FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTThailand: Top 20 ranking for FDI attractiveness19/04/2017Thailand is becoming more attractive as a foreign direct investment (FDI) destination as indicated by its rising ranking in an important index of foreign investor confidence. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) VS. PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTTo define terms here, "foreign direct investment" (FDI) is when foreign companies buy businesses and build factories in another country. Thailand jumped two places to 19th in A.T. Kearney's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index for 2017. FDI INDEX FOCUSES ON BIG MONEY INVESTORSThe index is a forward-looking analysis of how political, economic, and regulatory changes will likely affect FDI inflows into countries in coming years.

Source: Bangkok Post April 20, 2017 10:52 UTC