ASEAN countries’ per capita GDP aspiration targets for the year 2030 were
formulated on the basis of in-depth background studies conducted by a team
of ASEAN scholars in each country and a series of consultations organized
in 2011 with local policy makers, think tanks, and experts from government,
private firms, academia, and the media. Key background information to ensure
the plausibility and attainability of suggested outcomes were sourced from
development strategies issued by national government agencies and the results
of projections prepared by the Economics and Research Department of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) — as part of the study “ASEAN, the PRC, and India:
The Great Transformation,” or ACI study (ADB and ADBI 2014).