On the last day of 2015, the people of Thailand become part of the ASEAN Community. What impact this will have on their lives is difficult to foresee. The ASEAN Community is a new idea, unlike any other regional grouping. At present it consists of three plans, known as Blueprints.
What the ASEAN Community will become and what impact it will have on human development, depends on how the member governments work to realise these plans.