A Study on the Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand

Thesis(Master) --KDI School:Master of Public Policy,2001Foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the driving forces binding countries into closer economic interdependence. FDI flows have grown rapidly in recent years associated with the deeper liberalization of national and international investment regimes. Foreign direct investment—the acts of private businesses investing capital in a foreign country in order to produce goods or services—has contributed to a dense tissue of cross-country economic relations that, called “global economic interdependence”. Flows of foreign investment have increased dramatically in recent years. Between 1985 and 1997, they grew from around US$60 billion to US$400 billion, substantially faster than growth of international tradeCHAPTER I OUTWARD FDI: A THEORETICAL REVIEW CHAPER II THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR INCREASED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS AND TRENDS IN THAILAND TOWARDS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT CHAPTER III AN OVERVIEW OF FDI IN THAILAND’S DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER IV GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND TAX INCENTIVES CHAPTER V THAILAND INVESTMENT PROMOTIONAL ZONES CHAPTER VI POLICIES TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN SPECIAL SECTORSmasterpublishedKunsabfueng Wanna