Asian container ports suffer from a number of problems including insufficient port and/or terminal capacity, inefficient management and bureaucratic administration. This may be due in part to the fact that the majority of the region’s ports are controlled and/or operated by public entities. To deal with these problems, port authorities of a number of countries in the region have launched progra...

It has now been over a decade since the concept of creative in-5 dustries was first put into the public domain by the Blair Labour government's Creative Industries Mapping Documents in Britain. The concept has developed traction globally, but it has also been understood and developed in different ways in Europe, Asia, Aus-tralia, New Zealand, and North America, and also in international 10 bodi...

This article, which closely follows a paper that REIL was asked to prepare by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), considers the question of non-tariff barriers and renewable energy primarily from the perspective of the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Further work that REIL is engaged in will also consider regional and bilateral trade and investment agreem...

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The working assumption nowadays is that in a relatively non-distorted domestic policy environment, foreign direct investment (FDI) brings in much-needed capital, technical know-how, organisational, managerial and marketing practices and global production networks, thus facilitating the process of economic growth and development in host countries [Lall 2000; OECD 2002:Chapters 1 and 3]. For inst...

Maritime transport is the foundation of global supply chain connections and economic development with shipping ports estimated to manage more than 80 per cent world merchandise trade by volume over 90 value, according United Nation Conference on Trade Development (UNCTAD) 2020. Consequently, when severed covid-19 pandemic occur, there are absolute disruption networks which hugely undermined int...

Introduction. The formation of the international business environment is influenced by crises, including current pandemic crisis in economy and society, way out this (the "new normality") should be sought application innovations funding opportunities. Innovations determine opportunities for further development both entities world community as a whole. Goal. Study innovation investment behavior ...

Purpose: Due to their economic and financial potential, international enterprises influence other entities of foreign policy, in particular organizations the national economy host countries. The article presents this from point view problem security independence economies. Hence, its main goal is try define effects activities perspective. focuses on aspects capital, including FDI, Hypothesis: i...

The domestic private investment serves as a prerequisite for the development and modernization of any economy. In Kenya, macroeconomic political uncertainties play significant role in influencing investments. That is informed by fact that these investments allow investors to fund particular ventures, which creates jobs increase government revenues through taxation, hence boosting growth economy...