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Viet Nam: Foreign Direct Investment And Postcrisis Regional Integration
Since Viet Nam started its transition from a centrally planned economy to a socialist-oriented market economy, many reforms have been implemented. The Foreign Investment Law signaled an important step toward Viet Nam's integration in the regional and international economic systems. The relatively low amount of foreign investment relative to other...
Foreign Direct Investment: The Role Of Policy
This brief analyzes the policy context in which Foreign Direct Investment FDI flows occur. It highlights the value for ADB's Asian Development Bank Developing Member Countries DMCs of incorporating their investment policies in a development perspective, and learning from the experiences of countries that have successfully benefited from FDI. A...
Foreign Direct Investment In Developing Asia
Foreign Direct Investment FDI flows have increased dramatically in last few decades. As developing countries, particularly in Asia, remove restrictions and implement policies to attract FDI inflows, trade and investment have become increasingly intertwined. As such, there have been growing calls for a multilateral framework of foreign investment rules to...
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U.S. troubles add fuel to financial fire in Asia
HONG KONG -- Battered by a blast of bad news from Wall Street last week, Asian financial markets are reeling from plenty of homegrown problems, too. Across the region, stocks were having a bad year before the collapse of Lehman Bros., the fire sale of Merrill Lynch and...
Local action for sustainable development; water and sanitation in Asia-Pacific region
Local action for sustainable development; water and sanitation in Asia-Pacific region. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. UN-HABITAT 2007 192 pages $30.00 Paperback TC409 This volume has been prepared in support of the "Vision 2020"...
Indian Cooperative Banks Tour US CUs To Learn The Regulatory Ropes
A delegation of 11 CEOs and board chairmen from state cooperative banks of India visited Nevada’s Community One FCU and California’s Water and Power Community CU, following visits to CUs in New York, Washington and CUNA Mutual in Madison, Wis. According to WOCCU, India’s cooperative banks are structured similarly to...
ADB head points to monetary policy dilemma in Asia amid inflation
TOKYO, July 4 Kyodo Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday pointed to a ''growing dilemma of monetary policy'' in Asian countries that face upward price movements, saying interest rate hikes to combat inflation could increase hard-landing risks of their economies. ...
G-8 meets as economy storm clouds thicken
SAPPORO, Japan -- Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. The...
Singapore's First Water Week Sees Deals Worth Over S$367m and International Initiatives to Boost Water Research and Investments
Singapore, June 30, 2008 - ACN Newswire - Governments, utilities providers and water companies signed 27 agreements totalling more than SGD367 million (USD270 million) during the first Singapore International Water Week, which drew to a close last Friday. In addition, a water fund was launched to attract...
New Asia-Pacific Network "KnowledgeHubs" Launched to Tackle Water Problems
Singapore, June 27, 2008 - ACN Newswire - Twelve organizations from across the Asia-Pacific region today launched a network to share solutions for improving water management to tackle the region's many pressing water challenges. The network, known as "KnowledgeHubs," is an initiative of the Asia-Pacific...
Asian cities struggling against urbanisation woes: ADB
SINGAPORE AFP — Asian cities need help to cope with an unprecedented period of urbanisation, the Asian Development Bank ADB said Wednesday, stressing that their future prosperity is at stake. Providing adequate water supplies and infrastructure are among the key issues facing urban planners and policymakers,...
ADB President Outlines Water Agenda for Asia-Pacific Region
Singapore, June 25, 2008 - ACN Newswire - Asian Development Bank ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda today unveiled a seven-point agenda to prioritize water investments in the Asia-Pacific region and said that the institution is committed to helping countries in the region boost new water investments to $20...
ADB Calls for New Focus on Asian Cities
Singapore, June 25, 2008 - ACN Newswire - With Asian cities growing by over 100,000 people a day, a major rethink is needed on how cities manage growth because the current approach is no longer economically, environmentally or socially sustainable, the Asian Development Bank ADB said at...
Asia must tighten monetary, fiscal policy to tame inflation: ADB
KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 Kyodo Governments in Asia need to tighten both monetary and fiscal policies to tame runaway inflation sparked by the rise in fuel and food prices, the Asian Development Bank warned Sunday. ''If they have not tamed it...
Singapore International Water Week Opens Gateway to China market; Business Forum and Country Pavilion Help Firms Discover New Opportunities in China
Singapore, June 16, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Water industry players will get the inside track on China's fast-growing water market at this month's Singapore International Water Week, a global platform for water solutions. China is the focus of one of the seven regional business...
Why Asia Won’t Save The World
Asian exporters helped buoy the global economy; now, stagflation is threatening their growth miracle. Not long ago, investors hailed Vietnam as a dynamic, export-driven “China-killer.” But in recent months, it has moved ahead of its giant neighbor for a less laudable reason: it’s the Asian...
Inflation in Asia to rise, may endanger growth: ADB
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Inflation in Asia will hit 5.1 percent in 2008 due to surging food and fuel prices and could threaten economic growth in the region, the Asian Development Bank warned Sunday. "Our projection for inflation for Asia for 2008 is 5.1 percent which...
Donors pledge 20 billion dollars for Afghanistan
PARIS AFP — World donors pledged 20 billion dollars to rebuild Afghanistan on Thursday but also called on President Hamid Karzai to do more to fight corruption and strengthen the rule of law. "This is a success because we were expecting, in our dreams, 17 billion...
ADB to lend 100 million dollars to China for energy programme
MANILA AFP — The Manila-based Asian Development Bank said on Thursday it would lend 100 million dollars to China to bring energy-efficient technology to the industrialised province of Guangdong. The long-term, low-cost loan to the Guangdong provincial government will be used to provide credit to major...
ADB to invest 1 billion dollars a year for 'clean energy' in Asia
MANILA AFP — The Asian Development Bank ADB is to invest one billion dollars annually in "clean energy" projects as part of an effort to encourage their use, the Manila-based bank said Tuesday. ADB vice-president for sustainable development Ursula Schafer-Preuss made the announcement at a special...
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