UNCTAD
- handbook on foreign direct investment
Geneva, 15 May 1998
- UNCTAD has published a Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment by Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises: Lessons from Asia that provides an in-depth analysis
of the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) by small and medium-sixed enterprises
(SMEs).
SMEs form an important part of the entrepreneurial
engine that drives development and growth. The handbook focuses on the potential
of FDI by SMEs to strengthen the SME sectors of home as well as host countries,
contributing to the health and dynamism of their economies. This publication
highlights the needs for the needs for specific SMEs policies to encourage the
contribution th
at FDI by SMEs can make to development. Drawing on research done
in Asia, the Handbook provides a framework for assessing policy options and
examines avenues for international cooperation in this respect.
ICC recently joined UNCTAD in conducting a worldwide
survey of leading multinational companies. The survey found that overall confidence
in East and South-East Asia as a destination for foreign direct investment remains
unshaken, despite the financial crisis in the region. The results were based
on replies from 198 firms of 500 polled – an impressive response rate of
40%. The survey was conducted in mid-February.
For more information about the Handbook and other
UNCTAD activities, please visit their website at
http://www.unicc.org/unctad/en/enhome.htm
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