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


 
Role of Regional Cooperation: Business Sector Development
and South-South Investment (ST/ESCAP/2477)



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Preface
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Acronyms
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REFORMING BUSINESS CLIMATES: WHAT ROLE FOR
REGIONAL COOPERATION?


A.   Introduction: current thinking on pro-business regulatory
reform

B.   Pro-business regulatory reform: the process

C.   Pro-business regulatory reform: a case study

D.   Pro-business regulatory reform: regional cooperation
experience

E.   Regional cooperation in support of pro-business regulatory
reform: conclusions and recommendations

SOUTH-SOUTH INVESTMENT IN SOUTH, EAST AND
SOUTH-EAST ASIA


A.   Introduction

B.   Overview and trends of FDI flows and policies in South,
East and South-East Asia

C.   The impacts of FDI

D.   Policy developments

E.   Conclusions


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Last updated: 27 February 2008