Foreign direct investment is one of the most important tools to attract capital for investment. Investment is a main channel for economic growth which is a dream of developing countries. Covering nine East Asian countries which include developing and developed countries, this book compares respective FDI promotion policies and takes econometric tests of the FDI impact on economic performance, productivity and employment. This is quite interesting in that this book includes major Asian countries. Through reading this book, policy makers can get benefits through comparative study of FDI promotion policies of nine countries and researchers (graduate, post-graduate and professional) will take benefits through detailed definition of various linkage effects.

1. Overview Chalongphob Sussangkarn, Yung Chul Park and Sung Jin Kang 2. The Development of Foreign Direct Investment and Its Impact on Firm's Productivity, Employment and Exports in Indonesia C.M. Firdausy and S.D. Negara 3. Foreign Direct Investment and Spillovers in Malaysia Tham Siew Yean, Liew Chei Siang and Marziah Mokhtar 4. Linkages and Spillovers in Philippines Manufacturing R.M. Aldaba and F.T. Aldaba 5. Inward and Outward FDI and the Restructuring of the Singapore Economy Chia Siow Yue 6. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Productivity, Employment and Export Performance of Thai Firms C. Anuchitworawong 7. A Study on FDI's Role in China's Economic Growth and Development since China's Reform and Opening-Up Jianping Zhang, Dawei Li, Zijia Chen, Xiaoyi Li, Dan Wang and Yan Li 8. Inward and Outward FDI of Japan Y. Todo 9. The Linkage Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Labor Productivity in Korea S.J. Kang and H.S. Lee 10. A Study of FDI in Vietnam Tuan Bui, Huong Lan Pham and Ha Thi Tran

Chalongphob Sussangkarn is currently a Distinguished Fellow of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), a private non-profit think tank in Bangkok. Prior to this, he was President of the TDRI (January 1996 - March 2007) and was Thailand's Minister of Finance (March 2007 - February 2008).

Yung Chul Park is Distinguished Professor in the Division of International Studies at Korea University. Before returning to Korea University, he spent three years from 2005 to 2008 at the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, as Research Professor and Director of the Center for International Commerce and Finance. He previously served as the Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Korea (1987-1988), as President of the Korea Development Institute (1986-1987) and as President of the Korea Institute of Finance (1992-1998).

Sung Jin Kang is Professor in the Department of Economics at Korea University, and a member of Presidential Council for Future & Vision. He was Vice President of International Affairs, Korea University (2008 - 2009), and a member of the Presidential Transition Committee(2008). He has published several papers, mainly on foreign aid, foreign direct investment and production networks.