UNCTAD - ASEAN Investment Report - 2022

Description of project:

ASEAN Member States have been using investment facilitation tools and measures to attract and retain
investment for a long time. They include a portfolio of measures and actions aiming to increase
efficiency for investing, reducing the cost for pre- and post-investment, making investing easier and
improving the investment environment. Over the years, investment facilitation measures adopted have
evolved partly because of digital technology and new investment targeting approaches (e.g. development of ecosystems).
The recent years (2019-2021) witnessed an unprecedented rise in numbers of policy, institutional and
specific measures adopted by individual ASEAN Member States and collectively as a region to attract
and retain FDI. The pandemic further accelerated the adoption of national and regional investment facilitation measures and agreements.

Tasks assigned to MKE:

Under the supervision of the Chief of the DIAE / ITIB / Investment Issues Section, the consultant will
provide a report, 100 pages, on Investment Facilitation in ASEAN including:
The investment liberalization and facilitation measures that reduce transaction cost, increase efficiency
and enhance the ease of investing can play a positive role in attracting FDI and improving the
investment environment.
The competitiveness of ASEAN's investment environment and the region's investment policy
development in relation to investment facilitation (IF). It will examine IF trend and development, the
impact of IF on investment decision, challenges of and policy options for investment facilitation
The highlight of national and regional trend and salient features pertaining to investment facilitation
measures in ASEAN. It will begin with an analysis of a global trend on investment facilitation and in
relation to ASEAN. It will examine different types/clusters of investment facilitation measures, tools,
actors, reasons, challenges and their effectiveness in attracting FDI in the region. It will also provide
analyses of the investment policy, actions and institutional arrangements facilitating FDI in ASEAN.
Other initiatives implemented and adopted by individual ASEAN Member States as well as at the
regional level to attract and facilitate investment will be covered. Investment facilitation cover measures,
tools and actions aiming at attracting and retaining FDI in primary, secondary (manufacturing) and
tertiary (services) sector