Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia: Trends, Effects, and Likely Issues for the Forthcoming WTO Negotiations

Douglas H. Brooks (), Emma Xiaoqin Fan () and Lea R. Sumulong ()
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Douglas H. Brooks: Asian Development Bank
Emma Xiaoqin Fan: Asian Development Bank
Lea R. Sumulong: Asian Development Bank

No 38, ADB Economics Working Paper Series from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: developing Asia; foreign direct investment; multilateral framework; policy context; WTO negotiations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 F23 O24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2003-04-01
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