The paper examines the state of investment liberalization and facilitation in the Philippines and suggests policy measures to enable the country to comply with its ASEAN Economic Community commitments. Based on interviews and surveys, the results indicated that investment incentives, low tax...

As the authors of this volume observe in their Introduction, “The global regime for investment is dynamic and continually growing”. This is certainly a correct observation. But the regime is not only growing, it also receives considerable attention and is subject to close scrutiny, both by...