ADB - Facilitating SMEs Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Flows: An ASEAN+6 Case Study - 2017

Project Description:

The project assessed the likely impact of investment and other FDI-related provisions in the draft Regional Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (RCEP) for enhanced FDI flows in ASEAN+6; identified barriers to enhance SMEs’ FDI flows between ASEAN+6 countries; and proposed policy reforms, capacity development programs, and private sector transactional support to translate likely RCEP provisions and the potential internationalization of SMEs into enhanced FDI flows in the ASEAN+6 countries, particularly SME-driven FDI for agriculture, manufacturing, and services. MKE provided six key staff member to implement this enterprise-level in three source countries and prepared the final report on the RCEP agreement impact.