Asia-Pacific Foreign Investment Brief
The FDI, Trade, and Economic Development Community

Institutional Investors are playing a crucial role in the investment attraction strategy of Investment Promotion Agencies, aiming to...

ADB - Developing Asia’s Economic Outlook: Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2024 - Economic growth in developing Asia continues to be...

The terminology used by professionals in the foreign direct investment (FDI) world can be confusing. In this video series, the fDi team...

Asia Pacific has the second strongest showing with eight markets represented on The Kearney FDI Index—the same representation as last...

Top Emerging Markets for FDI in 2024 Led By Cambodia and Philippines!

Continued optimism in the face of instability - Business leaders show signs of greater optimism in the investment outlook and the...

FDI is a cause and beneficiary of the region digitizing faster than the rest of the world. by Andrew Keable, managing partner of KW...

On the 20-21 March 2024, Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) of ASEAN Member States and Timor Leste as well as the ASEAN Secretariat...

The Australians recognise the need to step up. As part of a suite of initiatives announced at the recent special summit, Australia will...

In the fourth quarter 2023, the economies of Southeast Asia mostly showed strong resilience to counter the challenging external...

Gender parity globally has now recovered to pre-COVID-19 levels, but the pace of change has stagnated as converging crises slow progress,...

Intra-Asia trade flows remain strong while the West remain key trading partners of Asia - Evidence shows that markets in Asia Pacific are...

China’s cumulative engagement in Asia and the Pacific over the past ten years reached USD 530 billion in 2023, about USD 245 billion in...

We are pleased to launch a new United Nations ESCAP #FDI attractiveness and export readiness training program for Sri Lanka-based ICT...

The US’s Milken Institute has announced its Global Opportunity Index (GOI) 2024 report, with Malaysia named as the country with the best...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has immense potential to accelerate progress towards #GenderEquality, but is this promise being...

When developing countries borrow money, they have to pay much higher interest rates compared to developed countries. This makes it...

UNCTAD has just released its latest Investment Policy Monitor (No. 27).  It discusses trends in outward foreign direct investment (OFDI)...

Southeast Asian startups' salaries for new hires in business development and sales have risen by as much as 20%, according to an annual...

Locations in Asia-Pacific are being increasingly chosen due to dynamic qualitative factors, such as a skilled workforce, rather than...