Enhancing investment flows in APEC - Introductory Presentation

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3) Summation (continued)• There are large barriers to investment acrossAPEC economies– Higher in poor countries– Border barriers to FDI well-known, higher in APEC– But BTB barriers more important and less wellresearched• Both the quantity and quality of investmentmatters• Better investment across APEC is needed– right amount, right type, right area, right time– all at least cost
4) What to do?• Host of factors need to be right for betterinvestment to lead to economic growth• Factors are different for each economy• Issues are within economies ⎯ the BTB issues• Challenge is for each economy to harness theirown institutional processes that best addresstheir BTB barriers• Lessons from others on how reforms undertakenmay help
Page 2 and 3: Presentation Structure• Overview
Page 4 and 5: 1). Poverty rates have fallen acros
Page 6 and 7: Drivers of poverty reduction andsus
Page 8 and 9: 2). APEC work on investment to addr
Page 10 and 11: FDI inflows into APEC economies600F
Page 12 and 13: FDI inflows and outflows for APECec
Page 14 and 15: Barriers in the APEC region by sect
Page 16 and 17: Barriers in APEC economies are high
Page 18 and 19: What’s at stake: change in barrie
Page 20 and 21: But …• Estimates are partial, n
Page 22 and 23: Stage 2 Study:Behind-the Border (BT
Page 24 and 25: Low investment in some APEC economi
Page 26 and 27: BTB barriers are important - income
Page 28 and 29: Behind-the-border barriers• Finan
Page 32 and 33: The challenge:increasing the ‘swe
Page 34 and 35: Next steps• Good start to BTB bar
Page 36: Thank youPaul KennellyForeign Inves

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