ASEAN 2025: Toward Increased Investment in the Southeast Asia Region?

Patrick Ziegenhain

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One of the major targets of the ASEAN Economic Community is to achieve a higher influx of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the region. By analyzing recent economic developments and weighing opportunities and challenges, this paper argues that there are good chances for a higher level of FDI in ASEAN until 2025. There are, however, several hindrances including the resistance of the ASEAN member states to accept further economic integration and a missing common regulatory framework, which will make it difficult to receive significantly more FDI in the near future.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33021/aegis.v4i1.791

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