This article first examines the investment climate in ASEAN countries and the role of foreign investment policies. It then analyses the trends and the sectoral pattern and country sourcing of FDI and higlights the experience of Singapore. Finally, it examines the prospects of FDI in ASEAN,...

Serious efforts at economic integration among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members started only in 1992. Initial obstacles included the widespread pursuit of import substitution policies of industrialization, the small extent of intra-ASEAN trade, and the wide differences...