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Book Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development in International Investment Governance

Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development in International Investment Governance written by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a principal means of financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the corresponding 17 Sustainable Development Goals. FDI’s potential contributions to sustainable development in Asia-Pacific can only be realized if the right conditions and policies are in place and if both the quantity and quality of FDI to, from, and within the region increase. This requires not only identifying and prioritizing FDI projects in key sustainable development sectors - such as renewable energy, education, health, water and sanitation, etc. - but also developing and operationalizing FDI policies and legal and regulatory frameworks at national and international levels that maximize the sustainable development potential of FDI in local economies. This publication sets explores the latter point further by focusing on two emerging and important issues related to international investment governance: sustainable development-orientation in international investment agreements (IIA) and the coherence between IIAs and national investment laws in Asia-Pacific. This publication comprises of three chapters. The first chapter sets the scene analyses recent FDI trends, both in terms of flows of inward and outward investment as well as FDI policymaking and international investment governance; the second chapter provides an in depth analysis of the extent to which the bilateral investment treaties of Asia-Pacific least developed countries and landlocked developing countries are oriented towards sustainable development; and, the third and final chapter examines the extent of coherence between the IIA regimes and national frameworks for investment in Thailand and Viet Nam. The chapters in this publication offer promising signs that the momentum for and political will to reform the IIA regime to make it more sustainable development-oriented and coherent are picking up, and ESCAP stands ready to further support its member States in their efforts to achieve both.

Book Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia

Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia written by Douglas H. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have increased dramatically in recent decades. As developing countries, particularly in Asia, remove restrictions and implement policies to attract FDI inflows, trade and investment have become increasingly intertwined. As such, there have been growing calls for a multilateral framework of foreign investment rules to be negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This paper reviews recent developments in FDI flows and their impacts in developing Asia, and the importance of the policy context in which those flows occur. It discusses advantages and disadvantages of including FDI in WTO negotiations, and related policy options for developing Asian economies.

Book Asia s Changing International Investment Regime

Download or read book Asia s Changing International Investment Regime written by Julien Chaisse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the Asia-Pacific region, delineating the evolving dynamics of foreign investment in the region. It examines the relationship between efforts to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) and efforts to improve governance and inclusive growth and development. Against a background of rapidly developing international investment law, it emphasises the need to strike a balance between these domestic and international legal frameworks, seeking to promote both foreign investment and the laws and policies necessary to regulate investments and investor conduct. Foreign investments play a pivotal role in most countries’ political economies, and in order to encourage cross-border capital flows, countries have taken various steps, such as revising their domestic legal frameworks, liberalising rules on inward and outward investment, and creating special regimes that provide incentives and protections for foreign investment. Alongside the developments in domestic laws, countries have also taken bilateral and multilateral action, including entering into trade and/or investment agreements. Further, the book explores regional investment trends, highlights specific features of Asia-Pacific investment laws and treaties, and analyses policy implications. It addresses four overarching themes: the trends (how Asia-Pacific’s agreements compare with recent global trends in the evolving rules on foreign investment); what China is doing; current investment arbitration practice in Asia; and the importance of regionalising investment law in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, it identifies and discusses the research and policy gaps that should be filled in order to promote more sustainable and responsible investment. The book offers a valuable resource not only for academics and students, but also for trade and investment officials, policy-makers, diplomats, economists, lawyers, think tanks, and business leaders interested in the governance and regulation of foreign investment, economic policy reforms, and the development of new types of investment agreements.

Book Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia

Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment in South Asia written by Pravakar Sahoo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1990s, the governments of South Asian countries acted as ‘facilitators’ to attract FDI. As a result, the inflow of FDI increased. However, to become an attractive FDI destination as China, Singapore, or Brazil, South Asia has to improve the local conditions of doing business. This book, based on research that blends theory, empirical evidence, and policy, asks and attempts to answer a few core questions relevant to FDI policy in South Asian countries: Which major reforms have succeeded? What are the factors that influence FDI inflows? What has been the impact of FDI on macroeconomic performance? Which policy priorities/reforms needed to boost FDI are pending? These questions and answers should interest policy makers, academics, and all those interested in FDI in the South Asian region and in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Book Sectoral Flows of Foreign Direct Investment in Asia and the Pacific

Download or read book Sectoral Flows of Foreign Direct Investment in Asia and the Pacific written by United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines issues such as the sectors that had attracted foreign direct (FDI), potential sectors for FDI inflows, the countries and the types of corporations from which FDI had originated, and global FDI flows, taking into account the experiences of the Association of South Asian newly industrializing economies and some countries of the Association of South East Asian nations. The study analyses sectoral flows of FDI to identify the underlying forces determining such flows and looks at policies pursued by several countyries in the region.

Book Foreign Direct Investment  fdi  in China

Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment fdi in China written by J. Henley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan

Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan written by Ashfaque H. Khan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given its fragile balance of payments position and urgent need to boost industrial production, Pakistan needs to significantly increase its mobilization of foreign resources. It is crucial to accord high priority to foreign direct investment (FDI). Sections of this report include: importance of FDI in Pakistan; review of FDI policy; trends, issues, FDI, and economic impact of FDI; concentrated FDI in the power sector and its balance of payments implications; and conclusions, lessons, and policy challenges. Charts and tables.

Book Direct Foreign Investment In Asia s Developing Economies And Structural Change In The Asia pacific Region

Download or read book Direct Foreign Investment In Asia s Developing Economies And Structural Change In The Asia pacific Region written by Eric D Ramstetter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to produce a monograph evaluating the extent to which direct foreign investment in developing countries is related to structural change in the Asia-Pacific region. It is useful for economists, public policymakers, graduates or undergraduates.

Book Capital Flows to Asian and Pacific Developing Countries

Download or read book Capital Flows to Asian and Pacific Developing Countries written by Min Tang and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Corporate Links And Foreign Direct Investment In Asia And The Pacific

Download or read book Corporate Links And Foreign Direct Investment In Asia And The Pacific written by Eduard K.y. Chen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major force in East Asia's remarkable economic growth and industrial transformation, foreign direct investment has been growing at 14?15 percent annually in Southeast Asia and China over the last decade. This timely volume examines the impact of investment on trade in the region, focusing especially on microeconomic issues of strategy, activity, and behavior of corporate investors. The contributors explore the role of corporate alliances and networks of Japanese and Chinese firms, as well as the influence of investors from newly industrializing economies, in the relocation of production and trade within the region.

Book ASEAN in the New Asia

Download or read book ASEAN in the New Asia written by Siow Yue Chia and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of six substantive contributions covering a range of economic and political/security concerns including AFTA and intra-regional trade liberalization; foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia; EU-ASEAN relationships, ASEAN and the security of Southeast Asia, and ASEAN in the 21st century.

Book Foreign Investment in Developing Countries

Download or read book Foreign Investment in Developing Countries written by H. Kehal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-11-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines foreign investment in developing countries both from a theoretical perspective and country specific perspective. It covers strategies to maximize the benefits that draw from the inward investment flow as well as examining foreign investment as a vehicle for international economic integration. The book focuses on foreign investment in the third and fourth largest economies of the world - the Peoples Republic of China and India - in addition to Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries.

Book Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific Region

Download or read book Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific Region written by Henri Claude de Bettignies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines key issues in trade and investment patterns in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on Japan and its evolving role. Presenting the latest thinking, this volume will stimulate further debate in this important area.

Book Asia Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2017

Download or read book Asia Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2017 written by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report aims to deepen understanding of trends and developments in trade, investment and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region; emerging issues in trade, investment and trade facilitation policies, and impacts of these policies on countries' abilities to meet the challenges of achieving inclusive and sustainable development. It offers innovative policy options to meet the challenges of achieving sustainable trade and investment. It contains separate country and subregional country briefs. Part I delves into recent trends and developments pertaining to trade in merchandise and commercial services, and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. Part II analyses how trade and investment are interlinked and can be channeled into sustainable development.

Book Foreign Direct Investment  FDI  in China

Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment FDI in China written by John S. Henley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Change in Vietnam

Download or read book Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Change in Vietnam written by Carolyn Gates and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text contains a detailed analysis of the pattern and effects of foreign investment in Vietnam.