
and cheap consumer goods
- HK for toys, handbags, watches
- SK large steel plants, automobiles,
shipbuilding industry, electronics
 Agriculture Based Industries (3)
- Lumbering in China, Korea
- Fishing in Japan, HK
- Rice Cultivation in NK, SK, Japan, China
 Mineral Based Industries (2)
- Petroleum – Japan, China, SK
- Mining – Taiwan, China, NK, SK
 Service Based Industries (4)
- Call Center in Japan, South Korea
- Gaming Industry in Macau and HK
 Electronic Industries
- Sony, Lenovo, Samsung, HTC
(Taiwan) , ASUS (T), LG (T), Acer
(T)
 Factory Industries
- Factories are far cheaper than
their rich-world rivals (China,
Taiwan)
 Automobile Industries
Japan (2nd) , Korea (5th), China
- SEA provide a stark reminder of
just how difficult the challenge of
sustained development remains
 ASEAN Economic Community
- Intra-regional and global flows will
deepen
- More on domestic rather than
exporting
 Positive Implications  Accommodating population
- Opened more job opportunities expansion
- Modern inventions made things  Working with increasingly
easier for the people limited resources
- Increase in economic output  Rapid aging
- Industrialization tied countries
together through creating a more
cohesive national identity
 Negative Implications
- Lives shortened through accidents
or illness resulting from work in
industrial settings
- Ecological effects – continues to
create waste material
- Child labor