Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

 
Investment Promotion and Enterprise Development Bulletin for
Asia and the Pacific, No. 1 (ST/ESCAP/2259)


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  1. STRENGTHENING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL
    AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN THE GLOBALIZATION
    PROCESS: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
    1. Globalization: challenges and prospects for
      small and medium enterprises in Asia and the Pacific
    2. Industrial dynamism, economic prosperity and
      economic crisis: liberalization, globalization and
      private sector-led industrial growth
    3. Role of SMEs in the development process: some
      country experiences
    4. Promoting the competitiveness of SMEs within the
      ongoing process of globalization
    5. Conclusions and recommendations


  2. PROMOTING RESOURCE-BASED EXPORT-ORIENTED
    SMEs IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
    1. Introduction
    2. Resource-based and agro-based industries: sector's
      main characteristics
    3. Rationale for development and contribution of
      agro-based and resource-based industries to
      poverty alleviation
    4. Economic policies and strategies for development of
      agro-based and recource-based industries
    5. Role of the World Trade Organization for the
      development of agro-based and resource-based
      industries
    6. Conclusions and recommendations

  3. ISSUES AND STRATEGIES FOR THE TRANSFER AND
    ADOPTION OF PROSPECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES BY SMEs
    AND SMALL GROWERS FOR PROCESSING OF
    HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE IN DEVELOPING ASIAN
    COUNTRIES
    1. Introduction
    2. Technology gaps
    3. Problems and prospects in technology transfer
    4. Technology management issues
    5. Conclusions

  4. REPORT OF THE EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON
    PROMOTING RESOURCE-BASED EXPORT-ORIENTED
    SMEs FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN ASIA AND
    THE PACIFIC
    1. Regional overview of the status of the resource-based
      export-oriented SMEs and their impacts on poverty
      alleviation in Asia and the Pacific
    2. Evolving model of programmes for enhancing the
      competitiveness of SMEs, and issues and strategies
      for the transfer and adoption of prospective
      technologies for processing horticultural produce
    3. Country experiences
    4. Recommendations

  5. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: DETERMINANTS,
    TRENDS IN FLOWS AND PROMOTION POLICIES
    1. Globalization and foreign direct investment
    2. Foreign direct investment flows: determinants
      and recent trends
    3. Host country FDI promotion policy trends
    4. FDI by small and medium enterprises
    5. Conclusions and implications for regional action
      and cooperation



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