The present study estimates the long run private investment function for the period from 1972 to 2011 by using Johansen … cointegration approach. The results suggest debt servicing, inflation and private investment to be negatively associated. The study … concludes positive impact of GDP growth rate, foreign direct investment, and exchange rate on private investment in Pakistan …

Only 20 RTAs involving at least one member from the Asia-Pacific region were in force in 1995. By May 2011, this number … had grown to 122. Furthermore, the contribution of Asia and the Pacific to the global trend towards regionalism has also …

With the start of the global economic crisis, world foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows decreases by 16% in 2008 …

face economic slowdown, and acceptance is growing that the Asia-Pacific region will be the world's next engine of economic … growth. Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are rapidly increasing their importance in the world economy, having …

", this year's Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report identifies the challenges and opportunities for trade and investment …The Asia-Pacific region has made a vigorous comeback from the global economic crisis and is currently leading world … most of the developed economies, and a higher incidence of natural disasters that affect trade and investment. At the same …

Fiscal stimulus programs have contributed substantially to developing Asia’s faster and stronger than expected recovery … which it crowds out private investment and consumption. In the medium term, the use of fiscal policy to promote rebalancing … using fiscal policy to help remove the structural impediments to private consumption and investment. …

In recent years, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment … authors explore this important research and policy issue empirically. They focus our studies on East and Southeast Asia as … well as Latin America, and control for the standard determinants of their inward direct investment. They then add PRC …