Future of Foreign Investment in Southeast Asia

This book portrays the dynamics that currently lie behind Southeast Asia's foreign investment activity, and seeks to identify the region's future options in reviving its reputation as an attractive host for foreign investors. Each chapter focuses on a key element, and in concert they combine to portray Southeast Asia's foreign investment profile and prospects. By bringing these key inter-locking elements together under a single cover, the book aims to provide a more profound understanding of the challenges that currently face Southeast Asian countries in their on-going attempts to both attract new foreign investment inflows as well as continuing to host substantial existing foreign-invested assetsThis book explains the dynamics behind Southeast Asia's foreign investment activity, and looks at the region's options for reviving its reputation as an attractive host for foreign investors. Each chapter focuses on a key element; together, they portray southeast Asia's foreign investment profile and prospects. By bringing these key interlocking elements together under a single cover, the book aims to provide a more profound understanding of the challenges southeast Asian countries face in their on-going attempts both to attract new foreign investment inflows and to continue hosting substantial existing foreign-invested assets.