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


Current Issues on Industry, Trade and Investment
No. 2 (ST/ESCAP/2298)




CONTENTS

Abbreviations
  1. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL
    CAPABILITY-BUILDING IN LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
    1. Introduction
    2. Global and regional issues: implications for foreign
      direct investment and technological capacity-building
      in least developed countries
    3. Foreign direct investment: trends and developments
    4. Technological capability-building through foreign
      direct investment
    5. Conclusions and strategies for foreign direct
      investment promotion and technological capability-
      building in least developed countries

  2. TRADE FINANCE INSTITUTIONS FOR TRADE AND SMALL
    AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN
    SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
    1. Introduction
    2. A simple model of national trade finance institutional
      structure
    3. Is the model adapted to Central Asian and South
      Caucasus countries?
    4. Conclusions and recommendations

  3. ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN IN GMS COUNTRIES
    1. Introduction
    2. Women and economic development in GMS countries
    3. Entrepreneurship development
    4. Conclusions and recommendations

  4. DEVELOPMENT IN TRADE AND REGIONAL TRADE
    AGREEMENTS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
    1. Introduction
    2. Exports from developing Asia and the Pacific
    3. Regional and bilateral trade agreements
    4. Regional trade agreements and the multilateral
      trading system
    5. ESCAP's work in capacity building for trade negotiations
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