ASEAN FDI Foreign Direct Investment

1. ASEAN Investment Area Council
2. Investment in ASEAN Countries: Outlook and Challenges
3. ASEAN Foreign Direct Investment flows sources
4. Intra-ASEAN Foreign Direct Investment flows
5. Investment policy measures and developments in ASEAN Markets

The Subject “Foreign Direct Investment (ASEAN)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: World Trade.

Languages: or IED ASEAN ASEAN ASEAN.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in ASEAN

The goal of ASEAN Economic Community is to set up ASEAN as a single market and production base that will make ASEAN Region more dynamic and competitive.

One of the core factors of ASEAN single market and production base is a free flow of Foreign Direct Investment.

A free and open investment regime are fundamental to improving ASEAN competitiveness and attracting Foreign Direct Investment as well as intra-ASEAN investment.

On February 2009, ASEAN Exhaustive Investment Agreement was signed.

1. All ASEAN member economies (Brunei, Myanmar,the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Laos) experienced a decline in Foreign Direct Investment flows (excluding Indonesia and Vietnam)
2. The largest Foreign Direct Investment flows recipients in ASEAN stayed to be Singapore with USD 22 billion (38% of the total ASEAN Foreign Direct Investment), Thailand with USD 9 billion (17%), Vietnam with USD 8 billion (16%), Indonesia with USD 7 billion (13%) and Malaysia with USD 7 billion (12%)
3. Main Foreign Direct Investment flow sources from Asia also decreased - Korea by 48% by 9% and Japan by 15%
4. Foreign Direct Investment flows continued to prevail in services and manufacturing sector