Asia-Pacific Foreign Investment Brief
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🌏 APAC Nations Lead the Way in Global Innovation and Attract Increased FDI

Empowering Investment: UN ESCAP Concludes Private Sector MSME Development Program for Central Asia

ASEAN's digital transformation is at risk as local talent falls short, forcing countries to rely on foreign innovators.

How Venture Capital is Investing in AI in the Top Five Global Economies — and Shaping the AI Ecosystem

Ranked: The Top Startup Cities Around the World

China is ready to continue building a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future, and bring more certainty and positive energy to...

Continued optimism in the face of instability - Business leaders show signs of greater optimism in the investment outlook and the...

Gender parity globally has now recovered to pre-COVID-19 levels, but the pace of change has stagnated as converging crises slow progress,...

Locations in Asia-Pacific are being increasingly chosen due to dynamic qualitative factors, such as a skilled workforce, rather than...

- International trade has undergone significant transformations over the past few years, driven by innovations that enhance supply chain...

Most of the top 20 countries by proportion of STEM tertiary graduates belong to the developing world, showing how policy-makers in...

Which countries are the global innovation powerhouses? In many ways, the past year has represented an inflection point in technological...

For the 13th year in a row, Switzerland is the most innovative economy in 2023 followed by Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom,...

The bloc is working to establish protocols in data and payments, as well as address emerging trends, including AI. ASEAN member states...

Investment promotion will get “harder” as a result of more adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), says Pilar Madrigal, the director of...

- ASEAN is on track to emerge as a global centre of growth. - To achieve its vast economic potential, ASEAN is leveraging its demographic...

The 2023 Worldwide R&D Incentives Reference Guide, contains the latest updates as of February 2023 summarizing key incentives across 46...

WAIPA is delighted to collaborate with United Nations ESCAP to host the highly anticipated United Nations Asia-Pacific Innovation Forum...

Boosting Foreign Direct Investment in the Digital Economy for Sustainable Development The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digital...

- The World Economic Forum's newly-launched 'Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2023' report lists this year's most impactful emerging...