APAC: Where Are Foreign Investments Going?

Ripples from the COVID-19 pandemic can be felt across Asia Pacific as investment from foreign firms into the region dropped by 45% from 2019 to 2020, and continued its decline in 2021 to 34%.  

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The Asia-Pacific region has historically considered health care sector investment as imperative, yet the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged investment flows in the last few years, resulting in downward investment trends.

The United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) issued the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Trends Report 2022/2023 last September. According to the report, the...

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